Panjili strange stone forest

Panjili strange stone forest

The strange stone forest in panjier, Xinjiang, is a tourist attraction that has attracted much attention in recent years. Yadan style is a masterpiece of the wind, and the strange stone forest of panjil can be called the masterpiece of Yadan style.

definition

Panjier strange stone forest is located on the ridge and hillside of panjiertage mountain in keerjian Town, tuokesun County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with an average altitude of 1200 meters. In the southeast, it is 55 kilometers away from the county seat of tokson and 10 kilometers away from the town of kerjian. It is a peak forest landform formed by dissolution and wind erosion, known as "panjiltage". "Panjiltag" means "mountain like a porous window" in Uighur. The single structure of Shilin is generally 2-5 meters, the height of large-scale is more than 10 meters, and the total area is about 1 square kilometer. Most of the rock bodies are Carboniferous volcanic rocks and breccia tuff, which are gray or maroon. The rock is rich in calcium carbonate.

Panjilin grotesque stone forest is the only igneous rock wind erosion stone forest found in China so far. It is a magical Natural Museum of wind erosion landform with high taste and complete shape.

origin

Wind and rain are the two main reasons for the formation of the stone forest. The strange stone forest in panjili is located in the "thirty mile wind area" in the west of Turpan, where the wind is strong and the wind speed is fast, and the days with strong wind above magnitude 8 account for one third of the whole year. A train in Turpan encountered a gale of force 13 at the tuyere, and 11 carriages were overturned. The place of the accident was the nearest to Toksun county.

Strong wind erosion and rain leaching in the mountains form a stone forest landscape similar to Taihu Lake. This kind of strange stone forest is a kind of Carboniferous volcanic rock mountain type stone forest formed under specific natural conditions.

characteristic

When you enter the panjili grotesque Stone Forest Scenic Area, all kinds of grotesque rocks turn into figures, birds and beasts, with different and lifelike expressions. Among them, the ancient camel of the millennium, the monk of Tang Dynasty, Li Bai's asking the moon, the eagle's overlooking, the crocodile's coming out of the cave, etc. are full of imagination and endless aftertaste. It is said that after the Tang Monk went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, monks of all nationalities living in the western regions followed suit and went to India to learn Buddhist scriptures. One day, a group of monks and business travelers were traveling westward. They passed by the strange stone mountain and were attracted by the wonderful scenery here. They walked along the mountain road and disappeared mysteriously.

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The strange stone forest in panjili is near the national highway 314. It's a good place to hike. Besides, you can also see the stone water system map of panjiltag mountain nearby.

Address: on the ridge and hillside of panjiltuck mountain in keerjian Town, tuokesun County, Turpan City

Longitude: 88.196472167969

Latitude: 43.134502410889

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