Shilin
Shilin means "Stone Forest". The national park is a wonder of nature and "certificated" (a term I learned from a British friend and teacher) by UNESCO. See below.
This is the tourist bus parking lot where tourists get their tickets.
The photo above shows the beginning of the park with some "teaser stone trees". I think they were limestone formed millions of years ago. Some says that this area was the bottom of an ocean. Maybe they found some sea shell fossils.
This is the centerpiece of the park. Tourists gawked at the calligraphy carved on the stones by famous people proclaiming the wonder of this place. I was told that a governor of many, many years ago was brought to this place. He was in awed and immediately secured funds to open the place up for common people to enjoy. The park we were in is just a small fraction of the whole stone forest.
The photo above shows a precarious boulder wedged between rock walls and formed a "gate" for tourist to venture under. So far no one gets hurt.
Whereas the photo above shows a tree also wedged into a crack in the rock and seemed to be doing well. Life always finds a way.
The Yi people performed a folk dance with their musical instruments welcoming the tourists. Their costumes were very colorful.
As we left the park, we saw family fruit stalls and we bought some fruits. The small Mandarin oranges were very sweet.
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