Benxi water tunnel

Benxi water tunnel

Benxi Water Cave is a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national key scenic spot, and an Asian member of the International Association of tourist caves. It is the world's longest underground water filled karst cave discovered so far. It is praised as "the unique peak of Zhongru, the scenery of Qingzhou, the poetry and painting room of Qingshui; Zhongxiu should only exist in the fairyland, the only cave in the world".

Benxi Water Cave is located 35 kilometers northeast of Benxi City, Liaoning Province. It is composed of six scenic spots: water cave, hot spring temple, Tanggou, Guanmen mountain, tiecha and Miaohou mountain. It integrates mountain, water, cave, spring, lake and ancient human cultural sites. It is distributed along the Taizi River in a belt, with a total area of 200 square kilometers.

Shuidong scenic area is a large limestone water filled karst cave formed millions of years ago. The cave is deep and wide. Now the underground river is 3000 meters long. The water flow is endless and clear all the year round. The stalactites on the cave top and the rock wall are well developed. There are various forms of stalactites. Boating makes people forget to return. Hot Spring Temple scenic spot, spring temperature can reach 44 ℃, daily flow 400 tons, has high medical value. Miaohoushan ancient cultural site is an early Paleolithic cave site in Northeast China. It is of great value to study the distribution of ancient human beings and ancient geography in Eastern Liaoning.

Cave landscape

Benxi Water Cave is a large-scale water filled cave formed hundreds of thousands of years ago. It is located on the Bank of Taizi River in the eastern mountainous area of Benxi City, Liaoning Province. It is a water filled cave with two parts of water and drought. The entrance of Benxi Water Cave is 16 meters high and 25 meters wide. It is in the shape of a half moon. Bo Yibo's handwriting "Benxi Water Cave" is engraved on the top. The entrance is a magnificent "reception hall" with a height of more than 20 meters and a width of more than 20 meters, which can accommodate thousands of people. To the right of the hall, there is a dry cave, 300 meters long. The caves are scattered high and low. There are holes in the cave, zigzag and blurred, and each cave has its own sky.

As far back as 570 million years ago, Benxi Shuidong area was once a vast ocean. During this period, the climate was warm, and a large number of stalagmites, brachiopods, gastropods and echinozoans were bred and derived. All the family groups conformed to the laws of nature to carry out their own regeneration. Due to the hydrodynamic washing and turbid sinking, their bodies deposited different types of biological carbonates and chemical carbonates. The limestone of Benxi Shuidong was developed by diagenesis in the lower Ordovician Liangshan formation and the Middle Ordovician Majiagou formation. Later, due to the movement of the earth's crust, the sea water receded, and the platform slowly rose to land. Limestone in the geological movement by external force, constantly on limestone dissolution, accumulated over time, after hundreds of millions of years, it gradually developed into today's water cave. This kind of dissolution is still going on.

The origin of Benxi

Benxi is located in the mountainous area of Eastern Liaoning Province, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense. It is an important water conservation area in Eastern Liaoning Province, with many rivers. Benxi is really the "source of water". However, the origin of the name "Benxi" has another origin.

Benxi is named after Benxi lake. Benxi lake is located in the city, less than 15 square meters, can be said to be the world's smallest lake. Although the lake is small, it is also famous. It was once listed in the ten scenic spots of Guandong. In the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the book "Benxi Lake in Liaodong", written by Gao Shengxian, was carved in stone at the mouth of the lake. Beside the lake, there is an ancient Cihang temple. It was built in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Sanskrit incense was once very popular. This lake is surrounded by mountains and peaks. It is wide outside and narrow inside. It is very similar to a wine cup made of rhinoceros horn, so it is called "cup rhinoceros Lake" and homonymous with "Benxi Lake". From then on, the city was named after the lake. Benxihu city was established in 1939. After the founding of new China, the word "Lake" was removed and named Benxi City.

Benxi has a long history. The ancient human cultural sites excavated in miaohoushan show that the human ancestors lived and multiplied here in the Paleolithic age 400000 to 500000 years ago. It not only fills the gap of Paleolithic human fossils in Northeast China, but also provides valuable historical data for the study of human distribution and migration in Northeast Asia.

Main attractions

Water cave

The dock leading to the water cave, with a water surface of more than 1000 square meters, is like a quiet and unique "harbor". Within the reach of the lights, the boats in the water and the stone scenery in the cave are reflected, making people feel like entering a fairyland. Step down from the revetment stone steps, get on the boat from the wharf through the corridor, and you can enjoy the water cave. With a total length of 5800 meters, the water tunnel has been developed for 2800 meters, with an area of 36000 square meters and a space of more than 400000 cubic meters. The most open place is 38 meters high and 70 meters wide. There are more than 1000 square meters of water in the front of the hall. There is a dock for 40 boats to park at the same time. You can enjoy the water cave by boating. You can enjoy the size, length, depth and beauty of waterfalls of the water cave. Then, you have to marvel: "there are thousands of wonderful peaks in Zhongru. In the blue water poetry and painting room, Zhongxiu should only exist in the fairyland, and this is the only cave in the world." The air in the cave is unobstructed, the water flow is endless all year round, the flow is 14000 tons every day and night, the average water depth is 1.5 meters, the deepest is 7 meters, and the constant temperature in the cave is 12 ℃. The river is zigzag and graceful, the river is clear, and the cave is divided into "Three Gorges", "seven palaces" and "nine bends", so it is called "nine bend Galaxy". The water area extends along the cave body, with a depth of 2.3km, and is wide and narrow at different times, with twists and turns. Stalactites, stalagmites and stone pillars in the cave are mostly gathered from the cracks, forming various objects without false carving. These objects are grotesque and highly ornamental. From the dock, you can take a yacht to the inside to enjoy the wonderful scenery of Feiquan Yingke, baopingkou, Haichao, baoliandeng, qunshou, Fushou Shuangxing, zeta, Baoding, xiandanshi, longjiaoyan, Jianqun, Qilin rock, waterfall, unicorn rhinoceros, spring bamboo shoots, chuimeng, three pagodas, leaning tower, Jade Elephant, Yitian Changjian, peacock rock, snow mountain and so on. They are lifelike and vivid. In particular, the corn tower, the Jade Elephant and the snow mountain are in line with the real name, which can be confused. There are many stalagmites and stalagmites on both sides of the galaxy. The stalagmites are picturesque and colorful. The top of the cave is empty. The stalagmites and stalagmites are hanging high. There are more than 100 scenic spots along the river. There are all kinds of different characteristics. Boating is like a fairyland. It is a mysterious cave made of water and stone. It is the longest underground river that can be visited by boat in the world.

Dry cave

The dry cave is 300 meters long. The caves are scattered high and low. There are caves in the cave. Each cave has its own sky. Stalactites on the cave top and the rock wall develop in groups along the fissures, presenting various kinds of objects. It is natural and interesting, just like a fairyland in the Dragon Palace. Gujing, Longtan, Baibu pool and many other landscapes make visitors daydream and forget to return. On the left is a "harbor", where the objects in the cave are hung upside down in the water. At the end of the cave is a clear pool, deep and bottomless, with water coming, which makes people feel sad and cold. Now, with the unique resources of the cave, it has been transformed into a Palazzo of paleontology through artificial transformation. With advanced sound, light and electricity technologies, it reproduces the evolutionary process of paleontology, and is the best landscape for sightseeing and popular science education.

Taizi river drifting

The Taizi River flowing through Shuidong is a natural paradise for tourists to stop and play. It is known as "the first drift in Northeast China". It is full of adventure and excitement. It is surrounded by mountains and water, clear fog, flowing clouds and fantastic air. Now it is preparing to extend the drifting to hot springs, with a total mileage of 14 km. You can enjoy the scenery on both sides of the Strait, and enjoy the "green grass, colorful fallen leaves" on both sides of the Strait ”"The fields crisscross, the chickens and the dogs hear each other" is like entering the peach garden.

Crocodile Garden

Crocodile garden can enjoy thrilling performances of crocodile training, such as playing crocodiles in the water and kissing crocodiles. Bold tourists can also use the crocodile as a mount, leaving a "jade photo". Here you can also enjoy the exotic song and dance performances. Young women from Myanmar will present you with graceful exotic songs and dances.

Benxi Geological Museum

Benxi geological museum is located in Shuidong scenic area, the core area of Benxi National Geopark. It is an important part of Benxi National Geopark.

Benxi Geological Museum started construction in 2006, covering an area of 13000 square meters, with a construction area of 3080 square meters. It shows you the main geological changes and types of characteristics of the earth since the birth of 4.6 billion years. It displays geological relics, prehistoric geological relics, more than 30 national treasure specimens and more than 3300 rare specimens in Liaoning Benxi National Geological Park. The museum has a large number of geological collections, many fine works, rich scientific connotation, strong local characteristics, high ornamental value and popular science value, which has become another beautiful city card of Benxi.

Benxi geological museum is divided into five exhibition halls.

1、 Earth Hall

This exhibition hall mainly introduces the earth on which we live, including the formation and early evolution of the earth, the internal structure and surface appearance of the earth.

2、 Life evolution Hall

After understanding the early evolution of the earth, enter the life evolution hall to understand the origin, evolution and human evolution process of life.

3、 Department of mineral resources

The topography of Benxi is "eight mountains, one water, one farmland". There are money trees on the mountain and cornucopia under the ground. More than 100 kinds of mineral resources have been found in Benxi, which provide unique conditions for the development of Benxi industry.

4、 Geological relics Hall

Benxi's geological resources are typical, rare, scientific, diverse and appreciable. There are 14 places named after Benxi in geography textbooks. In August 2005, Benxi passed the examination of the Ministry of land and resources, and officially became a national geopark. The whole city became a national geopark, which is very rare in China. The planning area of the whole park is 218.2 square kilometers, including Benxi Water Cave, Pingdingshan and Wunv

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