地壳运动使张家界区域以整体间歇性抬升为主，泥盆系石英砂岩上的盖层岩石被剥蚀掉，流水沿几组相互交错的节理下切，原来面积为近百平方公里的巨大砂岩块被分割，形成方山、岩峰、岩柱，峰林，此处景色尤为壮观，称为“武士训马”。The Zhangjiajie area was lifted up intermittently by crustal movements, and the cap strata over the Devonian quartz sandstone was eroded off. Flowing water cut down along some interlaced joints, splitting the giant rock block, whose area was nearly 100km², into mesas, rock peaks, stone pillars and stone forest. The magnificent landscape here is called the Warrior Training Horses.