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The Stone Forest in Yunnan is a beautiful karst mountain range. But how did it come to be? Learn all about the Sani people and the magical origins of this Chinese nature site in today's episode.

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Level: Pre-Intermediate.

Genre: Myths & Legends.

Vocabulary: Herd, Bucket, Spirit, Order, Whip, Unfurl, Dam, Rooster, Freeze.

Setting: China.

Word Count: 681.

Author: Chinese Myths.

00:00 Intro

00:52 The Sani people

01:39 My full circle momoent

04:12 Leaving Chinese

06:19 Coming back to Chinese

08:57 Busy busy!

11:14 Stumbling across the origin story

13:30 Vocabulary

17:34 Herding Mountains to Make a Forest

23:31 Outro

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