SPIRITUAL ROCKS (LINGYAN) SCENIC AREA

(Rock sign on the cliff side.)
(The sign reads) THE SCENIC AREA IS KNOWN AS YANGDANGSHAN, THE CLASSICAL SITE TO STUDY RHYOLITE LANDSCAPE: OVERLAPPED PEAKS AND GROTESQUE CAVES CREATED BY NATURE. PASSING BY THE BELL AND DRUM ROCKS, ONE CAN GET INTO ANCHAN VALLEY WITH ANCIENT TREES AND SHEER CLIFFS ALONGSIDE. THERE ARE BOTH MAGNIFICENT FIGURES AND MINIATURE VIEWS. THE LINGYAN TEMPLE IS BACKED WITH THE PINGXIA SCREEN-LIKE PEAK. THE SMALL DRAGON WATERFALL, HEAVENLY COLUMN PEAK YANGTIAN LAKE AND SQUARE CAVE ARE LOCATED TO THE WEST. IF ASCENDING TO THE EAST, ONE CAN SEE TIANGONG CAVE, LONGBI CAVE, XIAKE°S PAVILION AND LIANHUA CAVE, AND CAN ALSO EXPLORE AND VIEW SCENE FAR AWAY.

(Small building bordered by trees with tall cliff in background.)
STREET TO THE ENTRANCE
(People arriving at gateway.)
ENTRANCE GATE
(Chinese characters carved into a rock.)
(Stone road winding through trees.)

(Statue near bottom of cliff.)
(Close up of statue with large drum to one side.)

(Chinese characters carved into a rock to look like the open pages of a book.)
(People in front of a large hanging drum. One person is banking on it with a club.)
(Large bell hanging from a stand.  A girl covers her ears while a boy swings a large log to strike the side of the bell.)
(Slate sign glued to side of rock.)
(Slate sign glued to side of rock.)
THE SCENE LOOKS LIKE FIGURES OF GATHERING FROGS. VOLCANIC EFFUSIVE RHYOLITE LAYERS DATED 121 MA ARE OVERLAPPED BY WELDED TUFF OF EXPLOSIVE FACIES. ROCKS CHARACTERIZED BY COMPLICATED STRUCTURE ARE EASY TO FORM FIGURATIVE AND GROTESQUE FORMS AFTER EROSION.

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