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Along the northern edge of the summit of Yaozizhai, there are several cliffs jutting out into the air like platforms. Standing on the platform and looking down, the deep valley is as steep as if cut, reaching more than 300 meters deep, and within the valley dozens of stone peaks rise from the ground like a forest of pagodas. Some peak walls are reddish brown, others grayish white, all with horizontal joints and overlapping layers. The larger peak forest formations are more than ten meters in diameter, the smaller ones several meters, some high and some low, irregularly arranged. Some are thick at the top and thin at the bottom, some are broad below and pointed above, and some are round and level; under sunlight all glisten and shine. On the summits are either clusters of old pines, vigorous and upright, or patches of shrubs, verdant and clustered. On rainy days, clouds and mist surge like waves, and the summits seem to float. This scene is the 'Layered Rocks Surging Like Pagodas' recorded in the Qianlong-era Yongding County Gazetteer of the Qing Dynasty.
