Shilin Yi Autonomous County is an suburb county in Kunming prefecture, Yunnan, China. It was initially known as Lunan Autonomous County, then it renamed to Shilin, which the name is the famous scenic area in the county, the Stone Forest (in Chinese Shilin). Shilin is located in the east of Yunnan. Luxi, Mile, Luliang and Yiliang are bordering Shilin on the east, south, north and west respectively. Yi people is the major aborigine in Shilin.