Underground river in Lianzhou, Qingyuan

In March, Lianzhou "women's tour" Festival is slightly cold in early spring. Wearing a sweater and bathing in the spring light, you will feel and see the style of the ancient city of Chu and Yue. Lianzhou, located at the southern foot of Wuling, has a history of more than 2000 years. In 214 B.C., the army of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty opened the strong natural barrier across the five mountains of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces for the first time, integrating the north and the south. Then, history is not only the traces of the ancient road, but also the profound historical and cultural heritage. The famous poems such as "Wuzhou's mountains and waters are famous all over the world", "only green mountain paintings are inferior", the largest ancient village group in Lingnan, and the legends and secrets of Han Yu, Liu Yuxi, Zhou Dunyi and other literati and refined scholars all leave immortal stories for Lianzhou. As the best choice for Guangzhou to go south in the past, it has now become the "hometown of longevity in China". The green mountains and green waters, and the graceful and graceful Zhong Lingyu are the blessing of the long history to the urban people Lianzhou has two magical rivers, one is the Aboveground River (Huangchuan Three Gorges, now a national 4A scenic spot), and the other is the underground river (now a national 5A scenic spot, Lianzhou underground river), which encircles Lianzhou City and joins the Beijiang River under the city. With women's tourism becoming a hot topic in recent years, the "March 8 women's Day" is approaching, and the scenic spot has launched a series of activities: 1. "Women's sunshine" 1. Show your ID card. As long as it is the birthday of women on March 8, they can visit the national 5A scenic spot Lianzhou underground river and the national 4A scenic spot Huangchuan Three Gorges for free. 2. Female tourists whose birthday is on March 8 can upgrade to 1688 yuan Deluxe Suite free of charge when they stay in the Lianzhou Hotel and Longtan Inn of Aidi tourism, and give them a beautiful gift and a fruit plate. At the same time, you can enjoy a shuttle bus service in Lianzhou City (deal with relevant matters at the front desk in advance) 2. Tree planting activity of "I fight against haze with ecology". In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of tourists have watched and planted a large number of flowers and trees. There are VIP trees planted by major travel agencies in the mountains and bamboo forests along the banks of the Three Gorges in Huangchuan. Since March 2013, Aidi tourism has provided sweet scented osmanthus saplings for every female tourist, planting love and ecology to fight against the crazy life forced by PM2.5 and against being hit by haze and haze

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Underground river in Lianzhou, Qingyuan

Lianzhou City is located in the northwest of Guangdong Province, the upper reaches of Lianjiang River. Yizhang County in Hunan Province is adjacent to the northeast, Yangshan County in the southeast, Liannan County in the southwest, Lanshan county and Jianghua County in Hunan Province in the northwest, and Linwu County in Hunan Province in the north. The total area is 2663.33 square kilometers. The total population is 500000 (2003).

Main attractions

The underground river of Lianzhou is divided into three layers, with a total length of 1860 meters. The highest part is 47.8 meters, and the widest part is 53.6 meters. It has an area of 60000 square meters for sightseeing. The temperature in the cave is about 18 ℃ throughout the year, the humidity is 96% - 98%, the oxygen content is 21.4% - 21.6%, and the carbon dioxide content is between 0.01% - 0.019%. The air is fresh, warm in winter and cool in summer. The underground river is located in the lower layer. The water flows from north to South and winds through three beautiful canyons: "Longmen gorge", "Lianhua gorge" and "banana gorge", with a total length of 1500 meters. It passes through the bottom of the four mountains. The water surface of the river is calm and the flow speed is slow. The widest part is 10 meters, and the narrowest part is only 1.6 meters. The water depth is 1-7 meters. Along the two sides of the river are covered with stalactites, quartz, stone pillars, stone flowers, stone mantles, etc. in various forms. There are stone scenes such as flying elephants crossing the river, bird Peckers, Eight Immortals crossing the sea, Leo lotus, underground Dragon Palace, sea lion welcoming guests, etc. On the second and third floors of the land, there are many scenic spots, such as the Buddha's light, dongpi horseshoe, Guan Gong statue, Brazilian cactus, Nantianmen, Lianzhou Hanbai jade magpie bridge, dinosaur fossils, Meng Jiangnu crying Great Wall, immortal cave, Eden, etc. Many tourists leave praising poems here, such as the famous poet Yang Yingbin's poem: "Yuanming style, Wang Weiyun, a man in Lianzhou, a cave.". So the mountains and rivers are the upper world, so there is no need to look for a paradise outside the world. After visiting the underground river in May 1988, Qin Mu, a famous writer, wrote his travel notes the mysterious and magnificent underground river.

Huangchuan Three Gorges, located in the south of Lianzhou City, is the main tributary of Beijiang River System in the Pearl River Basin. It originates from Hongyan mountain in Xingzi, flows through Lianzhou, Yangshan and Yingde, and joins Beijiang River at the mouth of Lianjiang River. Lin Huawan, the governor of the Qing Dynasty, said that "the Pearl of Lianxia is magnificent and unique. It is rare to compare with the scenic spots of Jiuzhou. Only Wushan and Wuxia can be seen together." In ancient times, Lianxia, also known as Huangchuan Three Gorges, was composed of Longquan gorge, Lengjia gorge and yangtiao gorge. Yangtiao gorge is the shortest and narrowest gorge in the Lianjiang River. It is less than one kilometer long and only 30 meters wide. It is said that a goat lives on the right side of the river downstream. Every day, he has to jump to the mountain on the left to eat grass. One day, when it jumped over the canyon, there was a loud noise and the cliff collapsed. Unable to jump back home, the goat stood on the top of the mountain on the left every day and turned into a stone statue year after year. It is said that the goat like stone on the left mountain is the goat who was eager to go home. So it's called yangtiao gorge. Because the canyon is narrow, there is no cloud water in the canyon. Here, the river is dark green, the river is gentle, the water surface is like a mirror, the rocks are jagged, and the bank wall seems to be open and close. When the boat passed by, it seemed that there was a danger of being caught between the two walls at any time. Looking up from the bow of the boat, on the eaves like gorge wall, there are stone stalagmites of heavenly gods hanging in various shapes. In addition, the cascades are falling down like thunder, wheezing and tumbling, and the water channel is misty. There is indeed the artistic conception of "a pile of silver snow on the river, white waves jumping into the boat". [fairy gorge] the river here is narrow, the bay is deep, and the cliffs on both sides are strange. There is a place as flat as a knife, suddenly spitting a big stone in the wall, which looks like a dragon head. The waterfall spits out from the stone and falls into the river all the year round, hence the name of Longquan gorge. When the river breeze, spray scattered for rain and fog, in the setting sun, the cliff in the fog colorful, thick and thin, changeable. Longtan ancient town resort will be built into the most characteristic brand of tourist attractions, with sightseeing as the main function, and has multiple functions such as leisure, vacation, entertainment, eco-tourism, cultural communication, nature protection, etc. night tour of Huangchuan Three Gorges and Yao bonfire party will be set up, and even a simple and extensive Lianzhou Museum, star hotels and other leisure activities will be set up to provide a variety of services for tourists More leisure and entertainment options for a tourist resort. To become an eco-tourism area with well-known brands in northern Guangdong and even Guangdong, we should comprehensively improve the infrastructure and tourism facilities, create a civilized, fresh, excellent and comfortable tourism environment, and integrate ecology and tourism into people's lives. It makes Longtan Resort and Yangshuo West Street, Lijiang ancient city, Fenghuang ancient city have the same elements and different elements, forming its own unique style. The layout of land use, the form of roads and the relationship between buildings in the resort all embody the concept of "hidden", not competing with the landscape, everything conforms to nature and belongs to nature. To highlight a "ecological" based, water based tourism resort.

geographical environment

Lianzhou underground river is located in Dadong village, Dongpo Town, 26 kilometers north of the historical and cultural ancient city of Lianzhou. It is a typical giant natural limestone cave of subtropical karst landform. Because the entrance is broad, like a big mouth, local residents call it dakouyan. It was first explored in 1986 and officially opened to the outside world in 1988. It is famous both at home and abroad for its mysterious and magnificent stalactites and underground rivers in caves. There is a cave in the cave, a bridge in the cave, a river in the cave and a waterfall in the cave, which are the four unique sceneries of Lianzhou underground river. Lianzhou stalactites have been famous since ancient times. According to Lianzhou annals, Liu Yuxi, a Tang Dynasty writer, praised Lianzhou stalactites in the wall records of Lianzhou CI Shi hall when he came back to serve as the governor of Lianzhou in 815: "the mountains are beautiful and high, and the spirit is flowing, so the stalactites are the top one in the world, with three hundred pearls of tribute every year. "All the local officials in the past took stalactites as tribute to the imperial court.

Since ancient times, Lianzhou underground river has always been a summer resort for people and children in nearby Dadong village, but no one knows that there is a long underground river hidden in the deep of the cave. According to geological investigation, about 200 million years ago, Lianzhou underground river was located in a vast ocean. Later, with the change of crustal movement, the sea floor rose to land. During the second period of crustal stabilization, large-scale collapses took place here, resulting in the formation of caves.

History and culture

Lianzhou underground river is located 26 kilometers northeast of Lianzhou City, a historical and cultural ancient city. It is a typical giant natural limestone cave with subtropical karst landform in the mountains at the junction of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan provinces. According to the analysis of geologists, the cave was formed by the crustal movement 200 million years ago, and now it has a tourist area of 45000 square meters. The highest part is 47.8 meters and the widest part is 53.6 meters. The temperature in the cave is about 18 ℃ in four seasons. The air is fresh, warm in winter and cool in summer. It is a holy land for tourism and summer

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Lianzhou City to Lianzhou underground river scenic spot

About 26 kilometers from Lianzhou to the underground river. Starting from Lianzhou, go northward along Yonglian highway (line S114) and turn right at Dongpo town for 2km.

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