SPIRITUAL ROCKS (LINGYAN) SCENIC AREA

(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.
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| 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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