Shihua-Cave

Shihua Cave Scenic Spot is located in the west of Fangshan District of Beijing, about 40 kilometers away from the city center. The constant temperature in the cave is 13 degrees throughout the year. In summer, it is a good place for summer vacation in the suburbs of Beijing. Shihua Cave is one of the most splendid karst caves in China, with various forms and quantities of stone flowers. Moreover, due to the crustal change, the multi-layer structure of Shihua Cave is very rare. The open part of the cave is equipped with color lights, which together with various stalagmites and flowers form a fantastic and magnificent landscape. It is very suitable for viewing and photography.

There is No.43 bus in Fangshan in Shihua Cave, which can reach the entrance of the scenic spot. If you come by self driving, you can only go to the parking lot of nancheying village about 1km outside Shihua Cave. There is no parking lot further. Sometimes, the local villagers will close the road. You can walk here for about 15 minutes to get to the entrance of the scenic spot. You can also take the Ferry Bus operated by the local villagers, which is about 20 yuan per person (it's not far away. It's not necessary for people with insufficient physical strength, such as old people and children).

At the entrance of Shihua Cave, there is a stone tablet of "cave Museum" inscribed by Song Jian, former director of the State Science and Technology Commission, and a plaque of "Shihua Cave" inscribed by Zhao Puchu, President of the Buddhist Association. There are seven floors in the cave. At present, the area open to tourists is from the first floor to the fourth floor, with 16 halls and more than 100 landscapes. After entering the second floor, you can walk about 2.5 kilometers. Generally, you can watch it for 2 hours. Tourists who like photography need more time. In addition, there is a tour guide service in the scenic area to help explain the image and legend of Shihua. The price of the tour guide is 100 yuan per time for a team of less than 5 people, and 10 yuan for each additional person for more than 5 people.

The view of Shihua Cave starts from the first floor. The first floor is composed of more than ten stalagmite groups, such as "lion greeting", "carp stream", "Penglai Fairy Island". One of the more special is the ten Buddha statue near the entrance of the cave. There are ten Buddha and Bodhisattva statues, which were carved by master yuan Guang during the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, at the "stone lotus in yaochi" deep in the cave, there is a rare moon milk stone landscape in China, which forms a milky white lotus shape. It is very beautiful and can be mainly viewed.

The tour route on the second floor is 1352 meters, which is the longest and largest one on the fourth floor. It is open and magnificent. There are "bamboo fence cottage", "stone waterfall", "Dragon Palace curtain", "Qingtian Yuanyang pillar" and other landscapes, which are more atmospheric and fantastic, so it is very suitable to take photos in the cave.

The scale of the third and fourth floors is relatively small. The stone flowers here are quite special. Unlike the mature and larger landscapes on the first and second floors, most of them are small and growing stalagmites and stone flowers. There are "dragon lady embroidery platform", "immortal mirror" and "flower shoot tower forest" to watch. After viewing, you can go out from the step on the right side of the fourth floor.

There are many farmhouses and small hotels in nancheying village, about 1km away from Shihua Cave Scenic Area. After visiting, you can come here to eat farmhouse food or stay. Generally, the standard room is about 100 yuan.

Beijing Shihuadong National Geopark

synonym

Shihua Cave (Beijing Fangshan Shihua Cave) generally refers to Beijing Shihua Cave National Geopark

Beijing Shihuadong National Geopark is located in nancheying village, Hebei town, Fangshan District, Beijing. It is 55 kilometers away from the capital. It is a seven storey cave with an elevation difference of 150 meters. At present, all the first and second floors and parts of the third and fourth floors are open to the public, with a tour length of 2500 meters. Shihua Cave, formerly known as qianzhen cave, has been discovered for more than 500 years. Because there are three marble Buddha statues carved in the cave, it was renamed "stone Buddha cave" and the incense once flourished for a time. Shihua Cave is a large-scale cave with many cave layers, complete sedimentary types and large amount of secondary chemical deposits found in China. Its aesthetic value and scientific research value can also rank in the forefront of caves in the world. It is also known as China's four major karst caves along with the well-known Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, Yuhua cave in Fujian and Yaolin cave in Hangzhou.

geographical environment

Beijing Shihuadong Geopark is located in the low valley of the middle reaches of Dashihe River Basin in Hebei town and fozizhuang township of Fangshan District, Beijing, which belongs to the hilly area of middle and low mountains. The terrain is high in the South and low in the north. The highest peak in the area, liansanding, is 1180 meters above sea level. In addition, there are sangshuling, Fenghuangshan and Jiaozishan, with elevations of 838 meters, 735 meters and 544 meters respectively. The lowest area is located in the eastern wanfotang area, with an elevation of 100-150 meters. The terrain in the area fluctuates greatly, the valley is relatively open, and the valley shape is mostly radial distribution. The geomorphic type in the area belongs to typical tectonic denudation landform of middle and low mountains. After long-term weathering and denudation and surface water cutting and dissolution in the distribution area of carbonate sedimentary layer, a typical karst geomorphic form is formed.

Shihuadong area is one of the most densely distributed areas of karst caves in China. In December 2000, Beijing Municipal Government approved the establishment of Shihuadong Nature Reserve in Beijing, defining 36.5 square kilometers of the same area as Shihuadong National Geopark as the nature reserve.

This area belongs to warm temperate semi humid and semi-arid area, which is a typical temperate continental monsoon climate. Four seasons are obvious, dry and windy in spring, high temperature and rainy in summer, sunny and rainy in autumn, dry and cold in winter. The temperature in the cave ranges from 11 ℃ to 13 ℃ all the year round.

In a year, the warm period is 30 days longer than the plain area, the hot period is 28 days shorter, and the summer heat period is only 3 days. In winter, there are small cold periods, but there are no big cold periods and severe cold periods. This kind of temperature is suitable for the development of tourism. The annual average precipitation is 650-700mm, which is 50-100mm higher than the annual average of the whole city. The spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall is extremely uneven. The rainfall in flood season (June to September) is concentrated, accounting for 85% of the total annual precipitation, and mostly in the form of rainstorm.

Scope of the park

Shihuadong National Geopark is located in Hebei town and fozizhuang township. Two towns

Each village has 18 natural administrative villages with a total population of 43247, including 31041 agricultural residents and 12206 residents, accounting for 28% of the total population. The residents in the area are mainly Han and Manchu, and there are garrison troops in the area. Shihuadong Geopark covers 4667 people in 10 natural villages of two towns.

It starts from wanfotang Banbidian Huangtupo in the East, Huagang village lijialing in fozizhuang Township in the west, Huangtupo Xinzhuang in the north and three ridges in Fenghuang Mountain in the south, 12 km long from east to west and 4 km wide from north to south, covering an area of 36.5 square kilometers. The first-class karst cave burial area is about 12.13 square kilometers, including four areas from left to right: ① Jimao cave burial area is 0.95 square kilometers; ② Yinhu cave yingshuiyan cave burial area is 4.81 square kilometers; ③ Shihua Cave and Qingfeng cave burial area is 5.4 square kilometers; ④ kongshui cave burial area is 0.97 square kilometers.

Main attractions

Legend of scenery

Shihua Cave, also known as qianzhen cave and Shifo cave, is located in nancheying village, Hebei town, Fangshan District. It is one of the four famous caves in China. There is a legend about Shihua Cave. A long time ago, a wandering monk named Yuanguang came to nancheying village. Seeing the beautiful scenery, he decided to take a rest here. However, he was awakened by a cool air current in the heat. He subconsciously looked along the wind and saw that the cool wind was coming from the gap between the rocks on the north side of the gully. He was so curious that he drove him to find out. Then he banged on the hollow with his hammer and chisel and finally chiseled He opened a big hole with a barrel mouth. He went through the thin-walled hole and climbed in for a long time. He saw a little more and more fluorescent light in front of him. Through the fluorescent light, he saw that the huge cave in front of him was decorated with many colorful, crystal clear columnar, flower like, umbrella like, spherical, magical and gorgeous scenery. He was intoxicated, so he had the "fairy land cave" and had a dream to enter After that, he made this strange cave his home and devoted himself to practice. Today, 700 years later, the three vigorous regular script characters of "qianzhen cave" are still shining in the sun, which are beside the "Shihua Cave" inscribed by the contemporary celebrity Mr. Zhao Puchu.

Shihua Cave is one of the karst caves discovered in China with large scale, many cave layers, complete sedimentary types and large amount of secondary chemical sediments. The cavern is a multi-storey and multi branched floor structure, with seven floors up and down, one to five floors, with a total length of 5000 meters. The sixth and seventh floors are the water flowing and water filling caverns of underground rivers. The cave entrance is 251m above sea level and 160m away from the water table in the area, belonging to the cave near the water table. Shihua Cave is named after the natural stone flower. There are many forms of stone flowers, colorful and large number, which is the largest cave in China. The overall feature of Shihua Cave is that the cave body is multi-layered and multi branched, with a total of 7 floors from top to bottom. The landscape of each floor is different, and it is known as "the underground pearl of Beijing". Among them, the "stone lotus" formed by yuenai stone, the 10 meter high and 18 meter long stone mantle composed of more than 540 pieces of stalactites, as well as the landscape of Shiqi, Shuangcai shidun and Longgong Shuangzhu, are all excellent cave karst landscapes at home and abroad, and have been rated as national key scenic spot, National Geopark and national AAAA scenic spot. Main tour contents: cultural interest layer, adventure layer, stone exhibition hall, etc.

The first, second and third floor tunnels have been developed in Shihua Cave, with a total length of more than 1900 meters. The first and second floor tunnels, which are open to tourists, are 1362 meters long, and consist of 12 Tall cave halls and 16 caves. There are 63 adits of different sizes. There are many kinds of secondary biochemical sediments in Shihua Cave, with beautiful shapes

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