This is the Stone Forest in Yunnan Province, China (photo from www.uh.edu/~jbutler/kunming/stoneforest.html). I didn't know a place like this existed, until today, when I saw Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Zhang Yimou). It was excellent, if a bit overly sentimental. I normally avoid any film with a "grouchy old man and the spunky little boy who makes him appreciate life again" slant, but it didn't bother me too much in this. The scenery was heartbreaking in itself. That Stone Forest! Unbelievable. Then there's the Stone Village where the spunky little boy lived, and the way they stretched tables all down the narrow lane and had a huge village feast. It's good to imagine that other people live in that kind of way.
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