Tenglong Cave, one of the biggest karst caves in China and one of the special grade caves in the world, is located in Lichuan city in Enshi Tujia & Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Central China's Hubei Province. With a total area of 69 square kilometers, the scenic area of Tenglong Cave is integrated with mountains, water, cave, forest, with strange, quiet, beautiful.
What to see?
Tenglong Cave Scenic Spot consist of the water cave, dry cave, carp cave, breeze cave, and Dujia village and three dragon gate, such as the whole cave system is very complex, the total volume is the first in the world, is China’s best tourism caves, in October 2005 awarded by the China national geographic magazine as “the most beautiful place in China”.
Tenglong Cave park has a total area of 69 square kilometers, the southwest derives from the entrance Tenglong cave, connected with Mingyan gorge canyon scenic spot; Northwest to the black hole, connect with Xuezhao river canyon scenic spot, on the whole it distribute from southwest to northeast, is an extension along Qingjiang river valley of long and narrow area. Areas are in the 1000 meters above sea level.
The entrance of cave is 74 meters high, 64 meters wide, 235 meters as the zenith, preliminary proved a total length 52.8 km, tunnel length of 16.8 km, cave area of more than 200 square meters.
Dry hole at 59.8 miles in the length, Tenglong Cave is 74 meters high, 64 meters wide, and it is the first drought hole in Asia. The cave absorbs the Qingjiang River, forming 23 meters high waterfall, therefore Qingjiang River become a 16.8 km long underground stream. With only a wall between the water cave and dry cave, in the 2008 earthquake, they were damaged by varying degrees, and they are under repair.
The developed main scenic spots are two: one is
Tenglong dry cave scenic area; another is
water cave scenic spot. The cavern group of Tenglong Cave has a total of five layers from top to bottom, the number of cave is more than 300. There are five peaks in the cave, 10 halls, more than 10 underground waterfalls, no poison air, no snakes and scorpions, no pollution, with a constant temperature 14 to 18 ℃.
Travel Tips
Add: 6 km from Lichuan city, Enshi Tujia 7 Miao Autonomous Prefecture,Hubei Province
Opening Hours: 08:30 - 17:30
Entrance Fee: CNY 150
http://www.tenglongdong.net.cn/
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