Celestial Book Treasure Box (Tianshu Baoxia)

A Bout Stone Codex Monolith (Tianshu Baoxia)

Stone Codex Monolith (Tianshu Baoxia) is located at the top of the cliffs of Huangshizhai, it is uncanny resemblance to an antique manuscript case of a huge stone standing in the air, this is the mysterious ‘Stone Codex Monolith ( This is the mysterious ‘Stone Codex Monolith ( Tianshu Baoxia)’. This 18-metre-high (about 6-storey building) stone box is actually a 380-million-year-old sandstone, the top cracks actually have tenacious growth of three ancient pines, as if nature’s security mechanism guarding ancient secrets.

Related research found that the box’s geological striations mirror ancient hydrologic maps, folklore also has a legend that this is the ancient immortals left here in the climate of the prophecy book. About 20 metres to the northeast of the casket, we could see the naturally occurring texture of the ‘folds of the pages of a book’, which is most three-dimensional in the afternoon when the sun is shining obliquely.

Stone Codex Monolith (Tianshu Baoxia) Tips:

① The best place to take photos is at the 3rd viewing deck beyond the cable car terminus, but you will need a telephoto lens.


② Not far away from here, about 300 metres away, there is a group of stone pillars called ‘The Sea God’s Needle’.


③ If you come here on a rainy day, congratulations, you will be able to see the special effects of the ‘Fairy Air Surrounding’.