Stone Forest
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Located in Shilin Yi autonomous county, Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, Stone Forest Scenic Area is famous for its karst landscape, featuring various types of oddly shaped rocks, and a long complex geological history.
Listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site, the Stone Forest or shilin is a 350-square-kilometer area near Kunming, overgrown with tree-shaped stones in the form of stalagmites formed 270 million years ago. The site is also known as "God's mini-scape" or "Sculpture Museum of Nature".
The site is an AAAAA-class tourist site, the highest-level rating in China. One of the “wonders of the world”, it has the largest number of karst formations in the world.