14/01/2023
Shilin National Most Beautiful National Parks in China
This unearthly national park is known for its ‘stone forest’. Many of the parks bizarre rock formations look like petrified trees, which give the park its nickname. There are endless paths leading around the park, and diverse bird life that call the park home.
The most famous stone of all is ‘Ashima stone’. Legend has it that a beautiful girl of the Yi People, was turned to stone within the forest when she ran away from home. She did so when she discovered that her parents would not permit her to marry the man she loved. Aside from the stone forest, caves, lakes, and waterfalls fill the park.