Tianjun Stone Forest

Tianjun Stone Forest

Tianjun stone forest is located on Tianjun mountain in the west of Tianjun County, Qinghai Province. The rock structure is the same as that of Yunnan stone forest. It is a spectacle bred by karst landform. It was formed in the Carboniferous period about 350 million years ago. The difference is that the formation of Tianjun Stone Forest encountered water shortage and drought caused by the uplift of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The water erosion process was not completed, but after a long period of wind erosion, it formed a towering, majestic, beautiful scenery and unique style. Hundreds of mountains and stone forests, some straight tall, some graceful, some proud, some naive, lifelike. These stone forest color mixed, horizontal painted vertical wipe, there are elegant, strong, natural, wonderful.

introduce

Tianjun County, located in the northeast of Qaidam Basin and on the west side of the well-known Qinghai Lake, is the place where the legendary queen mother of the West ancient country is located. It not only has many moving legends and stories, but also has charming scenery. It can be called a fairyland on earth and is known as "Shangri La by the Qinghai Lake". Not far from the southwest of the county, the stone forest landscape in tianjungou and xiaxionggou is full of fantastic peaks, which are both illusory and true. There are not only the beautiful and elegant stone forest in Yunnan, but also many majestic towering peaks. The unique style of plateau stone forest has attracted more and more domestic and foreign tourists to visit and become a new favorite of the Qinghai Tibet plateau tourism.

Geology and geomorphology

Tianjun stone forest is located on Tianjun mountain in the west of Tianjun county. The mountain is towering and majestic. The pines and cypresses stand upright, and the grass covers the ground. The scenery on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain is beautiful. Tianjungou and xionggou on both sides of the mountain are full of wonderful peaks, which are both illusory and true. There are not only the beautiful and elegant stone forest in Yunnan, but also many majestic and majestic abrupt peaks.

Some of them are tall and straight, some are graceful, some are proud, some are charming and lifelike. These stone forest color mixed, horizontal painted vertical wipe, there are elegant, strong, natural, wonderful. Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking up at each other, light clouds and mist are winding around the mountain, just like a painting of ink and wash. Walking slowly along the gravel covered mountain road, a magnificent landscape painting gradually unfolds in front of us. On the hillside, there are many huge stones with peculiar shapes, which seem to break through the cliff without dragging mud and water. Some are like tigers descending the mountain, some are like Guanyin standing still, some are like white camels bearing heavy loads, and some are like eagles lying on their feet. On the other side of the hillside, there stand clumps and hundreds of stone forests, as if carved by hand. Or straight tall, or graceful. As we gaze, it seems that there are many gods gathering, and their posture and manners are quite immortal; there are some lions galloping, majestic; there are stone monkeys, stone turtles, stalagmites At the entrance of the stone forest, a stone camel lies on his back, as if he were the guardian of the holy mountain. Most of these stone forests are bluish gray, mixed with maroon, gray and white, painted horizontally and vertically, some elegant, some strong, lifelike and natural.

The rock structure of Tianjun stone forest is the same as that of Yunnan stone forest, which is a spectacle bred by karst landform. It was formed in the Carboniferous about 350 million years ago. The difference is that the formation of Tianjun Stone Forest encountered water shortage and drought caused by the uplift of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The process of water erosion was not completed, but after a long period of wind erosion, it formed such a unique style.

characteristic

Tianjun county is located in the northeast of Qaidam Basin and on the west side of the famous Qinghai Lake. It is the place where the legendary queen mother of the West ancient country is located. It not only has many moving legends and stories, but also has charming scenery. It can be called a fairyland on earth and is known as "Shangri La on the Bank of Qinghai Lake".

Tianjun stone forest is located on Tianjun mountain in the west of Tianjun county. The mountain is towering and majestic. The pines and cypresses stand upright and the grass covers the ground. The scenery on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain is beautiful and colorful. Tianjungou and xionggou on both sides of the mountain are full of wonderful peaks, which are both illusory and true. There are not only the beautiful and elegant stone forest in Yunnan, but also many majestic and majestic abrupt peaks.

Some of them are tall and straight, some are graceful, some are proud, some are charming and lifelike. These stone forest color mixed, horizontal painted vertical wipe, there are elegant, strong, natural, wonderful. Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking up at each other, light clouds and mist are winding around the mountain, just like a painting of ink and wash. Walking slowly along the gravel covered mountain road, a magnificent landscape painting gradually unfolds in front of us. On the hillside, there are many huge stones with peculiar shapes, which seem to break through the cliff without dragging mud and water. Some are like tigers descending the mountain, some are like Guanyin standing still, some are like white camels bearing heavy loads, and some are like eagles lying on their feet. On the other side of the hillside, there stand clumps and hundreds of stone forests, as if carved by hand. Or straight tall, or graceful. As we gaze, it seems that there are many gods gathering, and their posture and manners are quite immortal; there are some lions galloping, majestic; there are stone monkeys, stone turtles, stalagmites At the entrance of the stone forest, a stone camel lies on his back, as if he were the guardian of the holy mountain. Most of these stone forests are bluish gray, mixed with maroon, gray and white, painted horizontally and vertically, some elegant, some strong, lifelike and natural.

The rock structure of Tianjun stone forest is the same as that of Yunnan stone forest, which is a spectacle bred by karst landform. It was formed in the Carboniferous about 350 million years ago. The difference is that the formation of Tianjun Stone Forest encountered water shortage and drought caused by the uplift of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The process of water erosion was not completed, but after a long period of wind erosion, it formed such a unique style.

Address: Tianjun mountain in the west of Tianjun County, Delingha City

Longitude: 98.725784301758

Latitude: 37.346961975098

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