Baishiya cave

Baishiya cave

Baishiya cave is located in Ganjia Township, more than 30 kilometers away from Xiahe County. The vast grassland has been cut down and divided into two layers. A long and high steep cliff is formed between the layers, which is called baishiya by the local people.

Karst cave structure

Baishi is not pure white. It may be named after its contrast with green. Baishiya is about 15 kilometers long and 5-600 meters wide. From a distance, it looks like a white jade screen, horizontal in the air, shining in the blue sky and blue sun. To the west of the root of Baishi cliff, there is a karst cave that can accommodate three or four people. There are gurgling water and winding paths in the cave. The karst shapes are various, and the shapes are like objects and lifelike. It is said that the baishiya cave stretches for hundreds of miles and can reach Xunhua County in Qinghai Province. It is a tourist attraction to be developed. It's a great place for people who want to explore and seek excitement.

Latest report

In June 2019, a research team led by Chen fahu, director of Institute of Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhang Dongju, associate professor of School of resources and environment, Lanzhou University, released a new archaeological achievement, that is, the baishiya cave in Xiahe County, Gansu Province is the earliest known archaeological site on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. Previously, academia recognized that the niadi site found in Tibet is the oldest archaeological site on the Tibetan Plateau.

Address: west side of dagajia gorge, Ganjia Township, Xiahe County, Gansu Province

Longitude: 102.51820331437

Latitude: 35.400156795856

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