这是一个回景。远看虬龙峡入口的崖壁边缘,呈现一位线条清晰,有鼻有眼的男性侧面人脸。故名“蓦然回首”。这是丹霞崖壁上较软弱的岩层部分被风化剥蚀若干近水平的小岩槽和孔洞组合而成。前不见古人、后不见来者,这座天然石像在虬龙峡沉默面壁430万年,风霜蚀刻,饱经沧桑。
The View From Looking Back―danxia elongate along-bedding rock trough
The View From Looking Back―danxia elongate along-bedding rock trough
This platform offers a distant observation of Dragon Canyon. From this perspective, Dragon Canyon now shows the profile of a man, with his observable nose and eyes, hence the name. It is shaped due to the assemblage of varied caves and sub-parallel rock troughs, owing to preferential weathering at the weaker zones on the danxia cliff. This scenery is very vivid and is considered as unprecedented and unrepeatable, which is sitting there for 4.3 million. The face looks as if he has experienced the vicissitudes of life.