World Natural Heritage: Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area (5)

Rare geological landscape relics

The sand grain in Devonian stratum in the whispering wall of Wulingyuan and the ripple marks of the cliff paintings in Tiaoyutan are rare geological relics. They could not only be opened to the public, but also evidence for studying the ancient environment and the changes between the sea and the land. The coral fossils, found in Permian strata in Tianzi Mountain, look like markings on the back of a turtle, so it is called a “tortoise figure stone”. Furthermore, they are good materials for carving various crafts.

Colorful climate landscape

The four seasons and climate in the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area are changeable. The mist is the most common meteorological spectacle there, and can take five shapes, such as cloud and mist, cloud seas, cloud waves, cloud waterfalls, and colorful clouds. After a rainfall, the mountain is first covered by dense fog and later it will change to white clouds. The peaks will flicker in the boundless sea of the clouds, which looks like imaginary sacred Penglai Mountain and the magnificent houses. If you were amid such an environment, you are going to feel like an immortal supernatural human. Sometimes the sea of clouds shrouds the peaks, and then directly flows down like waterfall, showing spectacular scenery.