Plateau soil column forest

The height and thickness of the soil pillars are different. The highest one is more than 10 meters, and the lowest one is only more than 2 meters. But they all have one thing in common, that is, they all wear a slate cap on the top.

There are some interesting folktales to explain it. According to geological experts, they are the soil pillars left by the protection of boulders after the collapse of rocks on the mountain slope in the earthquake 100000 years ago.

Plateau soil column forest

The world's rare plateau soil pillar forest is located in fengjiahui village, 5 kilometers north of Qikou ancient town. The soil columns vary in height and thickness, with a height of more than 10 meters and a height of more than 2 meters. But they all have one thing in common, that is, they all wear a slate cap on the top. According to geological experts, these soil pillars are the soil pillars left by the protection of boulders due to the erosion of rainwater and flowing water from the mountain rocks collapsed in the earthquake 100000 years ago.

legend

There is also a long-standing folk story about the formation of tuzhulin

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people were ruled by the Mongols, and Qikou was no exception. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the government had been quite corrupt, and the officials in various places acted recklessly. The leader of the Yuan people in Qikou area was a cruel villain. He burned, killed, robbed and raped women. The common people dared to be angry. Even so, he was still worried about the rebellion of the Han people. He stipulated that the handle of the kitchen knife should be nailed on the chopping board with a chain, so he could not easily take it away. The most hateful thing is that every year when he celebrates his birthday, he kills two boys and girls aged six or seven, drinks their blood and eats their hearts, saying that they can live forever.

A year later, his birthday was approaching, and his men had already found a boy and girl for him. On their birthday, the parents of the two families thought about it. They couldn't bear to send their children. They discussed how to hide them. They were willing to kill and cut them, but adults were willing to bear it. So they hid the child in the back ditch of fengjiahui village. The leader of the Yuan Dynasty, left and right, could not wait. Later, he learned that the children had been hidden. He was so angry that he immediately led the men and horses to search for them. Not long after, they found the place where the children were hiding and immediately forced them all the way. Poor two children, see a large number of people and horses come, scared to embrace cry. This cry doesn't matter, but it startled the land master. The land master looked at the situation and thought: This is too good, too presumptuous. As a result, the earth forest array composed of countless loess columns suddenly appeared on the ground. Each column was hard and upright, with a stone cap on its head like a helmet. When Yuan Bing arrived, he saw two children's figures flash in the soil pillar forest, but they disappeared, so he rushed into the soil pillar forest. If you don't want to go in, it's easy to get out. After you go in, there are still two children. When you turn around, there are tall earth pillars, and you can't find the way out. The most important thing is that the stone slabs on the earth pillars, like long eyes, hit yuan Bing's head and body very accurately, and the speed is faster and faster. Some yuan Bing's brains burst, and some yuan Bing's legs were broken, In the whole valley, only Yuanbing's cry was heard. By the time all yuan soldiers had been withdrawn, the number of troops had been reduced by 40-50%. The leader's birthday didn't come to an end, and since then, his violent attitude towards the Han people has converged a lot, and he never wanted to kill a boy or girl on his birthday. The soil columns that throw away the stone caps gradually disappear with the erosion of wind and rain, but the soil columns with stone caps are protected from a lot of wind and rain because the stone slabs are like umbrellas

Travel Tips

Tuzhulin is 5km away from Qikou ancient town. If you don't drive by yourself, you can rent a car in the local area. You can go there for 30 yuan at most.

Address: 5km north of Qikou ancient town

Longitude: 110.79572126978

Latitude: 37.678236811825