Chunwan Stone Forest 春湾石林

About Chunwan Stone Forest

The stone forest covers more than 200 mu. The rock forms the Yangchun municipal portal names on its hills include Matou (Horse Head) Peak, Luotuo (Camel) Peak, Lianpeng Peak, the Gecko Rock, the Guanyin Worshipping the Moon rock, the Immortal Crossing the Pass rock and Baiye Jianmen, the Hundred-Leaf Sword Gate, through which visitors enter the forest of peaks. A later municipal item counts six rock hills in the group, among them Baiye Jianmen and Matou Peak, and singles out Baiye Jianmen as the most striking of them, sheer and steep. In 2022 the provincial departments of agriculture and rural affairs and of culture and tourism named Chunwan town a provincial demonstration town for leisure agriculture and rural tourism for 2021.

The wider Chunwan Scenic Area holds Longgong Cave, a gallery-type solution cave whose formations are grouped into four named sections — the greeting corridor, the Dragon King's hall, the treasure store and the Dragon Mother's pavilion — together with Jianfeng Hill, a glass walkway, a peach grove and a lavender field, among other features. More than 50 mu of peach trees flower below peaks of karst landform at the stone forest, and an annual Chunwan Stone Forest peach-blossom festival is held there. In the Chunbei landscape-gallery area on the upper Moyang River, a greenway about 10 kilometres long links the stone forest with Tongtian Lazhu, the Liu Sanjie song terrace, the Nawu old bridge, and the Yuxi Three Caves and Lingxiao Rock in neighbouring Heliao town.

What to look for

• Baiye Jianmen, the Hundred-Leaf Sword Gate, the rock formation through which the path enters the stone forest and the one the municipal account singles out as the most striking of the group's six hills.
• The named rocks on the hills include Horse Head Peak, Camel Peak, Lianpeng Peak, the Gecko Rock, the Guanyin Worshipping the Moon rock and the Immortal Crossing the Pass rock.
• Longgong Cave in the same scenic area, a gallery-type solution cave divided into four named sections from the greeting corridor to the Dragon Mother's pavilion.
• The peach grove of more than 50 mu that flowers below the karst peaks, the setting for the area's annual peach-blossom festival.
• The Chunbei greenway, about 10 kilometres long, which links the stone forest with Tongtian Lazhu, the Liu Sanjie song terrace and the Nawu old bridge.

Location & getting there

Getting to Chunwan Stone Forest

Use an authorised visitor route. Cave sections, geological sites and access roads can close independently, so confirm the area that your ticket covers.

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