Xinglong cave

Xinglong cave

Xinglong karst cave is located in taojiatai village, beishuiquan Township, Xinglong County, 6 kilometers away from the county seat. The area of Xinglong karst cave has been discovered is more than 5000 square meters, the tourism development area is 2700 square meters, and five branch caves have also been found. Xinglong karst cave is a large limestone karst cave with a development age of 1 billion to 1.4 billion years, and it is still growing. It is a typical seepage zone cave and a typical slow diffusion flow calcium carbonate deposit. The calcium carbonate deposit in the cave has complete types, beautiful landscape form and large volume. It is one of the oldest karst caves in China. The cave is named Yanshan Crystal Palace because of its original color, crystal clear, exquisite and rare secondary cave chemical deposition landscape.

From October 1, 2018, the ticket price in peak season will be adjusted from 130 yuan to 115 yuan.

Development history

In May 2002, Tao * * of the village and Zhang * * of the neighboring village invested in exploring karst caves.

In March 2003, the underground spectacle, which has been sleeping for hundreds of millions of years, appeared in front of people. According to the evaluation of song Linhua (late), a well-known domestic expert and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the cave is a typical seepage zone cave and a typical slow diffusion flow calcium carbonate deposit. There are a lot of world-class and national landscape in the cave. There are many types of cave stones in taojiatai cave, with beautiful landscape form and large volume. There are 59 kinds of landscapes. Its landscape density and richness are rare in the world. In addition, there are many landscapes in the cave that can not be explained up to now.

After the cave was discovered, Xinglong County government took measures to seal and protect it. According to the principle of protection before development and planning before construction, it invested more than 1 million yuan in resource assessment and detailed planning of the scenic spot. It successively invested more than 30 million yuan in the construction of three tourist facilities, including the main scenic area of the cave, the channel miniature landscape and the Yanshan Museum. It plans to invest another 40 million yuan by the end of next year to improve other functions The standard of scenic area construction is national 4A scenic area.

geographical environment

Xinglong karst cave is located in taojiatai village, beishuiquan Township, Xinglong County, 6 kilometers away from the county seat. The area of Xinglong karst cave has been discovered is more than 5000 square meters, the tourism development area is 2700 square meters, and five branch caves have also been found. Xinglong karst cave is a large limestone karst cave with a development age of 1 billion to 1.4 billion years, and it is still growing. It is a typical seepage zone cave and a typical slow diffusion flow calcium carbonate deposit. The calcium carbonate deposit in the cave has complete types, beautiful landscape form and large volume. It is one of the oldest karst caves in China. The cave is named Yanshan Crystal Palace because of its original color, crystal clear, exquisite and rare secondary cave chemical deposition landscape.

The formation of karst cave is the result of long-term dissolution of groundwater in limestone area. The insoluble calcium carbonate in limestone can be transformed into slightly soluble calcium bicarbonate under the action of water and carbon dioxide. Because each part of the limestone layer contains different amounts of calcareous matter and is eroded to different degrees, it is gradually dissolved and divided into independent, diverse, steep and beautiful peaks and grotesque caves. For example, the world-famous Guilin cave and Beijing Shihua Cave are masterpieces created by the slow erosion of water and carbon dioxide. When the water dissolved in calcium bicarbonate drips from the top of the cave to the bottom of the cave, the solubility of carbon dioxide will decrease due to the evaporation of water or the decrease of pressure, as well as the change of temperature. After millions of years of accumulation, these deposits gradually formed stalactites and stalagmites. If the water containing calcium bicarbonate drips from the top of the cave, with the evaporation of water and carbon dioxide, the precipitated calcium carbonate will accumulate into stalactite, stone mantle and stone flower. If the stalactite at the top of the cave is connected with the stalagmite on the ground, a peculiar stone column will be formed.

Main attractions

The cave was discovered by accident when three local villagers chased their prey in 2003.

A large area of ruby was found in the cave There are 4.35 meters long stone hanging pipe, which ranks the fourth in the world, and is also the longest stone hanging pipe found in China so far; there are 5.53 meters long, 1-2.22 meters wide, 1.3-1.55 meters high stone skirt, the largest giant shield in the world; there are the first goose tube in Asia, and the largest conjoined shield tent in the world, which is 5.5 meters long; there are vertical, oblique and curly It has developed tubular column and curved stone flower, stone hanging ball with diameter of 10 cm and hanging tube less than 1 cm, and red and white two-color waterfall. There are also eight unique national landscapes: a stone sword with a length of 1 meter and a shape like a shining sword; a vertical shield with a diameter of about 1.5 meters (called "stone mirror"); a stone shield with a diameter of about 2 meters and a shape like a flying saucer suspended in the air; a fried egg shaped stalagmite; a ground eye and a halo with a diameter of 15 cm and impacted by water. There are moon milk stone, stone pen, stone carving, etc. There are two light yellow shield pillars about 1 meter high, and some local landscapes such as curly stone with hook, radish shaped stalactite, pen shaped stalagmite, stone grape and stone mantle.

Up to now, 59 kinds of rich, exquisite and peculiar calcium carbonate sedimentary landscape types have been found and determined, including stalactite, stalagmite, stone pillar, stone mantle, flowing stone, stone shield, stone flower, curly stone, etc., as well as some stone cakes, natural stone carvings and other dissolution and residual landscapes. This cave is a carbonate rock series with siliceous chert nodule and banded dolomite, which is rare in North China. There are 59 kinds of calcium carbonate sedimentary landscapes, including stalactite, stalagmite, pillar, stone mantle, flowing stone, stone shield, stone flower, curl stone, and some other erosion landscapes, such as stone cake and natural stone carving. There are more than 70 kinds of cave landscapes, including stalactites, stone hanging pipes, stone pens, stalagmites and so on. These stalactites, which are formed by slow dripping water, are in various shapes and magnificent shapes. Compared with the famous karst caves all over the country, Xinglong karst cave belongs to the category of smaller space, but its landscape density and richness are in the forefront of the country, and it is also rare in the world.

Tourism information

Self driving route: Xinglong karst cave is 6 kilometers away from Xinglong County. Self driving from Chengde, you can walk on Chengqin highway for more than two hours.

Expert research

Based on the field research of experts from Institute of Geographical Sciences and resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Landscape Geosciences Research and consulting center

There are eight world-class landscapes: Jade landscape, stone hanging pipe, giant shield, pipe column, stone hanging ball, jade coral and double color waterfall;

There are eight national landscapes, such as stone sword, moon milk stone, vertical mirror, sky flying saucer, fried egg, stone pen, earth eye stone eye and stone carving;

There are several local landscapes, such as double shield pillars, curly stones, radish shaped stalactites and pen shaped stalagmites.

The best in the world

The fourth longest stone pipe in the world: 5.53 meters long, 1-2.22 meters wide.

The largest shield in the world: 1.3m to 1.55m high.

The longest conjoined shield tent in the world: 5.5m long

Scientific value

What's more unique about this cave is that there are slanting or even turning pipe columns, which have never been found in other caves in the world at present; there are two-color waterfalls, red with iron and white without iron; in addition, there are stone grapes, stone benches, jade Buddha hands, ginseng dolls and other landscapes, which are amazing. It is a scenic spot integrating calcium carbonate sedimentary cave landscape sightseeing and geological science education. There are curly stone flower, Crystal hanging ball, white jade coral of cubic crystal system, two-color waterfall, rod-shaped and Luo shaped stalactite, rod-shaped pen shaped stalagmite, cone-shaped stone, giant vertical shield, moon milk stone and many other characteristic landscapes, which have high scientific research and tourism value. At the same time, there are also world cave miniature landscape corridor and Yanshan geological museum.

The rock landscape of CaCO3 in the cave is of great scientific significance to the study of paleoclimate, paleoenvironment and PALEOECOLOGY.

Address: taojiatai village, Xinglong County, Chengde City, Hebei Province

Longitude: 117.493966

Latitude: 40.488378

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