the Stone Forest

The tall rocks jut from the ground much like stalagmites or even like trees of stone, creating the illusion of a forest made of stone.(突出地面的岩石很似一个个石笋，甚至很像由石头组成的树林。不禁给人带来一种置身石头森林的错觉。)

The Stone Forest one of the four most famous Chinese scenic spots is located in Lunan Yi Autonomous County to the southwest of Kunming city 90 kilometers away from the downtown area.(中国四大自然景观之一的石林，位于昆明市西南部的路南彝族自治县境内，距市区90公里。)

Other off-grid residences include a stone stable in Spain that was converted into a family home and a forest dwelling overlooking the Pacific Ocean.(其他自给自足建筑包括西班牙的石制马棚改造为家庭用房，以及俯瞰太平洋的森林住所。)

The area is certainly engaging enough to warrant an overnight stay, and the Stone Forest Guest House is now available for that purpose.(这个区域当然非常有魅力来保证待上一夜，石林宾馆现在也可以用于此目的。)

We took a side trip to a geological wonder called the Stone Forest, a natural forest of strangely shaped stone pinnacles.(途中我们顺便参观了地质奇观“石林”，那是由各种奇形怪状的尖形石头构成的天然地貌。)

The Stone Forest, a series of karst outcrops east of Kunming.(石林，位于昆明东部，是喀斯特地貌所形成的景观。)

It is concluded that the high dip fracture systems and the aggressive allogenic water are two major control factors for the development of the Stone Forest to form dramatic and spectacular landscape.(质纯层厚的碳酸盐岩高角度裂隙系统和盖层所提供的强侵蚀性裂隙水是石林的形成过程中两个极其重要的因素。)

From the early morning until dusk, elderly women and girls, dressed in traditional blue and black hats and tunics, sell embroidered clothing on the bank of the Stone Forest Lake.(从早晨到黄昏，年长的妇女和女孩，身着传统蓝色和黑色帽子和束腰外衣，在石林湖堤岸上卖绣花衣。)

Built back before the civil war, Grace Episcopal Church is a stone and stucco structure out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by forest and fields.(格雷斯国教教堂是在南北战争之前建造的，位于一个远离人烟的地方，是岩石和灰泥结构，教堂的周围环绕着森林和农田。)

The Shilin (Chinese for stone forest) is an impressive example of karst topography.(石林是岩溶地形的佼佼者。)