Narrow valleys and odd stones

There are more than 20 deep valleys hiding quietly in Longyuwan including the Hongdong Valley, the Heilong Valley, the Qingshi Valley etc. Looking up into the misty sky, visitors will find themselves lost in a sea of clouds. Looking down into the bottoms of the valleys, they will be shocked at sight of the narrowness and the depth of the valley. Odd stones scattered along the gullies at the bottom of the valleys compose a natural museum of carvings, where inartificial statues of vivid people and animals in thousands of postures are standing. For example, the “Fishing Platform”, a natural flat protruding table-like stone in the middle of a river, is ideal for tourists to have a rest, appreciate the waterfall on the opposite, play chess or whiff. Just one meter away from the river, there stands a natural stone tower with clear layers and a stone bird on the top. The bird is stretching its neck towards the water, totally lost in watching swimming fish and shrimps in the river. It is so vivid a scene that the tower is named Luanniao Guan Yu which literally means the “a bird is watching fish”. At the far end of the pine forest, along the path layered with falling leaves near the entrance of the mountain, there sits a stone Buddha in mediation, with closed eyes and erect palms put together, which is called “the Buddha Sitting in Mediation”.

Publishes at : 07-12-10 20:03

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