Drip hole

Dishui Cave Scenic Spot

synonym

Dishui Cave (Dishui cave, former residence of Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Hunan Province) generally refers to Dishui Cave Scenic Area

Dishui cave is located in a canyon about four kilometers west of the bronze statue of Mao Zedong in Shaoshan City, Hunan Province. In the cave, there are green peaks and green mountains, luxuriant forests and bamboos, mountain flowers and weeds, dancing butterflies and songbirds, and the natural landscape is elegant. "Mao's Genealogy" praise said: "a hook of water, a fist mountain, the tiger perched here; smart Juzhong people do not know, stone bridge such as lock several times." Dishui cave is famous both at home and abroad for its beautiful scenery and cultural events. It has attracted many visitors. Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and other party and state leaders have been happy to visit it. In the past 20 years since its opening to the outside world, this "Western cave" has received more than 15 million tourists from home and abroad. Feng Wenbin, a famous party history expert, praised the scenery of Dishui Cave: "Sanxiang is a beautiful place, and there is no heaven in the cave."

In February 2020, to pay homage to the medical workers, the scenic spot will provide preferential and free tourism services to the medical workers of the whole country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020.

Landscape introduction

Dishui cave is located in a canyon about four kilometers west of the bronze statue of Mao Zedong. In the cave, there are green peaks and green mountains, luxuriant forests and bamboos, mountain flowers and weeds, dancing butterflies and songbirds, and the natural landscape is elegant. "Mao's Genealogy" praise said: "a hook of water, a fist mountain, the tiger perched here; smart Juzhong people do not know, stone bridge such as lock several times." In June 1959, Mao Zedong returned to his hometown, where he had been away for 32 years, and went swimming in Shaoshan reservoir at the entrance of Dishui cave. As a result, he casually said to Zhou Xiaozhou, Secretary of Hunan provincial Party committee, "Xiaozhou, I'll build some houses in this gully. I'll come to live when I'm old. There are some small meetings of the Central South Bureau... " So there is the construction of Dishui cave villa. The villa was built in 1960, and its architectural form is similar to that of Zhongnanhai house in Beijing. In June 1966, Mao Zedong visited Shaoshan and lived in Building 1 for 11 days. He wrote in Wuhan on July 8 of this year, calling it "a cave in the west". In 1970, Ouyang Hai hero company built a 100 meter air raid shelter behind the villa. On one side of the cave are earthquake proof rooms, command rooms and other military facilities. At both ends of the hole, there are thick and heavy iron doors with automatic control, weighing several tons. Even if an atomic bomb is launched outside the cave, the safety of the command system inside the cave and the personnel inside the cave will not be damaged. "Western cave" is a very strict security management, once very mysterious, very few people know it. In the autumn of 1986, it was opened to the outside world with the approval of Hunan provincial Party committee and government. Dishui Cave Scenic Area consists of three core parts: Villa series centered on No.1 building; huxieping landscape series centered on Mao Zedong's ancestral grave, tiger carving, tiger Pavilion and Dishui Qingyin in the West; Longtou mountain landscape series centered on Mao Zedong's great grandparents' grave, Longquan Sandie, penlongquan pool and Guanyin overlooking in the East. Dishui cave is famous both at home and abroad for its beautiful scenery and cultural events. It has attracted many visitors. Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and other party and state leaders have been happy to visit it. In the past 20 years since its opening to the outside world, this "Western cave" has received more than 15 million tourists from home and abroad. Feng Wenbin, a famous party history expert, praised the scenery of Dishui Cave: "Sanxiang is a beautiful place, and there is no heaven in the cave."

Tourism information

best Times

Dishuidong scenic spot is located in Shaoshan area, Shaoshan is located in the subtropical humid climate zone, with four distinct seasons, cold in winter and hot in summer, long hot period in summer and short cold period. Shaoshan is suitable for tourism all the year round. The best season is from March to October.

Traffic information

1. At Changsha railway station, Changsha south bus station and Changsha west bus station, there are buses or CMBS to Mao Zedong's hometown, and the ticket price is about 22 yuan. 2. The fare of CMB from Xiangtan West bus station to Mao Zedong's hometown is about 5 yuan. 3. Take the minibus from Shaoshan to Mao Zedong's former residence at Shaoshan station and get off at Mao Zedong's former residence.

4. Shaoshan No.1 train (Changsha Shaoshan); buses directly to Shaoshan are available at south bus station and West bus station; 5. Transfer to China bus or taxi at Shaoshan bus station or Shaoshan railway station to the scenic spot.

Free policy

In February 2020, to pay homage to the medical workers, the scenic spot will provide preferential and free tourism services to the medical workers of the whole country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020. At the same time, the national medical workers in Shaoshan tourist transfer center can exempt tourists from the transportation transfer fee of 20 yuan / person.

Address: Dishui cave, Nanyue District, Hengyang, Hunan Province

Longitude: 112.694535

Latitude: 27.203915

Chinese PinYin : Di Shui Dong