Shengxian cave

Shengxian cave

synonym

Shengxian cave generally refers to Shengxian cave

Shengxian cave is located in Xinzhuang village, Shuangjiang Township, Louxing District, Loudi City, Hunan Province, 14 kilometers away from the city center. Next to the Shuangjiang River, streams like belt, picturesque countryside. Surrounded by mountains, the mountains are full of green trees and shade. There is a two meter large cave on the hillside. The more you go in, the wider and more strange it is. This is the mysterious and charming holy cave.

legend

Shengxian cave was originally named Shengxian cave. According to local people's legend, in order to seek peace, people often burn incense in the cave to worship Buddha and lotus Guanyin, and take "fairy water" to eliminate disasters. "Xianshui" is the Yinhe River in the cave, which has been handed down for a long time. In addition, when Zhu Hongwu conquered Hunan in the Ming Dynasty, many people hid in this cave to avoid disaster. Since then, people have been more grateful and changed its name to Shengxian cave. At the top of the mountain, a temple and a pagoda were built to worship.

Introduction to scenic spots

Shengxian cave is a natural cave group with more than ten caves. Shengxian cave is the largest, followed by Ziya cave, Baiguo cave, Leigong cave, Niujiao cave and Qihui cave. Shengxian cave has more than 3000 square meters and 38 halls, connecting with leiming cave in Xiandong township of Lianyuan city. It is tens of kilometers long. The air inside the cave is fresh. There are holes on the cave and under the cave. The caves are interlinked with each other. Each cave has a wonderful landscape and stalactites are in various shapes. It is a fairyland integrating danger, depth, interest, beauty and wonder.

Through the verdant farmland of the village, the tourists wade through the clear river and climb along the rugged mountain path of Yangchang to the entrance of the cave. A cool breeze blows in, even in the hot summer, the heat will disappear.

Not far from the left corner of the cave, there is a hall that can accommodate thousands of people. It is bigger than a football field and higher than a ten story building. The stone wall is steep and the stone curtain is high. It looks like human figures, birds and animals. Entering the "chaochenmen", there are three holes connected with each other, either deep and long gorge, or spacious and empty, or dangerous rock fall. Milk stone magnificent, majestic, unique landscape, visitors seem to walk in a maze.

Enter the North cave on the right and go straight to the Crystal Palace, hell entrance, Hidden Dragon Palace, Yama palace and seven floors. There is a platform on the left side of the North cave, on which there is a milky stone. From the side, it looks like a golden turtle exploring the sea, but from the top, it looks like a clam spitting beads. From the North cave to the Crystal Palace, the crystal clear pillars make people dazzled. From the palace carefully vertical down, from the unfathomable some terrible "hell" next to pass, then to the fork, right to the Hidden Dragon Palace, left to "banquet road". Into the banquet Road, there is a huge cone-shaped white milk stone standing, like the emperor's flag umbrella, umbrella behind two stone elephant standing. It is said that the Jade Emperor and his queen mother drove colorful auspicious clouds, covered the flag and covered the umbrella, and led the gods back from the seventh floor to the banquet. From the right side of the Jade Emperor, you can spiral up the cliff to the "seven story building". There are seven stories of buildings with steep cliffs, and each story has a hall, and each hall has a view. The milk stone is picturesque, and the scenery is amazing, which makes people dizzy. The terrain is steep, and the deep and unpredictable "Yama Palace" is at the foot of the stairs. Visitors can't help but fear.

Return to the palace, from the left side of the hall, down the ladder, streams gurgling until the deep pool, known as "Shengui pool". Beside the pool, there are many milky stones, which look like coral. The pool is oval, about 20 meters long, with a stone turtle in it, as big as a bathtub. There is a distinguishing inscription on the turtle's back: "put in Shengsheng cave", which is the thing that the ancients set free to seek God. Many dark catfish with poor eyesight and long chopsticks are floating and sinking in the pool. They can swim leisurely and happily, attracting tourists to stop for a long time. After passing the Yinhe bridge, there are terraced fields, sparkling green water, simple stone cattle, heavy stone plow rakes and so on.

"Shenguitan" ascends a gentle slope. Enter "Thunderbolt hall". The length and height of the hall are 40 meters and the width is more than 30 meters respectively. The top of the hall is made of bluestone and white grain, which looks like thunderbolt and lightning. In the hall, there are also stalactites with red, white, left and right dragons, which are called "Jinjiao" and "Yinlong". The two dragons, with their teeth and claws open, seem to be in a fierce fight. They form a thrilling scene with thunderbolt and lightning. Visitors are all afraid. On the front wall of the hall are white stalactites, some of which look like beautiful peacocks, some of which have long mouths like rafters, just like white cranes with bright wings. From the "Thunderbolt hall" to the "Guanyin hall", there are 15 meters high stone pillars in the hall, which look like the Buddha of Guanyin. They are graceful and graceful, with lotus feet. They have a kind face and a charming smile. The golden children and beautiful girls are separated on both sides, which makes people awe.

To the north of Guanyin hall, there are thousand story tower, elephant hall and Yulan garden. Thousand story tower, a huge stone column, more than ten meters high, the bottom of the big top, like a minaret. There is a huge stone on the left side of the hall. No matter from that angle, it looks like an elephant swimming in the pool. Its shape is lifelike, and it can be confused with the real. Entering the "Jade Emperor hall" is another world. The cave hall is spacious and can accommodate thousands of people. The landscape in the cave is exquisite, just like carved beams and painted buildings, a magnificent palace, surrounded by countless stalagmites, such as a lion roaring, a tiger roaring, a bamboo cluster, a tall pillar in the sky, an eagle flying high The shapes are different and lifelike, which are rare in the world.

The main palace, Crystal Palace, Dayi village, seven story building, thunderbolt hall, hulutai and other 14 halls in Shengxian cave can accommodate 1000 to 5000 people, while more than 10 smaller palaces, such as Yinlong palace, Nantianmen, charming hall, can also accommodate more than 100 people. It is said that when Comrade Mao Zedong visited friends in Fukou of Lianyuan as a young man for social investigation, he once visited leiming cave and found Mao Runzhi's inscription on the stone wall of the cave.

Majestic extraordinary as if done by the spirits arranged in a crisscross pattern, the Great Hall of the heaven is the most magnificent one. It combines the essence of the quintessence of the cave with the quintessence, danger and two, and is crisscrossed. There are holes in the cave, and the upper and lower layers are overlapping. The scenery is all strange and confusing, and is rare in the whirling cave at home and abroad. Since 1984, it has been gradually developed and is preparing to be built into a tourist area. It will become a new tourism pearl in central Hunan, attracting more and more tourists to come and watch with its magnificent brilliance.

Address: Shuangjiang Township, Louxing District, Loudi City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 111.99060237937

Latitude: 27.889263978179

Chinese PinYin : Sheng Xian Dong