What are the means of transportation in Guzhang Red Stone Forest?
Guzhang Red Stone Forest Transportation Guide: To get to Fenghuang, you can first go to Jishou or Huaihua, and then transfer there. Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai all have direct buses to Jishou and Huaihua. It takes about 4 hours from Huaihua to Fenghuang Ancient City, and the long-distance ticket is 20 yuan to 25 yuan; the minibus from Jishou to Fenghuang is 8 yuan per person, and one bus takes 10 minutes. It is best to charter a bus for 4 or 5 people, and the average price is about 10 yuan per person, 1 hours drive.
There are many minibuses and noodle buses in Fenghuang County, so you don’t have to worry about waiting for the bus here, and the departure time is short. Of course, it’s best to take a minibus, which is cheap and fast. There are also bicycle rentals at the intersection for 15 yuan/day. But in the county town, walking is the best option. A few hours of walking is enough.
From July 1, 2003, "rickshaws" (motorized tricycles, 16 yuan per city)
Guzhang Red Stone Forest is the only red carbonic acid formed in the Cambrian period in the world. The salt rock forest scenic spot was approved as a national geological park in 2005.
Red Stone Forest is located in Guzhang Qitong and Duanlongshan Township, covering an area of about 10 square kilometers and 26 kilometers away from Guzhang County. The scenic area is dotted with tall and strange stones, with different shapes and varied colors, which change with the weather, time, and seasons. They can change from sunny to red to rainy to black, to cloudy to brownish red, and different in the morning and evening. Such strange "color-changing stones" are unique in the world. Only, it is a rare natural wonder.
According to research by geological experts, the rocks in the Red Stone Forest formed about 450 million years ago. The Red Stone Forest area, like the Zuolongxi Canyon, belongs to what is known as the Yangtze Ancient Sea in geological history. A large amount of carbon mixed with mud and sand was deposited on the seabed. This beautiful geological wonder was formed by the action of earth's crust movement, erosion and dissolution due to acid salt material. Famous stone scenes include Sichuan dogs barking in the sun, baby swallows waiting to be fed, snails moving, the ancient city of Loulan, colorful mazes, etc. There are also underground caves, cliff sinkholes, thousand-year-old trees, etc. The whole scenic spot is red, beautiful, majestic, strange and unique. , ancient in one, it can be called "the first wonder of Wuling".
Red Stone Forest is an excellent place to camp and explore outdoors. Furong Town, a famous cultural landscape in western Hunan, is located on the opposite bank of the Red Stone Forest.