The Wonderful Dragon Cave
Year of the Crane. Although I haven't seen it, I have been dazzled by the many illustrious titles of Tenglong Cave: the largest cave that has been discovered in China and the seventh longest cave in the worldThe total volume ranks first in the world;The largest dry cave in Asia;One of the six most beautiful caves in China;Its huge hole is extremely rare, ranking third in the world.
Moreover, the qualifications are not shallow. Its formation can be traced back to 200,000 years ago, and it officially entered people's field of vision in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. "Lichuan County Chronicle" has left this record of this cave located in Lichuan, Hubei: "There is nitrate in the dry cave. In the tenth year of Guangxu, there were more than ten nitrate miners, who went into dozens of miles with candles, and returned in fear. ”
The greater suspense is: Tenglong Cave is divided into two major scenic spots: water and drought, and the water cave is Xi called the water cave, and the dry cave is the real Tenglong cave.
This trip to Tenglong Cave is to come here.
Arriving at the main gate of Tenglong Cave, on an orange wooden tripod, the three big red characters of "Tenglong Cave" hollowed out are very eye-catching. As soon as you enter the gate, a deafening roar comes from the depths of the canyon. Not far from following the sound, a picture of two mountains sandwiched and a silver waterfall appearing in front of us.
The first to greet us was the water cave, and its source was the 800-mile Qingjiang River that was close at hand. The mighty river water sings all the way, and when it flows through the mouth of the Tenglong Cave water hole, it is like a drunken man, a stumbling, suddenly falling down the deep valley of more than 30 meters, so on the mountain rock behind him, hang up this ten-zhang bead curtain, just like a Wolong who opens its huge mouth to drink the water of the Qingjiang River, people use the four words "Wolong swallowing the river" to describe this spectacular can be described as appropriate. What's even more amazing is that the water of the Qingjiang River has now become an underground undercurrent with a maximum flow of 1460 cubic meters per second, after passing 16The 8-kilometre trek before stepping out of the surface again is a great wonder of nature.
As the entrance to the dark river, the sinkhole naturally has a mysterious meaning. In order to allow visitors to enjoy this wonder, people have carved a cliff plank road in the rocky rock wall and erected a stone bridge between the two gorges. Visitors walk on the plank road against the rock wall, or stand directly on the bridgehead, look down on the turbulent Qingjiang River at their feet, and watch the long scroll ...... of the waterfall with rushing rapids and splashing pearls and jadesThe tourism scene of the people outside the sinkhole is shown because of the scenery, and the scenery is very moving.
From the side of the Wolong Swallow River Waterfall, climb dozens of stone steps, and then turn two or three bends, and we will arrive at the main entrance of the dry cave - the real Tenglong Cave and meet us. It is said that the spindle-shaped opening, 72 meters high and 64 meters wide, can accommodate 20 trucks in parallel in the open area, and a 20-story building can be easily placed in the middle, and even helicopters can hover freely at the entrance. Locals once proudly said that if everyone occupied 2With a space of 5 square meters, Tenglong Cave can accommodate the population of Enshi Prefecture.
Because the entrance of the main cave is large and long, it is shaped like a giant dragon dancing, so it gets the name of a dragon cave. Of course, some people say that this is the place where the silver dragon rises in the sky, hence its name: back then, when the nitrate boilers went to the Demon Fog Mountain to find a new source of nitrate, they suddenly heard three loud noises, and the nitrate guests did not figure out what was going on, but they saw three silver dragons rising from the Demon Fog Mountain, and they were nowhere to be found. Since then, the nitrate cave has been called Tenglong Cave by the locals.
When I entered the cave, there was really a different world. A shallow, clear pool of water reflects the semi-circular cave entrance and the shadow of the green trees and green mountains outside the cave, like a freehand landscape scribbled on the cave floor with aura, and the figure of every visitor who approaches it is also ingested into it. I can't help but ask myself: Have you ever seen such a way of welcome?
Walking further in, visitors are greeted by colorful lanterns of different shapes on both sides of the road, or like lotus flowers, or like horses, adding a bit of joyful atmosphere to the deep and dark Tenglong Cave, and also illuminating the way forward for tourists.
While walking, an angular hill stopped in front of it, behind it is a red cliff, after seeing the sign, I know that it is called "Dragon Scale Mountain". It is formed by the collapse of the rock at the top of the cave, and is one of the geological relics in the dry cave of Tenglong Cave. Although its height is only 35 meters, the momentum in the horizontal cave strongly interprets the wonder of the Tenglong Cave with a hole in the mountain and a mountain in the cave.
Like other karst caves, the stalactites in Tenglong Cave are also carved with their own masterpieces with their unique morphological characteristics
A square upside-down stalactite that resembles a 10,000-year-old turtle spits out a clear spring all the year round, constantly moisturizing the small stalactites that are mushroom-shaped below, so it is named "turtle water moist mushroom".
On an ochre-colored cliff, an old man with a long beard and a cane stands quietly, and one station is millions of years, it can be said that it is longevity and Tianqi, and people deserve to call him "old birthday star".
One side of the stone wall resembles the stone lock in the home of the Tujia people, and people named it "stone lock clearance". According to experts, this is a erosion-based landform supplemented by erosion, and on this remnant stone pillar, the strong hydrodynamic effect of the Qingjiang River in ancient times has been vigorously presented.
Further on, there is the original cave theater. Since the show hadn't started yet, we continued to walk towards the back hole.
The rich imagination of the people is well displayed in the back hole. The karst landform landscape is like a cascading terraced field, and the scenic spot names it "Vicissitudes of the Sea";It is not surprising that calcium carbonate deposition is said to be a "map of China";Slightly raised, whiskered horns like stalactites, people give it a "leyline dragon" reputation;The stone pillar that resembles the silhouette of a young girl is called the "Goddess of Yanyang", and the place where she lives is called the Goddess CaveThe wall flow stone formed by the chemical sedimentation of groundwater has become a veritable "grain harvest" because of the fruitful results hung on the stone wall by Kuxiao;There is also a trickling mountain spring, the "Jade Girl Soup" hanging upside down;The shape is realistic, just like the "Tenglong Yao Pond" where the dragon rolls;Several stalactites, closely intertwined, shaped like the dragon's claw "dragon claw stone", etc., all give people a strong impression of Xiao object pictogram, each with its own taste.
After fully appreciating the wonders of the stalactite cave, and then looking back, the large-scale original Tujia scene song and dance "Yishui Lichuan" has a unique flavor.
This is an original ecological cave theater built with the help of a natural cave hall, a majestic cave, with the antique stilted building of the Tujia family, presenting a simple and primitive environmental atmosphere.
The scene song and dance "Yishui Lichuan" with Tujia culture as the background is based on the ancient legend of the Tujia family and tells the poignant love story of the ancestor of the Ba people, Lijun, and the goddess of salt water in a romantic artistic atmosphere. Cleverly interspersed with Tujia characteristic songs and dances such as the meat ringing, the eight-treasure copper bell dance, the Maogusi, and the dragon boat tune, vividly restores the traditional Xi of the Tujia children using songs as a medium and choosing their own mates. When the colorful boat carrying persistent love slowly rowed to the stage**, and the loud singing voice of the Tujia woman echoed above the cave for a long time, the audience erupted in long-lasting applause. As an immersive viewer, I also secretly collected this gorgeous picture of Tujia life in my heart.