Real and reel life takes inspiration from each other. Often people get influence by movies but sometimes real person and places like Zhangjiajie National Forest Park influence our movie director James Cameron which eventually convert in to massive hit movies like Avatar. Yes that’s true The floating 'Hallelujah Mountains' you saw on the movie Avatar were inspired by a real place on Earth. Undoutedly Avatar, marketed as James Cameron's finest work .It’s a epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron,
About The Jungle
In 1982 it was recognized as China's first national forest park with an area of 4,810 ha (11,900 acres). Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of a much larger 397.5 km2 (153.5 sq mi) Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 1992, Wulingyuan was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage SiteIt was then approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources as Zhangjiajie Sandstone Peak Forest National Geopark (3,600 km2 (1,400 sq mi)) in 2001. In 2004, Zhangjiajie Geopark was listed as a UNESCO.
Influence of the Jungle
The most notable geographic features of the park are the pillar-like formations that are seen throughout the park. Although resembling karst terrain, this area is not underlain by limestones and is not the product of chemical dissolution, which is characteristic of limestone karst. They are the result of many years of physical, rather than chemical, erosion. Much of the weathering which forms these pillars are the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants which grow on them. The weather is moist year round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. The weathered material is carried away primarily by streams. These formations are a distinct hallmark of Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the Chinese province of Hunan features gigantic pillar-like rocks, the kind you see throughout the movie. The only difference is they aren't floating. They are the result of many years of erosion. The weather is moist year round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. The erosion which forms these pillars is the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants which grow on them. These formations are a distinct hallmark of Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings.
The film's director James Cameron and production designers said that they drew inspiration for the floating rocks in the fictional moon of Pandora from mountains from around the world, including those in the Hunan province.
One of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, the 3,544-foot Southern Sky Column, had been officially renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" in honor of the eponymous film in January 2010.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the Chinese province of Hunan features gigantic pillar-like rocks, the kind you see throughout the movie. The only difference is they aren't floating. They are the result of many years of erosion. The weather is moist year round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. The erosion which forms these pillars is the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants which grow on them. These formations are a distinct hallmark of Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings.
The film's director James Cameron and production designers said that they drew inspiration for the floating rocks in the fictional moon of Pandora from mountains from around the world, including those in the Hunan province.
One of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, the 3,544-foot Southern Sky Column, had been officially renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" in honor of the eponymous film in January 2010.
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