Stone Forest (Shi Lin)

The Stone Forest, which is found in the Lunan Yi Autonomous County some 100 kilometers from Kunming, is composed of the greater stone Forest, the lesser Stone Forest, the Outer Stone Forest, and the Stone Forest lake. Looking in the distance like a vast expanse of forests, it is actually a world of stone peaks, stalacto-stalagmites, stalagmites, substerranean rivers and underground limestone caves. For this top graphical turmoil the place is dubbed ¡° Number One Wonder in the World ¡°. the Stone Forest is home to the Sani people, a branch of the industrious and brave Yi minority. As born singers and dancers, the sani people are also skilled in embroidery. On the 24th of the sixth lunar month, the Stone Forest attracts large crowds of visitors from at home and abroad who come to join the Sani people in celebrating the Torch Festival.