Located in Shilin Yi autonomous county, Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, Stone Forest scenic area is famous for its karst landscape, featuring various types of oddly shaped rocks, and a long complex geological history.

Listed by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site, the Stone Forest, or "shilin", is a 350-square-kilometer area near Kunming, overgrown with tree-shaped stones in the form of stalagmites formed 270 million years ago. The site is also known as "Sculpture Museum of Nature".

The site is an 5A-class tourist site, the highest-level rating in China. One of the "wonders of the world", it has the largest number of karst formations in the world.