Sea-Calming Needle (Dinghai Shenzhen)
This sky-high pillar is the wildest ‘Sea-Calming Needle (Dinghai Shenzhen)’ in Zhangjiajie! Can you believe it? This 150 metre tall slender pillar (taller than Statue of Liberty + Washington Monument combined) has been standing on the edge of the cliff for 3 years.) has been standing on the edge of the cliff for 300 million years! Look closely at the top – do those pine trees growing horizontally look like they’re stuck in Olympic torches tilted by giants?
Legend has it that this is where the Monkey King’s weapon from Journey to the West was dropped and transformed, but geologists say it’s actually a work of art that took rainwater millions of years to sculpt. I’ll let you in on a little secret: go around to the wooden platform 20 metres to the west and turn your mobile phone sideways – you’ll be able to capture the magical angle of the stone pillars and the ‘sword piercing cloud layers’!
