Luyoudong

Luyoudong

Luyou cave is located on the North Bank of the intersection of wuxia west entrance and Daning River, 2.5km away from Wushan County. It is composed of three ancient caves: Qingshui, Jinzhu and Yulin. The three caves are not only independent, but also crisscrossed and overlapped. There are many kinds of stalactites in the cave, such as the rhinoceros crouching in the shape of a rhinoceros exploring the cave, the suwu shepherd in ancient costume, and the exquisite jade pillar Optimus. In 1170, the sixth year of emperor Xiaozong's reign in the Song Dynasty, Lu You, a poet, came to Sichuan and lived in this cave.

brief introduction

Luyou cave is located on the North Bank of the confluence of wuxia Xikou and Daning River in the Three Gorges scenic area. It is under Shengquan peak, one of the famous "Twelve peaks of Wushan". It is 2.5km away from Wushan County. There are two large limestone caves formed in the Quaternary (about 25 million years ago). The upper cave is called Renhe Village and the lower cave is called Qingshui cave. It is because in the first year of Qiandao reign of emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, the poet Lu you used to park at night in this cave when he entered Sichuan. Later, he recorded this experience in the book of entering Shu, so it is called Lu you cave. In fact, Lu You only set foot in Qingshui cave at that time. Today, Lu you cave is the general name of Qingshui cave, Jinzhu cave and Yulin cave. Luyou cave is hidden in the chest and belly of kongho mountain at the mouth of wuxia gorge. The cave overlooks the Yangtze River, and its new mountain gate can be seen by boat passing through Wuxia gorge. Stepping into the entrance of the cave, you will see a section of corridor tens of meters long, with a gurgling stream on the left. From high to low, visitors can walk through the corridor, sometimes swaggering, sometimes bowing. At the end of the corridor is a small hole with the entrance facing up. People have to shrink into a ball to get through. It's a zigzag walk through a corridor full of strange rocks before entering Qingshui cave. This is where Lu you used to park at night. On the 50 meter high cliff on the right side of Qingshui cave is Jinzhu cave. Originally, there was no path to pass through, but now a nine curve hanging ladder has been built according to the situation of the mountain: the cliff is drilled to insert steel plate, and the outer edge of the steel plate is welded with column, and the upper part is connected with handrail. There are 280 levels of hanging ladders, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare.

The caves in Luyou cave are overlapped. If Qingshui cave is the belly of Luyou cave, Jinzhu cave at the end of the ladder is the breast of Luyou cave, and Yulin cave, which is opened at the half waist of the ladder and can go up to the top of the mountain, is the head of Luyou cave. It's rare to see a hole stacked three times. It's just that Yulin cave is still under development, so it's not convenient for people to have a look at it, but the exit of Yulin cave on the top of the mountain can be discerned.

tourist resources

Luyou cave is more than 30 meters deep. It is composed of Qingshui cave, Jinzhu cave and Yulin cave. Qingshui cave and Jinzhu cave are connected with each other. Yulin cave is connected with the first two caves in stone steps, integrating cave scenery and gorge scenery. There are wall lamps, stone corridors and small bridges in the cave. The three caves are not only independent, but also crisscrossed and overlapped. The local people call Qingshui cave the belly of Luyou cave. The Jinzhu cave at the end of the hanging ladder is the breast of Luyou cave. The Yulin cave, which is opened at the half waist of the hanging ladder and can go up to the top of the mountain, is the head of Luyou cave.

Stepping into the cave entrance, the first thing you see is a tall statue of Lu you. There is a couplet on both sides of the entrance: "the golden dragon is hanging upside down on the side of the ladder; the rhinoceros is lying in the middle of the moon". At the foot of the statue, a sweet and delicious spring flows from the inside to the outside. Visitors walk along a section of tens of meters long corridor with the murmuring stream. Sometimes they can walk high, sometimes they need to bow their heads. At the end of the corridor is a small hole. Visitors have to shrink into a ball to get through. After skipping the stone steps, stepping on the arch bridges, crossing the clear streams, passing through the clear water corridor and the three dangerous passes, we entered the clear water cave. This is where Lu you used to park at night. It is said that when Lu you visited this cave, he went to the hillside of Xiling mountain to take spring water and fry tea. He wrote a poem on the cliff, and people immediately engraved it: "the moss path and the sandals are slippery. You can talk by the pool according to the Hu bed. You can see the shadow of the peaks in the air, and the fragrance of herbs in the far stream. It's not a well-known spring that can't be tasted. " The spacious and tall cave has 400 square meters. Its walls are like knives and axes. The walls are stained with ink by visitors of all ages. Due to the long history, the rock walls are weathered and denuded, which is difficult to distinguish. The recognizable and relatively complete ones are: "many holy places in Wuyang, ancient caves, hidden fields, at the foot of quxiong mountain, on the North Bank of Shujiang River..." It's a beautiful poem. In the remnant poems, there is a sign of "the first year of Yuanfeng" (1078 of the Northern Song Dynasty). Lu You made a special description of Qingshui cave in the book of entering Shu: "on the 23rd Poqingshui cave is very deep. The back door comes out from behind the mountain, but it's dark and the water flows in. Those who can hardly enter it should be praying for rain every year. " Looking up at the top of the cave, the stalactites hang upside down in different shapes. There are "rhinoceros exploring the cave" in the shape of a rhinoceros, there are "suwu shepherd" in ancient costume, and there are exquisite "jade pillars holding the sky" and so on. It is a stalactites Sculpture Museum: such as pillars, such as bamboo shoots, such as halls, such as halls, such as pavilions, such as palaces, such as goddess, such as generals, such as dragons and tigers, such as jade and gold, such as old trees and roots Staggered, such as ancient vines intertwined, such as a waterfall, such as water running day and night, magnificent.

The cliff on the right side of Qingshui cave is Jinzhu cave, which is 50 meters high, 10 meters wide and 40 meters deep. There is a stone inscription at the entrance of the cave during the reign of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty: "the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the harmony of people The ancient stele of "harmony of people and preservation of geographical advantages" is called Renhe village. Originally, there was no path to go through. In order to make it convenient for visitors to go up and down to enjoy the unique scenery in the cave, a 280 level spiral "ladder to heaven" has been built. Holes are drilled on the cliff to insert steel plates. Columns are welded on the outer edge of the steel plates, and handrails are connected on the top. Climbing up the ladder is like flying up into the sky. Looking back and looking down, the 24 leaf shaped lanterns hanging in the third Hall of Qingshui cave are shining on the deep pool in the cave. It is called the spirit of Luyou cave, known as "the peerless scenery of China". Jinzhu cave is composed of a 10 meter high and 5 meter wide corridor. There is a 20 meter high milky white stone column in the cave, which is inserted directly from the bottom of the cave into the top of the cave. The colored lights are twinkling around it, just like the golden pillar of the Dragon Palace. Around the stone pillar, there are a lot of bells and breasts, so Jinzhu cave is named after it. After the development of Yulin cave, the white bell milk forest, posture thousands. Stalagmites, stone forests, stone mantles, stone bridges, stone pools, big ones, small ones, thick ones, thin ones, long ones, short ones, square ones, round ones, collective ones, scattered ones, single ones, all kinds of things, which make people intoxicated

There are four pavilions at the entrance of the cave. They are built with the theme of spring, summer, autumn and winter. You can enjoy the scenery of the Yangtze River and Wuxia estuary from a high position.

present situation

When the normal water level of the Three Gorges reservoir is 175 meters and the return water line of 5-year return water, the end of the reservoir is located in yangjiaotan, Jiangjin city, Chongqing city. The length of the reservoir is 662.9 kilometers and the water surface area is 1045 square kilometers. The reservoir will submerge 632 square kilometers of land, which is the largest reservoir in the world.

The average width of the Three Gorges reservoir is 1576 meters, without a "big belly" reservoir section. It is a typical narrow valley type reservoir, also known as the channel type reservoir. Unlike Miyun Reservoir in Beijing, Xin'anjiang reservoir in Zhejiang and Danjiangkou Reservoir in Hubei, it is a typical lake type reservoir. Therefore, of the 356 townships involved in the inundation of the Three Gorges reservoir, none of them has been completely inundated, and each township has only been partially inundated, which creates favorable conditions for the resettlement not to leave the county as far as possible.

With the completion of the Three Gorges dam. On June 1, 2003, the Three Gorges Reservoir began to store water. In the middle of June, when the water storage reached 135 meters, the permanent ship lock began to be navigable. In October, the first batch of units began to generate electricity. After the impoundment of the Three Gorges reservoir, the close-up landscape of the upper part of Xiling Gorge and the low mountains on some tributaries has been affected to some extent, and the ground cultural relics and underground cultural relics in the inundated area have been inundated, the famous goddess cave of wuxia. On the evening of June 7, only the head of the statue of Lu You in the goddess cave is still on the river. Luyou cave is on the North Bank of the west entrance of wuxia gorge. On the morning of the 8th, Luyou cave became an underwater dragon palace.

Luyou cave can't be preserved by moving and copying. This cave, made by nature, will always be written in history and people's hearts.

Historical story

In the summer of 1170 A.D., Lu You, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, swam through this cave when he went to Kuizhou as a judge. When Lu you visited this cave, he once went to the hillside of Xiling mountain to take spring water and fry tea. He wrote a poem on the cliff, and people immediately engraved it: "the moss path and the shoes are slippery. By the side of the pool, you can talk according to the Hu bed. It's not a well-known spring. It's full of milk and white. It's full of stones. It's a long bell. It's made in Japan and spread all over the world. In 1169, when Lu you was 46 years old, he was sent to Kuizhou as an official. In the summer of 1170, Lu You took his family members to Kuizhou via Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei. "Qingshui cave is very deep, and the back door comes out from behind the mountain, but it's full of cunning water. Those who can hardly enter should pray for rain every year.". The poet deeply felt that he could not display his ambition. At this time, Wang Yan, a Sichuan Xuanfu envoy stationed in Hanzhong, invited him to be the shogunate, and Lu you was very excited. He said in his poem "on the night of September 1, I feel a sense of writing a song" that "forty years from the army stationed in Nanzheng, feasting in the army night after night. A thousand steps to build a playing field, 30000 horses and stables, colorful lanterns, jade and hairpin dances, light seats, Pipa strings, and Jiegu hands. The poet Sanwei suddenly appeared, and Qu Jia was in the eye of Yuan calendar. It's not a knife and ruler that is the best way for me to cut. "

This is the last work of the poem "the poem of an infant"

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