The tall rocks jut from the ground much like stalagmites or even like trees of stone, creating the illusion of a forest made of stone.(突出地面的巖石很似一個個石筍，甚至很像由石頭組成的樹林。不禁給人帶來一種置身石頭森林的錯覺。)

The Stone Forest one of the four most famous Chinese scenic spots is located in Lunan Yi Autonomous County to the southwest of Kunming city 90 kilometers away from the downtown area.(中國四大自然景觀之一的石林，位于昆明市西南部的路南彝族自治縣境內，距市區90公里。)

Other off-grid residences include a stone stable in Spain that was converted into a family home and a forest dwelling overlooking the Pacific Ocean.(其他自給自足建筑包括西班牙的石制馬棚改造為家庭用房，以及俯瞰太平洋的森林住所。)

The area is certainly engaging enough to warrant an overnight stay, and the Stone Forest Guest House is now available for that purpose.(這個區域當然非常有魅力來保證待上一夜，石林賓館現在也可以用于此目的。)

We took a side trip to a geological wonder called the Stone Forest, a natural forest of strangely shaped stone pinnacles.(途中我們順便參觀了地質奇觀“石林”，那是由各種奇形怪狀的尖形石頭構成的天然地貌。)

The Stone Forest, a series of karst outcrops east of Kunming.(石林，位于昆明東部，是喀斯特地貌所形成的景觀。)

It is concluded that the high dip fracture systems and the aggressive allogenic water are two major control factors for the development of the Stone Forest to form dramatic and spectacular landscape.(質純層厚的碳酸鹽巖高角度裂隙系統和蓋層所提供的強侵蝕性裂隙水是石林的形成過程中兩個極其重要的因素。)

From the early morning until dusk, elderly women and girls, dressed in traditional blue and black hats and tunics, sell embroidered clothing on the bank of the Stone Forest Lake.(從早晨到黃昏，年長的婦女和女孩，身著傳統藍色和黑色帽子和束腰外衣，在石林湖堤岸上賣繡花衣。)

Built back before the civil war, Grace Episcopal Church is a stone and stucco structure out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by forest and fields.(格雷斯國教教堂是在南北戰爭之前建造的，位于一個遠離人煙的地方，是巖石和灰泥結構，教堂的周圍環繞著森林和農田。)

The Shilin (Chinese for stone forest) is an impressive example of karst topography.(石林是巖溶地形的佼佼者。)