Wave moon cave

Wave moon cave

Boyue Cave Scenic Spot - National 3A scenic spot, provincial Geopark.

It has the reputation of "world karst Museum". The famous landscapes in the cave include: Monkey King's throne, giant stone dam, hollow goose pipes, monkey seeing off guests, etc.

It is located in the northern suburb of Lengshuijiang City, Loudi City, Hunan Province, 3.8 km away from the urban area, with convenient transportation.

The shooting location of 86 edition journey to the West and the TV series cutting firewood with bangs.

Boyue cave is a limestone cave with great ornamental and scientific research value. The beauty of the length, height and width of the cave, the strangeness and strangeness of the karst rock are rare: there are caves in the cave and halls in the cave, and there are miraculous scenes every step of the way; the 1700 meter karst cave is full of stalagmites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, and so on.

It is adjacent to Lianyuan Meijiang scenic area in the East, Dahongshan National Forest Park in Xinhua in the west, and former residences of Zeng Guofan and Xie Bingying in Shuangfeng in the south.

Related Legends

There is a popular story about the origin of the name of boyue cave.

According to legend, a long time ago, the fairy Yuexiang came to boyue cave to enjoy the wonderful scenery. Discovered by the bat spirit in the cave, he turns into a rich man and teases Yuexiang. Because Yuexiang had no way out, she jumped into the surging water and turned into a golden shell. Later, she was found by the fisherman, and was rescued and brought home to feed. In order to repay her life-saving kindness, Yuexiang made a pledge to form a family with Bo'er.

When the news spread, bats skillfully used poison to rob Yuexiang. Bo'er went through all kinds of difficulties. He asked the general of Dongtian to punish the bat spirit severely and save Yuexiang. Finally, he reunited the loving couple.

In memory of them, people call this cave "wave moon cave". Wave on the hole, the door curved like the moon, clear water inside the hole silk. Reflecting wave light and moon shadow, it just corresponds to the word "wave moon".

Historical sources

Such a spectacle of the cave has been created by nature for hundreds of millions of years.

According to expert investigation, the area in the lake more than 300 million years ago was a vast sea. The calcium carbonate contained in the water, under the combined action of various factors, deposited and cemented to form limestone. After a series of geological tectonic movements, the terrain tended to rise and the sea water gradually declined. Until the Indosinian movement 180 million years ago, Lengshuijiang area became a peneplain and the underground river system began to develop. With the intermittent uplifting of the earth's crust, the underground river system became caves. In the Neogene, the climate changed from dry to warm, high temperature and rainy, which provided favorable conditions for the development of karst. In addition, the tectonic forms formed by the crustal movement before and after each other interlaced and interfered, forming a large number of pores, fissures, joints and fault planes, which greatly accelerated the development of underground karst.

The Lengshuijiang cave system was formed in this period. In the Quaternary glacial period, the cave body continued to develop in the modern climate.

In the boyue cave system, the teeth fossils of Oriental Saber Toothed weevil and buffalo skull fossils of Quaternary Middle Pleistocene hundreds of thousands of years ago, as well as the leaves fossils of Quercus anserina, etc. are also found. The whole boyue cave is like a huge underground museum. Its discovery has high scientific value for the study of paleohydrology, paleogeomorphology, paleosol, paleontology and other geographical factors.

As you approach the entrance of boyue cave, you can go down to the cave along dozens of stones. In summer, you can feel fresh and cool air, which immediately penetrates your skin and refreshes your heart. When you enter the cave in winter, you can feel the warm current, just like the spring wind blowing on your face, and the cold air is gone.

After passing through the half light and half dark reception hall, you can get to Guanyin hall, but you can see the light and shadow in the shallow pool, such as ribbons falling on the water, shaking like the Milky way in the heaven; the neutral stone column, such as the profile of Guanyin's palm, can discern the kind face and good eyes; you can immediately wash away the worries of the world, enter the quiet Buddha world, and get relaxed.

At the foot of the gloomy mountains behind Guanyin, there is an old fisherman, who is free to fish alone in the cold and suddenly falls into inaction. It is said that the fisherman is Jiang Taigong, which must be far fetched. Taigong is famous for his fishing reputation. He never has the tranquil look of an old man.

Traffic information

1. The Qingyun building (opposite to the old municipal government courtyard) on the middle antimony road in Lengshuijiang City takes the "municipal government - boyue cave" tourist line directly to the scenic spot. The ticket price is one yuan per person.

2. Tourists from other places who come to our city by train can take bus No.2 at the bus stop opposite the East Railway Station Square to the "lengjiang Hotel" station, and then walk to the opposite Qingyun building to take the tourism bus.

3. Tourists from other places who take bus to Jinzhu bus station can take bus No.2 to "lengjiang Hotel" station, and then walk to Qingyun building opposite to take the tourism bus. Or take bus No.7 to "lengjiang market" station, and then walk to Qingyun building to take the tourism bus.

4. Tourists from other places who take a bus to Tongxing bus station can take a special line outside the station.

5. For self driving tourists, please take Huancheng North Road.

Main attractions

ever-victorious general

According to the legend of boyue cave, there lived an immortal who was once a general in the sky. Because he was infatuated with the beauty on the ground, he fled to the lower world and gathered a group of demons to live in the cave. Later, he was captured by the great sage and locked with a gold pin because he wanted to eat Tang Monk's meat. Xuanzang thought that he was an immortal. He instructed him to guard the cave, manage our little demons, and stop doing evil. Otherwise, the golden lock would be locked more and more tightly, and he would not be allowed to act. After Tang Monk left, the general was vicious and hard to change. He was eventually locked in the golden lock and couldn't move. Year after year, because of not eating, the body gradually shrinks, and finally starves to death in the cave. Dissatisfied with God's punishment, he cursed God's injustice before he died. You see, he's looking up at the sky!

Cuiping pagoda

It is a fine stalactite of boyue cave, which is composed of four stalagmites 2-4 meters high. Three of them are closely arranged in rows. Under the light of the green light, they look like the wings of a peacock. The golden stalagmites, which stand alone, are conical and stacked in layers, like a pagoda, so they are named "Cuiping pagoda". Under the "Cuiping pagoda" is a 1.2-meter-high stone with an area of 8 square meters. From a distance, the whole landscape looks like a carved flower bed. Therefore, it was photographed by the crew of journey to the West as a bed for Bai Gujing.

The water curtain cave

Behind the "Cuiping pagoda" is the residence of Monkey King. There is a large stone tablet hanging on the stone pillar in front, which is engraved with the words of "water curtain cave in Huaguo Mountain". This is the prop left by the crew of journey to the west when shooting the water curtain cave. On the right is the entrance to the water curtain cave. The entrance is 3 meters wide and 8 meters high. It is composed of two tall stone pillars and a stone curtain in the middle. There is a water curtain hanging above the entrance of the cave, but you can see that the waterfall is flowing and magnificent, and "Monkey King" jumps into the water curtain cave from here.

Range Rover

It is located in the largest hall in the wave moon Cave - the martial arts hall. The top of the hall is curved, and both ends are connected with the ground. At the left end of the top is a large area of limestone, which is covered with crisscross, 1.68 meters deep network shaped stone trough. The depth of the stone trough ranks first in the world, and it is the first "world boundary" of the bolue cave. Under the stone trough is a pool of clear water. The stone trough reflects the water. The water and the sky are the same color. From a distance, it looks like the unpredictable clouds at the junction of the sea and the sky. From a close point of view, the dripping water forms waves, and the reflection of the stone trough rises and falls with the waves, just like the rolling waves of the river. Against the background of the colored lights, the whole landscape is more gorgeous.

maze

It's the center of the whole cave. The labyrinth is large and wide, extending in all directions. Surrounded by "lofty mountains", "towering ancient trees" and "exotic flowers and plants", it is very strange and extraordinary. Looking at the caves far and near, it is either bright or dark and complicated. Under the East curtain, there is a stone chair, which is the throne of "Monkey King". On the left side of the throne stands a tall stone pillar, which is uneven, just like a hovering grass dragon. This scenic spot is the most charming place of boyue cave, and it is also the most interesting place for the TV crew of journey to the West. Visitors must take a picture here to show their "prestige".

Goose Guanqun

"Goose tube" is a newly developed stalactite, which is hollow and small, transparent and as thin as paper. The "goose tubes" of boyue cave are of different lengths, scattered, dense and straight hanging in the sky. Under the backlight light, they are like thousands of agate emeralds hanging in the space, crystal clear and glittering. You can't help but be surprised by the magical creativity of nature. The area and density of the geese in boyue cave are the second largest in the world.

Thousand hills

It is another exquisite product in the wave moon cave. It is located in the labyrinth, behind the monkey king throne. Looking up from behind the throne, you can see a "side stone dam" formed by stalactites. "Bianshiba" is 0.63M in height, 0.05m in height and 7.35m in length. From near to far, it is arranged in a zigzag way like the length of the city, overlapping in layers and crisscrossing, just like a terrace scene. The spring filled the terraces, gurgling and tinkling from top to bottom. On both sides of the "thousand hills" stand stalactites of different heights, like bamboo.

Address: 1 Boyue Road

Longitude: 111.4572201

Latitude: 27.70361911

Tel: 0738-5112528

Chinese PinYin : Bo Yue Dong