Stone Forest Scenic Spot

Shilin scenic spot in Kunming

synonym

Stone Forest Scenic Spot (Yunnan scenic spot) generally refers to Kunming Stone Forest scenic spot

Shilin scenic spot in Kunming, also known as Yunnan Shilin, is located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County of Kunming, 78 kilometers away from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. It covers an area of 350 square kilometers. The stone forest scenic spot in Kunming is mainly developed as a tourist area: Stone Forest scenic spot, heisongyan (ancient stone forest) scenic spot, Feilong Waterfall (Dadieshui) scenic spot and Changhu scenic spot.

Kunming Shilin scenic spot has been rated as "World Geopark" and "World Natural Heritage scenery" by the United Nations culture and education science and technology. In 1982, it was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key scenic spots. It is a national 5A scenic spot and a national civilized scenic spot. In January 2019, the ticket price of the scenic spot will be reduced.

On July 31, 2019, the Ministry of culture and tourism issued a notice of criticism to the Shilin scenic spot in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, ordering it to rectify and deal with the problem within three months.

From the date of resumption of business to December 31, 2020, a free policy will be implemented for medical workers across the country.

Historical evolution

About 300 million years ago, Shilin scenic spot in Kunming was a vast land. After a long geological evolution, it finally formed a very precious geological heritage, covering many types of karst landforms on the earth.

As early as the forty second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1614), Wang Liang, the magistrate of Lunan Prefecture, turned the Zhiyun cave in Shilin into a scenic spot and set up the Zhiyun cave stele.

In 1931, the Shilin scenic spot in Kunming was officially built.

On April 1, 1978, Shilin scenic spot began to sell tickets for Chinese and foreign tourists.

Since 1931, after 82 years of construction and development, Shilin scenic spot in Kunming has become a national AAAAA scenic spot.

geographical environment

geographical position

Shilin scenic spot in Kunming is located in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, 78 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, Kunshi Expressway only takes 50 minutes. The longitude of Shilin scenic spot in Kunming is 103 ° 30 'and the latitude is 24 ° 81'.

Climatic characteristics

The climate of Shilin scenic spot in Kunming is subtropical low latitude plateau mountain monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is about 16 ℃. There is no severe cold in winter, no severe heat in summer, and four seasons are like spring.

Resources

plant resources

The national second-class protected plants are: Toona sinensis, Yunnan camphor wood, Cephalotaxus fortunei, beech wood, Magnolia officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, fan fern, etc.; the provincial second-class protected plants are: xiaoguonanzhu, dehuaqi; the provincial protected plants are: dianxiangmu, chatiaomi, shidamahonia, cihuanglian, etc.

Animal resources

The main wild animals are: pangolin, civet, muntjac, eagle, myna, pheasant, thrush, woodpecker, white bellied pheasant, magpie, hare, jiujieling, squirrel, toad, green bamboo, green snake, lizard, etc.

Main attractions

Small stone forest

The small stone forest (Ashima scenic area) is divided into several gardens by its thick and solid stone walls like a screen. The most famous scenic spot in xiaoshilin (Ashima scenic spot) is Ashima. When the night falls and the lights shine, it is colorful and charming.

Big stone forest

The big stone forest is composed of dense stone peaks, like a rubble basin. The stone forest here is upright and abrupt, with smooth lines and light blue gray. The highest independent rock pillar is more than 40 meters high. Among them, there are some typical scenic spots, such as "lotus peak", "Jianfeng pool", "critical moment", "extremely narrow Tongren", "Xiangli stone terrace", "Youlan deep valley" and "Phoenix comb wings". The most famous scenic spot is "Stone Forest Scenic Spot" where Longyun inscribed "stone forest", and "Wangfeng Pavilion" is the best place to appreciate "forest sea".

Shilin Changhu

Changhu Lake is a karst lake. Its water is supplied by groundwater, with a circumference of 5 km, a width of 300 m, and an average depth of 24 M. Surrounded by green mountains, the plant coverage rate is more than 95%. The air is fresh and clean with good transparency. There are small islands in the lake. The lake bank is a forest dominated by Pinus yunnanensis. The terrain is gentle and divided into many small lakes. The environment is clean and beautiful. It is located in 1907 meters above sea level surrounded by mountains. The shape of the lake is like a slender girl. It is the hometown of Ashima in folklore. Because the lake is hidden in the green mountains and green hills, it is also known as "Tibetan Lake".

The main scenic spots are Dushi mountain, Dajian mountain, Erjian mountain, Sanjian mountain, Mopan Mountain, Penglai Island, Yuanhu, etc. It covers an area of 3.94 square kilometers.

Bushao mountain

Bushao mountain is located in the east of the big stone forest and the south of the small stone forest. It is bounded by huanlin East Road in the scenic area and is distributed in a north-south direction. The landform belongs to the eastern slope platform of the big stone forest dissolution depression. It was named after Zhao FA, the leader of the Yi People's Volunteer Army in Shilin in the late Qing Dynasty, who had garrisoned here and set up a sentry to patrol the mountain. The top of the mountain is 1796.7m above sea level, nearly 50m higher than the peak Pavilion of the big stone forest, which is the highest elevation of the stone forest scenic spot. When you climb the mountain, you can see the forest, the pines, and the uneven pillars; when you walk in the mountains, you can see the outstanding stone forest, and the Jianfeng mountain. There are many columnar stone forests in the area, with unique landscapes such as "five stone gates" and "pines". There are giant gastropod fossils, coral fossils and other marine fossils in the scenic spot, recording the flourishing underwater world in Shilin area 270 million years ago.

Li ziyuanqing

Liziyuanqing is outside the ring forest road, on the barren hills with a radius of tens of miles, it is full of strange columns and stones, some gather and scatter, some rise and fall, and there are not too many tall trees competing with the stone forest, maintaining the natural style. On the stone wall of the jungle about 300 meters southeast of huanlin Road, there is an ancient cliff painting with bold and rough images of people, animals, objects, stars and moon. According to relevant experts, this is a primitive religious content, which is very similar to the figures in Zuojiang cliff painting in Guangxi.

Qiqi wind tunnel

Qi wind tunnel is a cave that can breathe. Among the many caves in Shilin County, it is the most peculiar. Although the cave is small and about 1 meter in diameter, it makes a gasping sound like an old cow every rainy season. Some people deliberately use mud to seal the hole, and it can also blow the mud away effortlessly. If dry firewood is ignited in the hole, the wind in the hole will blow the flames and smoke. After stopping for more than 10 minutes, it begins to breathe in again, and the fireworks are "swallowed" into the hole, so that it can breathe in again and again, and the cycle is endless. The phenomenon of breathing is not common in all seasons. It usually occurs between June and October. Qiqi wind tunnel has not yet been developed and is a reserve scenic spot.

Shilinzhi cloud cave

Shilin Zhiyun cave is located in a large limestone mountain on the east side of Anshi highway, 6km northwest of Shilin and xiaoshilin. The cave is 400 meters long, 3-15 meters wide and 5-30 meters high, in the shape of "Ya". The two sections of the cave are connected by a low and narrow portal. There are many karst caves such as stalagmites, stalagmites and pillars in the cave. They are various in shape and colorful. After the Ming Dynasty, it was called "immortal trail and beautiful scenery" and lived alone in the top of the eight sceneries in the stone forest under the name of "fairy trail in stone cave".

From the entrance of the cave to the end of the cave, there are more than 20 major scenic spots, including: Ganoderma lucidum, Jade Elephant supporting the sky, upside down golden rooster, Grape Garden, sitting Buddha in the clouds, polite cave, mountain camel, double lion love, Wukong treasure, East and west dragon Palace, Jiaolong shengteng, Millennium Yushu, Taibai Jinxing, Shenniu seeking mother, shuilian cave, dragon tiger fight, Shouxing picking peach, Shuiman Jinshan Temple, etc.

Famous specialty

Shilin soup pot

Shilin is the settlement of Sani people of Yi nationality. Sani people are a straightforward people who eat meat and drink wine in big bowls. Every June 24 of the lunar calendar, the annual Torch Festival is held in Shilin, Changhu or Naigu Shilin scenic spots. At this time, if you come to Shilin, after watching the wonderful bullfight and wrestling competition, you can have a big meal of soup pot with local ethnic characteristics in the woods not far from the field, including mutton, dog meat, donkey meat, etc. The soup pot cooking technology here is excellent, all kinds of meat stew is just right, not hard not soft; no smell, smell and other strange smell, color, aroma, taste.

a kind of cheese made of milk or goat' s milk in Yunnan

Milk cake is a major specialty of Shilin. It is a kind of cheese that local people boil fresh goat's milk, add appropriate amount of sour water to solidify it, then press it into pieces and dry it. There are many ways to eat milk cakes. They can be steamed, boiled, fried, fried, stewed, or eaten raw. They can also be made into steamed milk cakes with ham and green beans. The quality of milk cakes produced in winter is better.

Bittern rot in stone forest

Shilin brine rot has a long history, it is pickled with Shilin tofu as raw material. Shilin tofu is of excellent quality because of the use of Bajiang water. Shilin bittern rot is mainly divided into two varieties: the one mixed with vegetable oil, salt and other ingredients in tofu is called oil bittern rot; the one mixed with wine, chili powder, salt and other ingredients in tofu is called wine bittern rot. Both of them have the characteristics of color and taste. However, due to the different ingredients, the two kinds of marinated rots have their own characteristics. Shilin brine rot in Shilin County, the size of shopping malls, miscellaneous stores can buy.

Festival Culture

The secret branch of Yi Nationality

Mizhijie is used to the first rat day to horse day in the winter of the lunar calendar, which usually lasts three to seven days. The rest of the day or invited

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