Chaozhen cave

Chaozhen cave. It is also known as the immortal cave. It is said that there was a stone immortal in the cave. Chaozhen cave is 887 meters above sea level. Facing the west, it faces a deep gully in front of it, and its back is close to Qingfeng. Looking from the front of the cave, you can see the peaks of Furong and Lutian standing upright, just like a hundred monks' Pilgrimage to seek truth. The cave is zigzag and deep, rugged and high, with holes in it. Chaozhen cave, also known as Zhenren cave, is near Shuanglong cave. It is said that it is the place where Huang Daxian can practice Taoism. Chaozhen cave is 887 meters above sea level, about 10 meters high and 250 meters long. It is zigzag, deep and rugged, like a huge stone arch bridge. It is said that it was the place where Taoist immortal Huang Da Xian practiced, so it was named Chaozhen cave. The entrance of Chaozhen cave faces to the west, the entrance is open, the front is facing deep ravines, the north is near Qingfeng, the cave is zigzag and deep, the cliff is steep, the top is narrow, the bottom is wide, the situation is dangerous, it is a masterpiece of uncanny craftsmanship. Yanmen cave has a unique style. The cracks near the fault form a "line of sky". The skylight is about 50 meters from the bottom of the cave. Its potential is high and dangerous, giving people the feeling of "deep lock and open peak", which can be called "grotesque cave"

Chaozhen cave

Chaozhen cave is located on the north mountain of curling cave, with an altitude of 888 meters. It is said that it is the practice place of Taoist immortal Huang Daxian, so it is called Chaozhen cave.

brief introduction

Chaozhen cave, also known as Zhenren cave, is said to be the place where Huang Da Xian can practice Taoism. The cave is about 10 meters high with a total length of 250 meters. It is zigzag, deep, rugged, high and broad. It looks like a huge stone arch bridge. There is a "36 caves" written by poet Wang Zhiluo at the entrance. The tunnel is composed of main tunnel and two small adits. The left branch hole has a small mouth and a big belly, which is similar to a transverse vase, so it is called "Shihua vase"; the right branch hole has a big stomach and a small mouth, but its tail is long, which is similar to a snail, so it is called "snail cave". There are "stone chessboard" and "Tianchi" in the main cave, which is said to be the place where immortals used water and played chess. There is a rare stone beam on the top of the cave, which is several feet long. There are countless stalactites on it, crisscrossing and hanging side by side, which is very spectacular.

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Inside the cave

There are a line of sky, stone vase, snail hole, stone chess board, etc. Xu Xiake, a great traveler of the Ming Dynasty, once described the three caves of Jinhua appropriately: "Chaozhen is marvelous with a gap of sky light; curling is different with the curtain of ten thousand Dendrobium beads; while Shuanglong has two gates outside, with a heavy strategy hanging in the middle, and the land and water are both marvelous and bright." Along the south of luanshiwan, passing through the former site of Aoshan villa in Shandong Province, there is a Zhenren cave at the foot of the south mountain, which is three or four feet wide and shallow. According to the local chronicles, yanzhenren lived here in the Song Dynasty. There are running script inscriptions in the cave, such as "yanzhenren cave". In front of yanzhenren cave, on the flat ground to the north, there is a huge stone like seal, which is cylindrical. It is about two people high. It is not connected with the root of the mountain, and there is only one line left. The cave is composed of the main cave and two small branches. The left branch hole has a small mouth and a big belly, which is similar to a transverse vase, so it is called "Shihua vase"; the right branch hole has a big stomach and a small mouth, but its tail is long, which is similar to a snail, so it is called "snail cave". There are "stone chessboard" and "Tianchi" in the main cave, which is said to be the place where immortals used water and played chess. There is a rare stone beam on the top of the cave, which is several feet long. There are countless stalactites on it, crisscrossing and hanging side by side, which is very spectacular. Chaozhen cave is a dry cave where people can live. It is said that there are many people who "cultivate immortals" or "live in seclusion" here. There is also a line of sky and stone vase in the cave.

legend

From Binghu cave to the north, more than 640 steps up the stone level will reach Chaozhen cave. Chaozhen cave is 888 meters above sea level. The entrance of the cave faces west and the hall of the cave is XuanHuo. Facing the deep ravine, back to Qingfeng. Overlooking from the entrance of the cave, you can see the towering Nanshan mountains with clouds, winding through the Wujiang River to the west of the city. Nearby, Furong peak is planted in the air, lion mountain crouches under, and Shantang reservoir is inlaid with green velvet like pearls. Looking up at the sky, white clouds blossoming, just as the historical records say: towering in the sky, to the sky if five feet, said Chaozhen. It is said that the stone immortal once lived and practiced in this cave, so it is also called "immortal cave". The cave is zigzag and deep, and it is high and broad. The cave is about 10 meters high and 250 meters long. The tunnel is composed of main tunnel and two adits. Fang Feng's "journey to Jinhua cave" contains: "entering the cave, the right is Guanyin cave Its stone statue is made in heaven, hanging clothes and stretching feet, like a puppet Beside the pool, deep can not be near, known as Guanyin well, also known as Longtan The other one has a big belly and a small mouth, but its tail is long and looks like a snail, so it is called "snail cave". There are "stone chessboard" and "Tianchi" in the main cave. There is a rare stone beam at the top of the cave, which is tens of meters long. There are countless stalactites on it, crisscross and hanging upside down, which is very spectacular. At the bottom of the left cave wall, there are many stalagmites. From the "stone chessboard" forward, you can reach the "one line sky" which can be called the wonder of the cave. The skylight is about 50 meters to the bottom of the cave. "A line of sky" down, that is, "giant gorge", on both sides of the cliffs such as cut, under the boulder abrupt, straight down thousands of search, deep not see the bottom. Tu Long, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem that "a thousand streams pass through the earth, and a ray of light passes through the gate of heaven", which is a true portrayal of the grand gorge and a ray of sky. At the end of the sky, the original song dynasty Master Zhu Xi's inscription "stop" two words, so the Southern Song Dynasty scholar Jin Luxiang wrote a poem "skylight does not shine on the human world, limit all visitors back from now on". Chaozhen cave is a dry cave, which can be inhabited by people. Therefore, many people lived in seclusion here in ancient times.

Jinhua three holes

Chaozhen cave

The "Shuanglong", "curling" and "Chaozhen" caves in Jinhua North Mountain are collectively called "Jinhua three caves". Taoism calls it "the thirty sixth cave.". Shuanglong cave is located in the northwest foot of Jinhua north mountain, about 13 kilometers away from the city, with an altitude of 520 meters. It is characterized by "a spring in the cave, looking for a spring lying in a boat.". For thousands of years, it has been known as the "water stone wonder". Shuanglong cave is composed of inner cave and outer cave. The outer cave covers an area of 1200 square meters and can accommodate thousands of people. The annual temperature in the cave is about 15 ℃. As soon as you enter the cave, you can see the word "Dongtian" written by Wu Lin, a calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. There are two stalactite "Taps" suspended on both sides of the cave, which are vivid. The bottom of the outer cave is flat, and stalactites and stalagmites crisscross the stone walls of the cave. Some of them look like rare birds and animals. Among them, there is a yellow stalactite, up to 5 meters high, which is like a waterfall. People call it "stone waterfall". There is a small hole under the east wall of the outer cave. There is a clear spring overflowing inside. The spring is cool and sweet. From the outer cave to the inner cave, you have to go upstream through this small cave. The cave is more than 3 meters wide and only allows two boats to go in and out in parallel. The water surface is more than 30 cm from the top of the cave. To enter the inner cave, you have to lie flat in the boat and brush the cliff on your back. It's very interesting. The ancients said that "the cross beam of a thousand feet is low, and the light boat lies on its back in the entrance stream". The area of the inner cave is more than 2000 square meters. The bottom of the cave is rugged and the top of the cave is undulating. Stalactites and stalagmites are everywhere in the cave. The grotesque shapes and lights are shining. It's like being in the "Crystal Dragon Palace". After touring the inner cave, turn back to the outer cave. You can go out from a small cave called "long er" in the southeast corner of the outer cave, and then turn to the northeast to climb up the stairs, passing through chisongting to curling cave. Curling cave, 580 meters above sea level, with a small mouth, a big belly, a deep cave and a waterfall. It is named after "curling". The depth of the cave is about 120 meters. When you look down from the entrance, it is dark and unpredictable. From the entrance to the bottom of the cave, there are more than 260 stone steps, and there are guard rods beside the stone steps. About 20 steps down the stone steps, you can hear the sound of the waterfall like thunder. The more you go down, the louder the sound is. You can see a waterfall flying out of the gap on the right side of the cave top. It's more than 20 meters high, and it's magnificent. When Guo Mo ruo toured Beishan, he highly praised the curling cave, leaving a sentence that "it's so different to overpower the two dragons, but it's lonely in this scene.". Out of the curling hole from east to west and up about 1 km, that is Chaozhen hole. It is also known as the immortal cave. It is said that there was a stone immortal in the cave. The cave is 887 meters above sea level and faces west,

Facing the deep gully in front, leaning on the green peak in the back, and overlooking in front of the cave. The lotus and deer fields stand upright, just like a hundred monks' Pilgrimage to seek truth. The cave is zigzag and deep, rugged and high, with holes in it. There are a line of sky, stone vase, snail hole and stone chess board in the cave. Xu Xiake, a great traveler of the Ming Dynasty, once described the three caves of Jinhua appropriately: "Chaozhen is marvelous with a gap of sky light; curling is different with the curtain of ten thousand Dendrobium beads; while Shuanglong has two gates outside, with a heavy strategy hanging in the middle, and the land and water are both marvelous and bright." In Jinhua City, there are also places of interest such as the palace of the prince of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, bayong building, Tianning Temple, and Hanzhen cave

Nearby, there are Liudong mountain, Zhuge ancient town and other places of interest in Lanxi City. Jinhua Shuanglong cave is about 15 kilometers away from Jinhua City. It is located on the south slope of Beishan Mountain with an altitude of more than 1000 meters. In addition to the Shuanglong cave at the bottom, there are curling cave at the middle level and the highest Chaozhen cave. Shuanglong cave is divided into inner and outer caves. The outer cave is tall and bright, with a height of more than 66 meters, a width of more than 33 meters and a depth of more than 33 meters, covering an area of more than 1200 square meters. There are rows of stone tables and chairs in the cave, which can hold thousands of people enjoying tea for summer. The most interesting thing about Shuanglong cave is that between the outer cave and the inner cave, there is a huge rock covering the first-class clear spring. The channel is more than Zhang wide, and the bottom of the rock is only about one foot above the water. To get in and out of the inner cave, you have to use a boat. People lie on the bottom of the boat. The boat passes through the water at the bottom of the rock. When it reaches the middle of the rock bottom, it's dark in front of you. It seems that the surrounding rocks are all pressing against you Almost wiped his nose. After about twenty-three feet, it suddenly opened up and was known as a spectacle. The inner cave is about 2000 square meters, and the cave is deep. At the landing place of the boat, looking up, there is a blue stalactite pattern winding from the Northeast cave top, and another yellow stalactite subducting from the northwest. People call it "double dragon". The shape of the dragon is clear and vivid. Inside the cave, stalagmites and stalagmites are in strange shapes and crisscross. The opening of the curling hole faces the sky and is more than 40 meters deep. Look down, chill

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