Taizhen cave

Taizhen cave

Taizhen cave is located in Taizhen Township, Qujiang District, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, 40 kilometers away from Quzhou City. There are 36 caves in the cave, which collect water, waterfall, air and wind in one cave. It was called "the first cave" by the ancients.

Development history

Taizhen cave, also known as tujing cave, is located in shangcaoqiao village, Dongkou Township, Quxian county. It is said that it is the summer resort of Yang Taizhen, the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty. Taizhen cave is also known as "Taijun cave". It is said that Taishang Laojun, the founder of Taoism, once practiced alchemy here. It is recorded in the Daojing of Chaotian confession that "there is Taizhen in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and Taishang Laojun preaches the Daojing..." Yang Yuhuan of the Tang Dynasty once listened to the Scriptures and learned Taoism here. Later, he was granted the title of "Taizhen Concubine" (Yang Taizhen) by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, this cave is called "Taizhen cave".

Main attractions

Taizhen cave is located in qianligang area, 38 kilometers away from Quzhou City, in the north of Qujiang District, Zhejiang Province. It is a karst cave with an altitude of 265 meters. The total length of the tunnel is 1147.2 meters. It is divided into seven palaces, two halls and one set. There are more than 100 scenic spots in the cave. The cave hall is grand and spectacular, with strange stones and water. The cave hall is grand and magnificent, with strange stones and water. More than 8000 square meters of development, divided into seven palaces and two halls, more than 100 scenic spots, there are more than 10000 square meters to be developed. Other parts are Ruihua palace, Tianjie cave, Longya cave, Yuxiang hall, etc.

Taizhen cave has been a tourist attraction for generations. It has ornamental, cultural and scientific value, beautiful natural landscape, with a certain scale and scope, is a scenic spot for people to browse, rest or carry out scientific and cultural activities.

Taizhen cave is known as "the first cave in the world" because of its "three wonders of Taizhen": there are thirty-six caves in the cave, which are connected with each other. The scenery is very unique; there are Xiantian and Xianchi, with crisscross paths, small bridges and flowing water. There are two wonders. Every morning and evening and midnight, the immortal air at the top of the cave is endless, and the Taoist immortal air comes to us Three wonders. The scenery inside is magical, like a dream, so it is called "Taizhen dream". In ancient times, Taizhen cave was called "the first Taoist cave in the south of the Yangtze River in China". Emperors, officials and scholars of all dynasties visited it. Such as Sui Yangdi, Yang Taizhen, Zhu Xi, Hui Anzhi, Xu Shengluo, Xu Xuesheng, Yao Baokui, Xu Xiake, etc.

Taizhen cave is divided into three groups.

The first cave group

It includes Baita cave, Jinji cave and Liangtou cave. Baita cave is at the foot of a thousand miles long hill. It is 1800 meters deep. It is hot and hot. The water vapor in the white fog is spewing out from the cave at the speed of 4 meters per second. The cold wind is biting and frightening. Entering the cave is the first hall, which is more than 30 meters in length and width and more than 10 meters in height. In the middle of the hall, there are two towers, 7 meters high and 1.5 meters in diameter. The chemical deposits on both sides are hard to count. They look like a group of immortals and beasts.

There is a clear pond behind the pagoda. The White Pagoda in the pond is like a fairyland. Go northwest, turn left, and enter the second hall, which is 25 meters high and 50 meters wide. There are several stone chairs in the middle. Go in again, divide left and right two holes. The branch cave is more than 140 meters deep, underground undercurrent appears and disappears from time to time, and stone flowers, stalagmites and stalagmites can be found everywhere; Jinji cave is less than 3 li away from the right branch cave. The cave is more than 80 meters deep, with a variety of stone flowers, stone curtains and stalagmites, retaining the original appearance of 2 million years. Out of Jinji cave, 300 meters north, there are two caves. There is a stream in the cave. The water is clear, 20 meters wide and 100 meters long. It can hold ten thousand people. The underground flow of the cave comes out of the ground and flows down the slope. It is especially spectacular in the sunshine.

The second cave group

Around shangshangshang town of Xiaqu County, qianligang, the scale of the cave is not large, and the number is as many as 20. There are onion hole, cowhide hole, Chaoyang hole, water hole, Caiyun hole, sound hole, curtain hole, Ganoderma lucidum and so on. Among them, the acoustic cave is particularly characteristic. There is not only scenery and water in the cave. If you hit the Rushi with a stick, it's like playing a piano, which is beautiful.

The third cave group

Taizhen cave, the first cave in the world written by Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of Ming Dynasty, is located in Dongkou Township, Shangshang district. Taizhen cave in cave, emerging in endlessly, large-scale, bizarre and changeable, covers an area of more than 12000 square meters, equivalent to several times the area of jianlingqi cave. It is divided into one hall, two halls and three halls. There are Tongtian cave, Longtan, Longxi and so on. Inside the cave, there are strange stones, stalagmites and stalagmites. The stalagmites are inverted. It is as big as a dragon tent and a canopy, and as small as a steel bell. The natural scenic spots include "yixiantian", "immortal stone bed", "lion rolling ball", "Yuquan silver waterfall", immortal farmhouse "," lingguiqiao stone "and" Shouxing Xianyan ". The images are vivid and beautiful.

Cave landscape

Taizhen cave

Taizhen cave is like a collapsing well. The middle cave is located in the middle of the mountain. The entrance is like an arch. It is more than 2 meters high and 2 meters wide,

There are four characters "the first cave" carved on the cliff. On the left is the second Jiachen of Wanli (1604). It is said that it was inscribed by Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of Ming Dynasty. The entrance of the lower hole is small, that is, it is beside the highway. Outside the cave, surrounded by clear water, gurgling like music, and inside the cave, strange stones stand. Stalagmites forest, stalactites upside down, big like dragon tent, canopy and down, small as steel bell, exquisite, changeable, vivid image.

The formation of Taizhen cave has a history of 500 million years. The total length of the cave is 1000 meters, the straight-line length is 420 meters, and the total area is more than 18000 square meters. It is spacious and grand. There are shangguanting, xiaguanting, Xiantian eighteen hills, Yuquan Longtan, Shuijing, diaoya cave, Zhuxin cave and lanzha cave. There are holes in the cave, which are strange and changeable. The chain is like a labyrinth. There is a saying among the people that "there are ten holes in the Taizhen cave, and there is another heaven in the cave.".

Shangguan Hall

Spacious and bright, 30 meters high, 25 meters wide, can list thousands of people: there is a huge dragon scroll in the cave, jade teeth staggered, (mouth firewood) to eat. There is a sky opening in the dome. The pines stand upright in the crevices of the rocks. The flowers and plants are nestled together. The giant dragon's probe tilts its tail and seems to want to fly away from the sky opening.

Xiaguanting

The light is darkening, gloomy and terrifying. If the torch shines, the golden light of the cave wall will shine back, just like flowing gold and silver, dazzling. The animals and birds formed by stalactites are various and vivid, such as lion balls, lingguiqiao stone, longevity fairy rock, Yuquan silver waterfall, etc., which makes people feel "angry stone like a sea fairy, mirage like a colorful cloud edge". It is said that Qi Jiguang, a general of the Ming Dynasty, once stationed in Quzhou silver mine. Wei Zhongxian once held meetings in the cave to pass decrees and spent his leisure time in the summer, so he had the name of "Guanting". To the left, there are eighteen hills in Taiji immortal field. The fields are crisscross, the ditches are connected, the fields are neat, the Yushu silver flower, the spring water is Ding Dong, which is better than the fairyland of Taoyuan. The right adit is longtankou, which is deep and dark. The diameter of the adit is gradually narrow and curved, and it can only crawl forward at the very narrow place. The two huge stones at TANKOU stand on the left and on the left, like the roar of a lion. His eyes are wide open. On the right side, he looks like a crane's hair, a Zen hater, a bearded hand, and a happy face. From there, the road to Longtan still has to go through "thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains". The grotesque rocks and rare animals in the two corridors are inexplicable in shape. They are close to Longtan, and their sounds are loud as thunder. They look up at the top. See a stream of water, like a jade pillar, pouring down from the stone wall, straight to the Longtan, rolling up thousands of piles of spray, magnificent and spectacular. There are cliffs around Longtan, and a stone in the middle rises, which is called "zhentan stone". The stone body is rough and has many small holes, on which more than ten people can sit. It is connected by a natural stone bridge, which is called "Xianqiao". It is said that there is a ferocious black dragon locked in the Longtan. It wants to break the zhentan stone day and night. The thunder is the roar of the black dragon. Later, a "kind-hearted" peacock came here and pecked out many small holes at the mouth of zhentan to make the black dragon breathe. Guanyin found that he sent a ROC to peck the black dragon blind. Naturally, the black dragon could not get out of the cage. As a result, the weather in Quzhou is favorable and the food and clothing are plentiful. In addition, there are also water wells, diaoya cave, Zhuxin cave, fence cave and other scenic spots in Taizhen cave, which are also very colorful. Recently, after experts' investigation and planning, over 100 scenic spots and more than 30 scenic groups have been formed. Seven halls are designed, including Shangguan hall, Xiaguan hall, labyrinth hall, Longxue water playing hall, lion ball playing hall, Shanzhai scenery hall and Sanguan hall, as well as scenic spots such as Yinhe bridge, Jiulong Huichao, Taizhen palace, thirteen golden turtles, dragon bed, Wuhu cave, Jiulongbi, Shibei, Huabi and waterfall.

Tourism information

Quzhou has convenient transportation and tourists can arrive by bus. In addition, there are buses to all the scenic spots in Quzhou City, and tourists can also choose taxis to go to the scenic spots.

matters needing attention

Quzhou City is located in the coastal area, affected by the marine climate, belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, long winter and summer, short spring and autumn, abundant sunshine and abundant precipitation. In summer and winter, there are many disastrous weather such as rainstorm, rainstorm, cold wave, hail, thunderstorm and gale. Quzhou to play the best in spring or late autumn, to avoid disastrous weather, to avoid unnecessary losses.

Special food

Quzhou snacks are not as spicy as Guizhou and Chongqing, but they also have unique spicy dishes. "Three heads and one palm" is made of Piper (flower of pepper) and other traditional Chinese medicine, which is not acceptable to ordinary people. Later, it specially made a non spicy "three heads and one palm" for outsiders, which makes people lose fresh and delicious, but it lacks the enjoyment of spicy. In addition to the most famous local "three heads and one palm", there are also 28 Du Tongluo cake and Longyou Fagao, which are delicious snacks. You can't miss them in Quzhou

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