Travel Notes | Linyin Stone Forest

My daughter was filled with joy when we talked about going out to play together, and she clapped her hands with excitement. She didn’t show much resistance to what she was asked to do, so she did it quickly. It was already twelve o’clock in the evening, and she was still asking questions. I kept asking here and there and had no idea of ​​going to sleep.
Many years ago, I learned about a stone forest in Fujian from a friend on the Internet. I couldn’t figure out whether it was Yongan or Yongding. An and Ding. The original intention is to pray for stability, and each has its own scenic spot. , Yongding Tulou was not very famous back then. If it hadn’t been awarded the title of World Cultural Heritage, would those round guys and square guys have been rotting in the mountains in obscurity? There are 30,000 to 50,000 earth buildings in the mountains and forests in that area, and no one would cherish them.
There is a stone forest in Yong'an, which is also known as the second largest in China. Neither my wife nor my daughter, who are natives of Fujian, know about it.
In order to prevent restaurants from being open during the Spring Festival, we brought some instant noodles, noodles, etc., as well as my outdoor stove and gas for emergency use.
According to the information, Linyin Stone Forest is a national key scenic spot with a total area of ​​1.21 square kilometers. This is a typical karst landform with many strange rocks, peaks and caves. Linyin Stone Forest is full of characteristics: above-ground stone forest and underground labyrinth; it is unique in nature and uncanny craftsmanship. It is unique to East China and second in the country. There are more than 400 stone buds, stone cones, stone pillars and stalagmites in the scenic area, with a maximum height of 36 meters. Strange rocks and anthropomorphic objects come in various shapes and forms. The main attractions include: Sanding Rock, Wangtianxing, Bajie Mirror, Bamboo Shooting Peak, Stone Monkey Holding Peach, Black Bear Protecting Bamboo Shoots, Stone Turtle Caving, Kissing Stone, Linyin Academy and more than 50 places.
"Lin Yin" means "Heaven hides its traces", and it is named because the surface of the stone buds is like fish scales.
I originally planned to get up at 5 o'clock and set off at 6 o'clock, but somehow the alarm didn't go off, so I went to sleep without any worries. Fortunately, my biological clock worked. I woke up at 5:50, looked at my watch, and got up quickly. After a while of scrambling, I finally got on the bus at 6:30.
It was still dark. As soon as I left the house, the navigation of the Amap on my mobile phone started to fail. I was not familiar with the roads around Longyan, so I had to run to the familiar highway intersection first. As soon as I left the house, I ran an extra 20 kilometers. .
The highway winds in the mountainous area of ​​western Fujian. There are very few cars on the road, and the cars almost always drive at the speed limit. Sometimes there is a light mist in the mountains. From a distance, it looks like a dream. My daughter’s attention finally moved from the phone screen to the mountains.
We arrived at Stone Forest at 10:20, half an hour earlier than planned. The parking lot in front of the gate was empty. There were no other vehicles except our car. It was far from the famous scenic spot. At first I thought it was closed for the holidays, but it wasn't until I saw a few lazy staff at the gate that I confirmed it was operating normally. We plan to visit for 3-4 hours and go out for dinner around 2pm.

The Linyin Stone Forest, which is known as the second largest in the country, is much smaller than the Lunan Stone Forest in Kunming, so I was disappointed as soon as I entered the scenic spot. My daughter has never seen a stone forest, but it was very interesting. , who climbed high and went low, was very interested in these strange rocks, but as soon as she started climbing, she started to complain that she couldn’t walk. I asked her if she was deliberately acting coquettishly in front of her parents, and she said shamelessly. , of course, if you don’t act like a spoiled child in front of your parents, where can you act like a spoiled child? With this woman, I am really helpless.
The scenic area is not well closed. Walk a few hundred meters along the road and you can enter the stone forest from the field path. There is also a stone bridge over the stream between the farmland and the stone forest.
The roads in the scenic area are well repaired. For someone like me who is used to walking in the mountains, it is just a small walk. The kissing stone at the foot of the mountain is still dripping water. It is more than ten centimeters apart. It is estimated that it will take tens of millions of years before we can kiss. By then, it will have become a stone pillar, but it will no longer be interesting.
Children always feel timid and dare not go on dangerous roads, so naturally she cannot see the stone monkey that needs to be climbed to the top of a rock to see. When they arrived at the top of the stone forest, the child and her mother did not want to go to the other two stone forests in the same scenic spot. They ended the visit to the stone forest early. For the child, it was a real experience of what karst landforms are.
Before 12:30, we returned to the parking lot. At this time, there were 3 or 5 cars. We took out the outdoor pots and stoves in the cars and simply cooked instant noodles and dried noodles under the shade of the trees, and ate them. I ordered some chicken nuggets, beef, and lean meat that had been braised in advance. It was quite rich, after all, it was Chinese New Year.
Haha.