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Xingwen Stone Sea 兴文石海Xīngwén Shíhǎi
4A scenic area · Yibin, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day to 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Yibin
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Xingwen Stone Sea
A karst landscape on the southern rim of the Sichuan Basin, where fields of limestone pinnacles (the 'stone sea'), large caves such as Tianquan Cave and giant collapsed sinkholes, or tiankeng, form the core of the Xingwen UNESCO Global Geopark, designated in 2005. It was one of the first places in China where tiankeng were studied, and the surrounding county is home to Miao communities and traces of the ancient Bo people.
How to get to Xingwen Stone Sea
Roughly 125 km by road south-east of Yibin, about two hours; the scenic area is about 25 km from Xingwen county town.
Nearby
- Shunan Bamboo Sea 蜀南竹海 40 km
Ridge upon ridge of feathery bamboo, laced with misty trails, waterfalls and cliff shrines
Also within 20 km: Bowang Mountain 僰王山 (20 km).
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