Known since the Ming Dynasty as the ‘First Wonder of the World’ the Shilin (Stone Forest) National Scenic Area is a World Natural Heritage site and is classified as an AAAAA-class tourist site, the ...

The Asihatu Stone Forest is located at the north mountain northeast of the Keshiketeng Banner of Chifeng. Asihatu granite is a rare stone forest landform. The stone forest was created because the rock ...

The Stone Forest, or Shilin, is a magnificent and unique geological phenomenon located in Yunnan Province, China. Spanning a vast area, this karst landscape is famous for its towering, ...

A ferry man carries a sheepskin raft as he prepares for rafting at the Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Spot in Jingtai County of Baiyin City, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 11, 2023. Yellow ...

In southern China, the land rises not as hills or cliffs but as thousands of stone pillars, packed so tightly together that they look like a forest frozen in time. From a distance, the formations ...

Yellow Rover Stone Forest in Jingtai county, Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua] A geographical park was established in southern Jingtai county to protect the Yellow River Stone Forest, whose history spans ...

The Himalayan mountain range was created during the Cenozoic era, between 55 and 38 million years ago, when plates comprising today's Indian subcontinent collided with the ones to the east; before ...