The geological movement over the past hundreds of millions of years has created countless natural geological miracles, and these miraculous scenes exist in many places in China alone, and tourists who have been there have also lamented the magic of nature and the smallness of human beings. Today to take stock of China's top ten geological wonders, how many have you been to?
1. Yunnan Stone Forest
Yunnan Stone Forest covers a total area of 400 square kilometers, with an altitude of between 1500m and 1900m. This vast land is intricately lined with countless large and small stone peaks, tall sword shapes, majestic columns, magical mushroom shapes and solemn and mysterious towers, scaled after, from a distance it is extremely shocking, and after being in it, it is like coming to the Minoan labyrinth of ancient Greek legends, dazzling. It lives up to its reputation as "the world's first wonder"
2. Small village sinkhole
This huge sinkhole, which is 666.3 meters deep, is located in Fengjie County, Chongqing. The Xiaozhai sinkhole is an important proof of the evolutionary history of the Quaternary Period of the Earth, and it is also one of the reasons for the formation of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. This huge sinkhole is funnel-shaped, the steep slope is overgrown with grass and flowers, and there are several cliffs and waterfalls hanging upside down next to the Heavenly River, flowing into the bottomless valley floor, standing at the bottom of the valley and looking upwards, the small village sinkhole is like a skylight opened by the earth to the depths of the earth.
3. Huanglong
If you have seen the 86th edition of Journey to the West, then congratulations, the Yaochi where the Queen Mother lived in the Heavenly Court is now in the human world. Isn't that five-colored pond a wonderland of Yaochi in the world?
Huanglong is the only well-protected plateau wetland in China, known for the "four absolutes" of cai ponds, snow-capped mountains, canyons and forests, plus beach streams, ancient temples and folk customs called "seven absolutes". The calcium carbonate deposits in the scenic area reflect the dazzling brilliance under the illumination of the sun, and perhaps only the power of nature has created this famous world natural heritage - Huanglong, which is a wonderland on earth.
4. Xinjiang Urhe Devil City
The Uyghur people refer to Urho as "Shayy Tankersi," which means Ghost City. The reason why this place is given such a name is because a large number of Yadan wind erosion landforms in its territory reflect like a sea of fire in purgatory under the fiery red fire clouds in the evening, looking like the place where the devils in hell live. In fact, it was a huge freshwater lake during the Cretaceous Period more than 100 million years ago, but after two huge crustal changes, it has become the scene of the devil's homeland today.
5. Conch ditch
You've probably seen glaciers, the Arctic, the Antarctic. But you've never seen a dreamlike, dazzling, low-altitude modern glacier like Conch Gully
The huge ice waterfall in Hailuogou is more than ten times larger than the world-famous Huangguoshu Waterfall! The ice-blue Milky Way hanging from the mountain at an altitude of 2850 meters is frozen straight on the mountain, forming a waterfall glacier that stretches for more than 1,000 meters. In one day, the gold and silver on the Conch Gully Glacier shine together, like the mythical Crystal Palace.