Haicenshulu Strange Stone Forest

Haicenshulu Strange Stone Forest

Haicenshulu, Memories of Wind and Water How many wonders does Alxa have? No one can say for sure. In recent years alone, a series of new discoveries have been made: in the northern Hanwula Mountain, a "Reclining Buddha" mountain was discovered, serene in slumber, lost in an endless dream. On a cliff in the central Yabulai Mountain, a natural human head sculpture was found, with clear facial features and a lifelike expression. A cave was also discovered here, 2.1 meters deep, 2.28 meters high, and 2 meters wide, with 11 handprints painted on the cave rocks, said to be a "work" from 30,000 years ago. The Haicenshulu Strange Stone Forest located in Nuri Ga Sumu, Ayuqi Banner, and the Habuci Gai Strange Stone Mountain in Bayannuorgong Sumu, Alxa Left Banner, are the most significant "discoveries." Approximately 200 kilometers along the road from Ekhenhuduuge Town to the Dongfeng Space City, a few kilometers westward leads you to the entrance of the Haicenshulu Valley. "Haicenshulu" means "pot-like stones," but what greets visitors' eyes goes far beyond just "pot-like stones." The bizarre and ever-changing rocks, riddled with holes, leave onlookers speechless. A slightly arched stone wall is covered in holes, large and small, deep and shallow, resembling eyes worn hollow by wind and sand, radiating the philosophy of nature. The other half of the stone wall has collapsed, as if it had endured a brutal war—heroes fallen, leaving behind only broken fortresses. The remaining half still stands like a strong sail, unyielding and unbroken. Gobi eagles land here, turning into eternal statues; their heads are lowered, talons clenched, ready to soar into the sky and battle the elements. For hundreds of thousands of years, wind and water have swept across the vast Gobi, leaving behind this nearly 100-square-kilometer stone forest in endless solitude. If the stone forests of Yunnan bring you delicacy, refinement, and enchantment, then Haicenshulu offers you a sense of grandeur, majesty, and transcendence. Here it stands between heaven and earth, becoming an eternal memory of time.