Karst cave in Yankou

Karst cave in Yankou

Yankou cave is located at the foot of Jiulong Mountain knee ridge, Yankou Township, longhui County, 45 km away from the county seat and 55 km away from Shaoyang City. From the entrance of the cave to the exit of shaping Tiankeng, the total length is 6409 meters. The width of the tunnel is 2-137m and the height is 0.8-39m, belonging to lime structure.

General situation

There are two entrances, one is connected with Yankou reservoir, and the other is a free passage of 1500 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and 2 meters high, which is manually excavated by the state-owned gold mine. There are many stalactites in the cave, with different shapes, or hanging upside down on the sky wall, such as chandeliers, Tianman, Longteng and Fengxiang Or standing on the ground, like pillars, like generals, like rocks It's like the immortal cave, where the Buddha preaches, the 18 Arhats array, the alchemy elixir, and master Guanyin sits on the lotus platform It's also like the flower and fruit mountain, the heaven and women scattered flowers, the monkeys playing, the birds and animals fighting, the green forest and the grass competing. Along the river, there are 47 large landscapes named after the shape, such as dog ring eye, car road, airplane flat, thousand hill field, Yellow Crane Tower, Jinluan hall, etc.

Wonderful scenery

The wonder of the cave lies in the fact that there is an underground Yinhe River accompanying the cave. The river sand contains gold. In the early 1940s, more than 10000 people once rushed into the cave to dig for gold. The river is fast, sometimes gentle, sometimes drilled into the rock, sometimes into the deep pool. It is deep enough to sail, but shallow enough to set foot in. It is very clear and sweet. The flow of water makes it interesting. It's wonderful. The air in the cave is fresh and the temperature is pleasant, which is maintained at about 20 degrees all the year round. Because of this good natural condition, the central government once designated it as a military industrial site, and general Cao Lihuai, deputy commander of the air force, once personally went into the cave to investigate with his staff, which was full of praise. Now the cave is under development. Visitors can not only covet the wonders of the cave, but also operate gold mining by themselves. Maybe you can get a few grams of gold by washing a basin of river sand.

Social reputation

Yankou cave in Jiuqu circle is famous for its depth, strangeness and danger. It can be called the first natural cave in Longhui and even Shaoyang.

Address: Jiulongshan, Yankou Township, longhui County, Hunan Province

Longitude: 111.08356

Latitude: 27.37299

Chinese PinYin : Yan Kou Rong Dong