Yellow River Stone Forest (Chinese: 黃河石林) is located in the southeast of Jingtai (景泰) County, Baiyin (白銀) City, Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Yellow River Stone Forest covers an area of about 10 square kilometers, which was formed around 2 millions years ago.
There are eight gullies in the scenic area, Yinmagou (飲馬溝) is amongst the most popular.
The best way to go around Yinmagou is riding on a donkey cart, which exemplifies the folk customs of Yellow River Stone Forest.
Yellow River Stone Forest has become a location for many famous Chinese movies and TV shows, some scenes of Mulan were shot here.
Yellow River Stone Forest is composed of many sand stalagmites and stone pillars in various sizes and shapes. Stone pillars and stalagmites are generally between 80 and 200 meters.
Due to crustal movement, weathering, rain erosion and other geological processes, Yellow River Stone Forest formed a spectacular stone forest landform with yellow conglomerate as the main form.
At the 2008 China Yellow River Tourism Conference, Yellow River Stone Forest was honored as ‘50 Sceneries of the Yellow River in China’.
