Red Stone Forest National Geological Park ,Guzhang Hongshilin | Geology of the world and the Environment

Red Stone Forest National Geological Park ,Guzhang Hongshilin

Red Stone Forest National Geological Park is located in Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the west of Hunan Province. It faces the beautiful Furong Ancient Town on the other bank of Youshui River, and is sited on the way between Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang Ancient Town

Fluvial erosion of carbonized Devonian (ca. 450 Million years ago) sandstone conglomerate. This is one of the most amazing landscapes I have ever seen.

It is known that the rocks also known as a change in the way because of the weather and the seasons, where he takes a deep red color being the most memorable , this is the reason for the name Red Stone Forest

Geology of Red Stone Forest National, Guzhang

According to the geological experts’ research, the formation of the red stone forest can traced back to about 450 million years ago. The red stone forest used to be a seabed during Ordovician period. Here deposited a large amount of shaly sand with carbonate material. With millions years of erosion and corrosion by rain and sea water later and crustal movement, it formed unique Karst landform that we can see today. For the rock contains rich iron element, it presents the color in red.

The stone forest covers an area of 20 square kilometers in a totally original ecological status. In the stone forest, there are valleys, stream and springs. There are thick grassland and wistaria flowers growing in the forest, making it like a garden of nature. The tall rocks in various shapes can be seen throughout scenic spot. The stone color is changeable in accordance with the weather, time and season. The stone is red in Sunny days, black in the rain, brown and red on cloudy days. It even presents different colors in the morning and evening in a day.

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