The Reddish Sandstone Landform Of Liming

The Reddish Sandstone Landform Of Liming

Located in Laojun Mt. in Li’ming Township of Yulong County
(Lijiang Municipality), this reddish sandstone (Dan Xia) area is
deemed as “a mysterious valley” and has the largest coverage of
 its kind ever found in China.

According to the initial survey, the Reddish Sandstone Landform of
 Liming Township has reached 250 square kilometers in the Three Parallel
 Rivers Zone, accounting for 50% of the total territory of Li’ming.
 At present, the local villagers there have named over 40 natural
sceneries of the reddish sandstone landforms. Some popular names are:
 One Thousand Tortoises Mountain (Qian Gui Shan), General Pillar
(Jiang Jun Zhu), Buddha Precipice, Sky-Scraping Ridge (Mo Tian Ling),
 Hump Mountain (Tuo Feng Shan), Lovers Pillar (Qing Ren ZHu) and
“Seven People” Stone (Qi Ren Shi) etc. After carrying out an
 on-the-spot survey for the distribution of sandstone landforms all
over China, experts have agreed that the reddish sandstone area of
 Li’ming ranks first in China as far as its altitude, height difference,
 brilliant colors and splendor are concerned.