Longyou Grottoes

Longyou grottoes are underground Grottoes located in Longyou area of Zhejiang Province. Since they were discovered in 1992, they have been covered with a layer of mystery by many news media reports.

Starting from Jinhua City, it takes more than one hour to drive about 70 kilometers to reach the destination. Located in the central part of Zhejiang Province, it is a small mountain village called shiyanbei in Yazhou. This small village, which sits in the north and faces the south, has been called "geomantic treasure land" since ancient times. Standing in front of the village, overlooking the distance, a Qujiang River passes around, with a wide field of vision and a sense of ethereal charm. There is a bamboo forest temple near the river in the village. The incense is curling in the temple, and the sound of Buddhism bursts out.

On June 9, 1992, Wu a'nai and three other villagers used four pumps to pump water for 17 consecutive days and nights, finally showing another mystery of the world comparable to UFO. Under the leadership of Wu a'nai, she entered a mysterious underground world with magnificent momentum and mysterious miracles. It's amazing. It's also puzzling. Half a day to find the secret is unforgettable.

A huge underground project, which has been sleeping for thousands of years and is rare in the world, is still standing like a huge exclamation point in front of historians, archaeologists, architects and tourists since it was accidentally discovered by several farmers 17 years ago. This is the Longyou grottoes, which are called "the grottoes of the world".

Longyou Grottoes

Longyou Grottoes is one of the highest level underground man-made buildings in ancient China, and also a wonder of underground space development and utilization in the world. Longyou Grottoes is a collection of humanities, art, culture and engineering technology, which is a profound embodiment of the Chinese nation.

Longyou Grottoes can be traced back to 212 B.C. or even more. The date of construction is still unknown. It is the largest underground man-made building in the world.

In 1992, the legendary "bottomless pond" came out of the water with the sound of four local farmers' pumps. The caves displayed in front of people are Longyou grottoes. Not only the age of construction is unknown, but the causes and uses of these grottoes are also controversial. They have become an eternal mystery that is difficult to solve. They are also called "the Ninth Wonder of the world" by the local people. They are national AAAA scenic spots.

Overview of scenic spots

Longyou grottoes are a group of underground Grottoes located in Longyou area, Zhejiang Province,

After the reports of many news media, it is covered with a layer of mystery, which has attracted the attention of archaeology, tourism and other relevant parties. Starting from Jinhua City, driving more than an hour, about 70 kilometers to reach the destination. Located in the central part of Zhejiang Province, it is a small mountain village called shiyanbei in Quzhou. This small village is located in the north and south, with the back of the mountain and the front of the water. It has been called "geomantic treasure land" since ancient times. Standing in front of the village, overlooking the distance, a Qujiang River passes around, with a wide field of vision and a sense of ethereal charm. There is a bamboo forest temple near the river in the village. The incense is curling in the temple, and the sound of Buddhism bursts out. On June 9, 1992, Wu a'nai and three other villagers used four pumps to pump water for 17 consecutive days and nights, finally showing a world mystery comparable to UFO. Under the leadership of Wu a'nai, she entered a mysterious underground world with magnificent momentum and mysterious miracles. It's amazing. It's also puzzling. Half a day to find the secret is unforgettable.

A huge underground project, which has been sleeping for thousands of years and is rare in the world, is still standing like a huge exclamation point in front of historians, archaeologists, architects and tourists since it was accidentally discovered by several farmers 20 years ago. This is the Longyou grottoes, which are called "the grottoes of the world". Zhejiang, China, with Liangzhu and Hemudu cultural sites, has a long history and rich cultural resources. At the intersection of Qiantang River, Qujiang River and Lingshan River, there is a small county named "Longyou". Although the county is small, its history can be traced back to the spring and Autumn period. At that time, it was called "Gumi". Up to now, it has been more than 2500 years and can be called the second largest ancient capital of Zhejiang Province. Longyou Grottoes is located in a small hill near the river 3 kilometers north of the county. The local people call it "Tongtan mountain". It is only a few miles around, but there are 24 man-made grottoes of different sizes and exquisite layout in the hinterland. Before they were discovered, they were all buried by water and soil, and the rock blocks at the entrance collapsed, so it was difficult to see their true appearance. The local government has now developed five of the caves for visitors to visit. The shape and scale of these caves are roughly the same - the area of the cave hall is hundreds of square meters small, and more than one thousand square meters large; the height of the cave varies from 20 to 40 meters; the openings are rectangular; the walls are steep, and the top of the cave is arc-shaped; there are two to five thick stone pillars supporting the top of the cave, and their cross sections are iron shaped, and the large ones need to be held by five people; the surface of the cave top, the wall and the pillars are chiseled without exception From the entrance to the bottom of the cave, there is a wide stone step in the form of wave manifold; at the bottom of each cave, there are one or two excavated stone pools and artificial slopes.

A large number of experts and scholars have put forward various conjectures and arguments about the age and use of the grottoes: quarries, tombs, Tibetan army stations, ice storage warehouses, Boulder culture, "Taoist blessed land", "rebellious miners' shelter" and so on. At the beginning of its appearance, Longyou grottoes were once considered as an "abandoned quarry", so its discovery did not cause a sensation and remained unknown for six years. It was not until 1998 that it attracted the attention of all walks of life. Now people find that similar caves are scattered all over the North Bank of Qujiang River. There are at least 50 caves in the 2.88 square kilometers underground nearby. Under the undeveloped level of science and technology in ancient times, the completion of such a huge underground project is incredible for people today. The numerous mysteries in the grottoes make the visitors "full of explorers entering the grottoes and full of riddlers leaving the grottoes."

Among the numerous researchers, Dr. Chu Liangcai of Zhejiang University, after more than 10 on-the-spot investigations and searching for various historical materials, put forward that the Longyou grottoes were first excavated in the Western Han Dynasty by Emperor Xuan

During the Sui Dynasty, it was called "beichangpingcang" and was listed as "historic site" at that time.

Dr. Chu also found two convincing typical caves, one is Boji cave not far from the upper reaches of Tongtan mountain (recorded in Song Dynasty as "eternal ages"), the other is Shiyan cave not far from the lower reaches of Tongtan mountain (there are three openings in front of which there are waterproof dikes). But at least it can be concluded that Longyou Grottoes is the largest underground man-made building complex in the world; in addition, it also provides direct and powerful evidence for "China's fifth great invention - tunnelling" proposed by foreign scholars.

The fog that envelops the Longyou Grottoes is gradually dispersing, and an ancient Chinese underground work with great cultural relics and archaeological value is unfolding in front of the world. It is gratifying that the Longyou Grottoes have been strictly protected by the relevant authorities and listed in the agenda of declaring world cultural heritage. After all, Longyou Grottoes should and can be a great witness of ancient human civilization.

Longyou Grottoes is one of the highest level underground man-made buildings in ancient China, and also a wonder of underground space development and utilization in the world. It is the embodiment of the broad and profound of the Chinese nation, integrating humanities, art, culture and engineering technology. Therefore, this accidental discovery is also called "the Ninth Wonder of the world" by the local people.

Longyou Grottoes in the area of 0.38 square kilometers on the mound seems to be a regular distribution of the size of 24 caves, each cave area ranging from 1000-3000 square meters. Each cave extends vertically downward from the rectangular opening, with a height of about 30 meters. The top of the cave is funnel-shaped, and there are 3-4 huge "fishtail" stone pillars in the cave, which are integrated with the cave top. What's more amazing is that the walls, roofs and stone pillars of the cave are evenly left with chisel marks that seem to have decorative intentions of the ancients.

Longyou grottoes are large-scale, majestic, magnificent and ingenious. Walking into the Grottoes is like going back to ancient times. And its "mining age", "mining people" and "use" are eternal mysteries.

geographical position

Longyou Grottoes is located in the west of Zhejiang Province, at the foot of Fenghuang mountain, 3km away from the North Bank of Qujiang River, Longyou County, Quzhou City. It is 180km away from Hangzhou, 60km away from Jinhua, 30km away from Quzhou, 1 hour's drive away from Qiandao Lake, and half an hour's drive away from daciyan, Zhuge Bagua village and Lingqi cave.

Scale of Grottoes

It has been asserted that Longyou Grottoes is the Ninth Wonder after the great wall and the terracotta warriors and horses of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty. From the perspective of preliminary investigation, the author believes that Longyou grottoes are better than the great wall and the terracotta warriors and horses in terms of origin, scale, craft and value. It can be explained from the following aspects.

Judging from the seven Grottoes that have been developed, the project of the Grottoes is magnificent and the mode is basically unified. Modeling, pattern, style, such as a hand. Focus on the overall situation and distribute reasonably. The smallest one is about 300 square meters, the second 900 square meters, the third 1200 square meters, the fourth 2000 square meters and the fifth 700 square meters. The floor area of the five Grottoes is 5

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