Tears of the Stone Forest

According to legend Ashima (阿诗玛) of the Yi People, a woman of surpassing beauty and sweetness of character, was born here in Yunnan Province in China's celebrated Stone Forest. 

After falling in love Ashima was forbidden to marry her suitor and was instead turned to stone in the forest that still bears her name. Each year on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, many Yi people celebrate the Torch Festival (火把节 Huǒbă Jié) in memory, it is said, of these sad events. 

The Stone Forest is a cluster of ancient limestone formations that resemble trees