Forest surrounding the lawn

Stone Forest in Kunming, China

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November 6th 2010
I had been to the Stone Forest before, but this time around because we had the time to really explore the place, I actually got to see much more. We ventured outside the ring road surrounding the Big Stone Forest area, inside the area called Liziyuan, where there was a cliff with ancient rock paintings. To get to the rock paintings, we walked through very narrow passageways, some only wide enough ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more