Yinhu Cave Scenic Spot

60 kilometers away from the urban area, it is the largest large karst cave group in the north, which integrates flood and drought. It is named after the bell milk, which looks like silver. There are many layers and branches in the cave, which is like an underground labyrinth. The cave is 4500 meters long and has 1500 meters of water channels. The water is quiet and does not freeze all year round. Boating on it, the boat moving water does not move, such as into fairyland.

Yinhu Cave Scenic Spot

Yinhu Cave Scenic Spot is located in Yingshui village, fozizhuang village, Fangshan District, southwest suburb of Beijing, 60 kilometers away from the urban area of Beijing. It is one of the first batch of municipal scenic spots of Beijing Municipal People's Government on March 3, 2000. The scenic spot is located at the foot of Baihua Mountain and the Bank of Dashi River in the Northwest Mountainous Area of Fangshan Mountain. It is surrounded by undulating mountains, beautiful mountains and waters, covering an area of 1.8 square kilometers. It is the largest large karst cave group in the north, integrating flood and drought. It is named after the bell shaped milk of silver fox.

Development history

There are many layers and branches in the cave, which is like an underground labyrinth. The cave is 4500 meters long and has 1500 meters of water channels. The water is quiet and does not freeze all year round. Boating on it, the boat moving water does not move, such as into fairyland.

Yinhu cave was discovered during mining on July 15, 1991. After half a year of development and construction, it was opened to the outside world on April 15, 1992 and became the first agricultural tourism enterprise in Beijing suburbs. Based on the speed of development, in the more than 200 open scenic caves in China, both social and economic benefits are ranked in the top. Since its development and construction, Yinhu cave has invested more than 18 million yuan in total, forming more than 13 million yuan in fixed assets.

In 1997, it was awarded the title of "civilized tourism scenic spot" by Fangshan District government. In 1998, it was rated as one of the eight best scenic spots of Fangshan by tourists. At the same time, it was awarded the honorary title of "civilized tourism scenic spot" at the municipal level and has been maintained until now. In 1999, Xiaying village was rated as "top ten economic villages" by Fangshan District government and "top 100 villages in Beijing suburbs" by the municipal government. With the combination of tourism industry in Fangshan District, Yinhudong scenic spot has become one of the members of Beijing Tourism Group Fangshan group.

Main attractions

Yinhu cave is the only open karst cave in North China. Developed in Ordovician limestone more than 400 million years ago, cave space formed in millions of years. The altitude of the entrance is 207 meters and the relative height is 10 meters. The main tunnel, branch tunnel, dry tunnel and water tunnel are crisscross, and there are large and medium halls at the intersection of tunnels. The largest hall is 50 meters long, 30 meters wide and 18 meters high. The maximum width of the cave is 35 meters, the narrowest part is less than 1.0 meters, the average width is 9 meters; the highest part is 40 meters, the lowest part is 1.0 meters, the average height is 7.0 meters, the bottom area is more than 30000 square meters, and the volume is more than 200000 cubic meters. There are 13 sections of iron ladders built in the cave, with a total of 403 levels. The longest section is 64 levels, 21 meters, more than 1000 meters of iron guardrail, 1748 levels of stone steps, and 4000 meters of sightseeing routes, including 3000 meters of dry road and 1000 meters of waterway. There are only stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone flags, stone shields and other forms of calcium carbonate chemical deposits in the cave water, as well as a large number of rare stone chrysanthemums, crystal flowers, goose tubes, stone pearls, stone grapes and crystal clear calcite. The landscape is unique and rare in the world. The water of Yinhudong has been evaluated and identified by the Department of geological management of the Ministry of Geology and mineral resources of the people's Republic of China. It contains 19 kinds of trace elements beneficial to human health, such as gill, zinc, manganese, iron and calcium. The water quality reaches the national standard for drinking natural mineral water (gb835787), which is low salinity, low sodium and weak alkaline water (pH value is 7.85); Because it flows through magnetite, it becomes natural magnetized water, which has the functions of anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, enhancing cell vitality and biological properties. After drinking and bathing this water, many patients have a significant effect on arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, asthma, nervous headache and other diseases.

According to the cave body trend and landscape distribution characteristics, it is divided into ten scenic spots, a total of more than 100 scenic spots. The top ten scenic spots are: 100M Grape Valley, underground Dragon Palace, Galaxy boating, crystal jade bamboo, brilliant stars, revolutionary scenery, fairyland, cat's head and silver fox, 100m gallery and seeing off hall. Among them, the most famous landscape is the large hairy crystal, about 1.8 meters long cat's head silver fox. It is crystal clear and covered with hairy velvet needles. It is the first karst cave in the world. It can be called a karst wonder. The silver fox cave is a national treasure of China, so it is named. The water cave is 106 meters underground. There is the first underground river in North China, with an average depth of 1.5 meters I'm happy. In 1999, the entrance of the cave was renovated and renovated to build an antique building complex with courtyard, corridor and waterside pavilion covering an area of nearly 1000 square meters. In the courtyard, there are blue water, stone bridge, rockery, water curtain and waterfall splashing. The ground environment is beautiful and the supporting service facilities are complete. Fenghuangshan park is built close to the mountain, covering an area of 100 mu. The mountain is covered with dense vegetation, flowers and plants, and shrubs. Visitors can climb up the stairs to enjoy the scenery. The mountain is 358 meters high, which is suitable for people of different ages. There are 4 hotels in the scenic area, which can accommodate 500 people at the same time. Yinhu restaurant is operated by collective economy, with a construction area of 800 square meters, integrating catering, accommodation, meeting and entertainment functions. Commercial streets, local products, food, small craft tourism products are all over the place, public toilets and parking lots are all available, with a daily passenger capacity of 8000. Yinhu cave has superior geographical location and convenient transportation. From the urban area, take the Beijing Shijiazhuang Expressway to the exit of Fangshan, and drive along the 108 National Highway through Yancun and Tuoli. In 1998, the extension bus from overpass to Yinhudong 917 was opened. Yinhu Cave Scenic Spot is mainly natural cave tourism, with various projects, complete supporting service facilities, beautiful environment and convenient transportation. It is a good place for tourism, leisure, health recuperation and Conference business negotiation all year round.

Tourism information

Metro Line: take Metro Line 1 (towards apple garden) and get off at Apple Garden (exit a from southwest exit), walk to Metro apple garden west station, take bus 948, get off at Yinhudong intersection station, and walk to Yinhudong scenic spot.

Self driving route:

1) Drive 21.0km along the Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway and leave at the exit of Jingzhou road / Yancun / Zhoukoudian / Dajian road.

2) Drive 320 meters towards Dajian road / Yanshan and turn right.

3) Drive 90 meters, cross the East Village Bridge about 170 meters, and then go straight to s326.

4) Drive 2.8km along s326, turn right towards Yanshan.

5) Continue to drive 5.9 km along s326 and turn right into x043.

6) Drive 7.1km along x043 and enter x009.

7) Drive 8.9 km along x009 and turn left ahead into G108.

8) Drive along G108 for 9.5km and turn left ahead of fozizhuang No.2 bridge.

9) Drive 1.6 km straight.

10) Drive 70 meters to Yinhu Cave Scenic Area.

Address: Yingshui village, fozizhuang village, Fangshan District

Longitude: 115.89638519287

Latitude: 39.801544189453

Tel: 010-60363236

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