When is it suitable to go to Guzhang Red Stone Forest?

The best time for Guzhang Red Stone Forest: the climate in Xiangxi is suitable for tourism all year round, but if you travel to Xiangxi in July or September, you can catch up with the Miao nationality's large-scale song festival on the sixth day of June or the autumn festival in early autumn, and then you can feel the unique festivals of ethnic minorities.

Guzhang Red Stone Forest is the only red carbonate stone forest scenic spot formed in Cambrian in the world, which was approved as a national geological park in 2005.

Hongshilin is located in Qietong and Duanlongshan Township, Guzhang County, with an area of about 10 square kilometers, 26 kilometers away from Guzhang County. There are many tall and strange stones in the scenic area with different shapes and colors, which change with the weather, time and season. Sunny red, rainy black, cloudy brown, morning and evening are different. Such a strange "color-changing stone" is unique in the world and a rare natural wonder.

According to the research of geological experts, the rock formation history of Hongshilin is about 450 million years. The Hongshilin area, like the Zuolongxi Gorge, belongs to the ancient sea of the Yangtze River in history. A large number of carbonate materials mixed with sediment have been deposited on the seabed, and this beautiful geological wonder has been formed through crustal movement, erosion and dissolution. Famous stone scenes include dogs barking at the sun, swallows waiting to feed, snails moving, Loulan ancient city, colorful maze and so on. , as well as underground caves, cliff sinkholes, thousand-year-old trees, etc. The whole scenic spot is red, beautiful, majestic, unique and ancient, which is called "the first wonder of Wuling".

Redstone Forest is a good place for camping and outdoor exploration. Furong town, a famous cultural landscape in western Hunan, is on the other side of the Red Stone Forest.