Each of the ten beautiful caves in our country is amazing!

Mondo Science Updated on 2024-01-31

A karst cave is an underground space formed by the dissolution of groundwater to soluble rocks (such as limestone), and usually has peculiar landscapes such as stalactites, stalagmites, and stone pillars. China is a country with many karst caves, and there are many world-class karst cave scenic spots, so do you know what famous karst caves are in China?

1.Weaving Gold Cave

Zhijin Cave is located in Zhijin County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, which is the longest karst cave in China, and is known as "Karst Museum", "King of Caves", "The First Cave in the World", and "Underground Art Palace". There are stalactites, stalagmites, stone curtains, stone flowers, stone waterfalls, etc., as well as underground rivers, waterfalls, lakes, patios, etc., in Zhijin Cave, and the scenery is spectacular.

2.Hibiscus Cave

Furong Cave is located in Jiangkou Town, Wulong District, Chongqing City, and is known as "one of the three major caves in the world" and "the first cave in the world". There are five scenic spots in the Furong Cave, namely the Furong Palace, the Immortal Cave, the Tianshu Palace, the Water Curtain Cave, the Mysterious Cave, there are more than 40 scenic spots in total, the stalactites in the cave are colorful, the light and shadow change, and the beauty is breathtaking.

3.Yaolin Wonderland

Located in Yaolin Town, Tonglu County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Yaolin Wonderland is the largest dry cave in China. There are eight scenic spots in the territory of Yaolin Xian, a total of more than 200 scenic spots, the stalactites in the cave have a peculiar shape, and they are called "the twelve views of Yaolin".

4.Ningwu Wannian Ice Cave

Ningwu Wannian Ice Cave, located in Ningwu County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, is the largest ice cave in China and is known as "China's No. 1 Ice Cave". There are various ice sculptures such as ice falls, icicles, ice curtains, ice flowers, etc., as well as ice lakes, ice bridges, ice caves, etc., and the temperature in the cave is below zero degrees in all seasons, forming a unique ice and snow world.

5.Alu Ancient Cave

Located in Luxi County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Alu Ancient Cave is the largest water cave in China and is known as "the world's longest underground water-filled cave". There are stalactites, stalagmites, stone flowers, etc. in the ancient cave of Alu, and the water and light in the cave are intertwined, like a dream.

6.Cockscomb Cave

Located in Luanchuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, Jiguan Cave is known as "the first cave in the north". The landscape in the cockscomb cave is varied, ingenious. The internal stone pillars, stone towers, stone rivers, and stone flowers have a cave in the sky, and the stone forest is towering, and the stone flowers are fragrant, especially the unique structural origin of the stone shield and lotus pot is rare in the world.

7.Stone Flower Cave

Shihua Cave is located in Hebei Town, Fangshan District, Beijing, and is known as "the most beautiful tourist cave in China" and "the all-round champion of the world's karst caves". There are seven halls in Shihua Cave, with a total of more than 150 scenic spots, and the stalactites in the cave are colorful, light and shadow.

8.Dushan Heavenly Cave

Located in Dushan County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, Dushan Tiandong is the largest Tianshengqiao karst cave in China, known as "the world's first Tianshengqiao". There are Tiansheng Bridge, Tiankeng, Tianjing, Skylight, etc. in Dushan Tiandong, the scenery is beautiful and magnificent.

9.Dragon's Cave

The dragon cave is the main source of the Miyi world's dragon culture, known as "the first mountain cave in the southwest, the dragon cave is the wonder of the dragon pond with three uniques, that is, the stalactites such as colorful stalagmites and stone pillars, and the landscape of one cave and two palaces composed of dragon palace and heavenly officials. The scenic area is rich in tourism resources, with mountains and verdant trees, streams and valleys, rare karst landscapes, and waterfalls.

10.Xinglong Cave

Xinglong karst cave is a large limestone karst cave, the landscape in the cave is the chemical sedimentary landscape of the secondary cave characterized by the original appearance of the original color, crystal clear, exquisite extraction, rare treasure, such as flowers and jade, it is worthy of the name of "minus the mountain crystal official". There are thousands of postures in the cave, there are eight world-class landscapes such as jade landscapes, jade corals, two-color waterfalls, etc., and eight national landscapes such as stone swords, moon milk stones, stone pens, and stone eyes of the earth.

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