Qifeng
Town
On boat rafting downstream from
Jingping Hill, on the river bank of the
Xiangsijiang River, a tributary of the Li
River, near Daxu town, you can see a range
of hump peaks rising steeply, which is famed
as the 'Forest of Odd Shaped Peaks'. The
towering peaks point into the sky and the
scene is imposing. Ancient people named
the town among these peaks Qifeng Town (Town
of Odd Shaped Peaks). It is a fine example
of the fantastic karst landform.
About several hundred million years ago,
this area was a boundless ocean, only dotted
with a few pieces of land. At the bottom
of the ocean, vast limestone areas accumulated
which were several thousand meters deep.
The diastrophism resulted in many folds
and ruptures in the deposit terrain. For
thousands of years the rainwater permeated
into these crevasses, dissolving calcium
carbonate contained in the limestone. The
ground became bumpy and various grotesque
peaks rose.
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