Xiangshan cave

Xiangshan cave

Xiangshan Karst Cave Scenic Spot is located in Xiangshan village, Shipo Town, Luonan County, Shaanxi Province, 38 km away from Luonan County, adjacent to Lingbao City and Huayin City, Tongguan County, Henan Province. It is a well-known Guanzhong back garden both inside and outside the province. Xiangshan Karst Cave Scenic Spot belongs to the original ecological zone of karst landform in Qinling Mountains, covering an area of 10 square kilometers. It is an ideal place for people to go sightseeing with its green mountains, beautiful waters, strange rocks, secluded caves, cranes spreading their wings and circling ancient pines.

geographical environment

Xiangshan karst cave tourist scenic spot is located in Xiangshan village, Shipo Town, Luonan County, Shaanxi Province, 38 kilometers away from Luonan County. It is adjacent to Lingbao City and Huayin City, Tongguan County, Henan Province. In Xiangshan karst cave tourist scenic spot, the East and West Mountains face each other. The East Mountain is green with pines and cypresses, and the peak is like waves. The west mountain is shaped like a censer, which is called "Xianglu mountain". The huge rocks in the mountain stand abruptly, like Buddha's head, which is called "Xiangshan Mountain" To protect the gods. Walking in the mountain stream, birds sing and turn, deep in the flowers and trees, winding paths lead to seclusion. "Siguo spring" is a perennial stream with murmuring water, connected with streams and pools, full of strange rocks, leading to the stone steps at the entrance of the cave. It's like a dragon in the sky. It's dangerous but not frightened. It's windy and windy, and it's vast. Inside the cave, there are holes in the cave, which are distributed in five layers, ingeniously connected and interconnected. Walking through the different scenes, we can see that the bell and milk are all over the place, with strange shapes and wonderful craftsmanship. It is especially famous for the "flying waterfall, falling stones, Fudi Dragon Palace, Wolong secluded cave, immortal and devil supporting the sky, Shimen pilgrimage, tiannu scattered flowers" and other landscapes, forming a wonderful fairyland in the cave. It is said that tie Guai Li and LV Dongbin in the eight immortals once came down from the "tianwai family" in the scenic area. Drunk in the cave, subduing the dragon and calming the people leave behind a beautiful legend, which injects a strong cultural connotation into the scenic spot. During the period of exposure, it makes people travel with their eyes full and nostalgic.

natural resources

Xiangshan Cave: the myth of constructing harmony and benefiting the common people

According to the annals of Luonan County, 600 million years ago, the Qinling Mountains sank in the crustal movement and were submerged by sea water. Between 520 million and 440 million years ago, the crust rose again and became land. Due to the effect of the earth's internal stress, magma is immersed into igneous rock, which is rich in calcium carbonate. After being washed and soaked by the water in the cave, the chemical reaction takes place, and the stalagmite spectacle in the cave is formed. These landscapes created by nature are fantasized and interpreted as beautiful legends by later generations, exemplified by the Xiangshan cave in Luonan.

It is said that after the eight immortals celebrated the Queen Mother's birthday, tie Guai Li and LV Dongbin bid farewell to the immortals and traveled to the lower world together. The two immortals found a cave on a hillside cliff, which looks like a censer. They flew into the cave and saw the bell and milk in the cave. The two immortals enjoyed it while enjoying it. At this time, there was a loud noise outside the cave, and a large stream of water gushed out from a cave at the foot of the mountain, flooding the Liangtian residential area in zhouwan. Tie Guai Li and LV Dongbin rushed out of the cave to see what happened. They saw a dragon who had been practicing for thousands of years at the head of the valley making waves. The two immortals fought with the dragon. However, they saw that the water was getting smaller and sucked into the gourd. The Dragon failed to transform into a human and knelt down to beg for mercy. The two immortals punished him for blocking the entrance of the cave. The Dragon obeyed his orders and turned into a huge stone to press on the water eye of the cave. The two immortals also called out the patron saint of Xianglu mountain To supervise Jiaolong. Since then, zhouwan area has had good weather and abundant grain. People built temples to burn incense at the foot of the mountain to commemorate the benefits of the two immortals' Dragon subduing. People named the Dragon subduing mountain "Xianglu mountain". The place where Jiaolong blocked the water was called "Siguo spring". The rock in the shape of Buddha's head in Xianglu mountain was called "Xianglu patron saint". The cave where the two immortals flew is the "Xianglu mountain cave" that people develop and visit today.

To explore this process of myth reproduction, we can divide the landscape in the cave into four scenic spots according to their aggregation degree.

The first scenic spot: Dongtianfudi

It is said that when LV Dongbin and tie Guai Li entered the cave, they flew down the cliff without a way. Nowadays, people can only go down by "exploring the secluded hanging ladder". Because the shape of the stone wall at the top of the cave is similar to that of a flying bat, it is named "dongtianfu (BAT) land". When the two immortals fight with Jiaolong, they rush into the cave in the fight and fight with each other. The stone breaks the sky and the huge stone falls, which startles the master of meditation in the cave, scares away the successful hounds and loyal golden toads in the cave. They ring the bell and call the police. At one time, the sound of falling stone and alarm in the cave becomes one. Until Jiaolong fails to fight, they put down the Golden Whip. The falling stone in the cave is the cracked stone at the top of the cave, and the dragon shape of the cave wall is the mark left by the Dragon when fighting. After being so frightened, the mountain heavenly dog, the monk, and the alarm toad became rigid and became a stone, and set on the roadside.

The second scenic spot: Fudi Dragon Palace

It's said that the two immortals are playing in the cave, but they can't help sighing when they see the bell breast hanging in the air and the stone curtain half open. It's so warm, just like a boudoir. When they look at the shallow pool, a graceful girl sits in the clear pool, her hair is scattered, and her jade hands are washing sand. Such a wonderful encounter in the cave makes the two immortals can't help but sigh Flying to the cave wall, from then on, little dragon girl disappeared, leaving the "Lucky Dragon Palace" behind. After the Dragon girl disappeared, the old dragon king looked around. The stone beside the pool, which looked like an old man's watching, was named "Dragon King looking for her"; the cow shaped stone beside the pool was called "manatee cultivating oneself"; the place where the Dragon girl was hiding was the "Wolong cave" that can only be enjoyed by climbing the hanging ladder. The walls of the cave are covered with flakes of snow-white stone flowers. It is said that the Dragon girl was frightened and ran away to wipe off the scales on her body. The water pool at the entrance of the cave is the Dragon Girl's sad tears. In the past, whenever there was a drought, people around came here to get water and pray for rain, hoping for rain. Because the two immortals accidentally startled the Dragon Girl, it leads to the story that the dragon is angry and floods, harming the people, and the two immortals fight to subdue the dragon.

The third scenic spot: Jiaolong cave

When enjoying the tour in the two immortals cave, you can see that the bell and breast on the top of the cave are hanging like flowers scattered in the sky, and the chanting around you is continuous. You can enter the stone gate. When you see the monks gathering in the hall, there are eminent monks preaching, and the two immortals are very happy, you can come forward to enlighten them and let them understand. Then you can have the landscape of "monks participating in Zen".

The two immortals accidentally worried about the little dragon girl who was taking a bath. They were very angry with Jiaolong, who had been practicing for a long time. They asked the lion frog beast who was practicing with him to help them find him. This strange stone with a big mouth is called "lion frog monster". The cave next to it is the place where Jiaolong practiced, which is called Jiaolong secluded cave. Because the little dragon girl was hiding, the dragon was hard to find. He flew out of the cave in anger, causing a flood at the foot of the mountain, harming the people and committing a crime. He had to repent all his life.

The fourth scenic spot: Shenwu Jinbian

Erxian's tour of the cave startled Xiaolongnv, causing an uproar in the Dragon Palace. Erxian didn't know it at all. They just wanted to play. However, they saw the spectacular stone waterfall around here. Tieguai, Li Jiejiu, Hulu and LV Dongbin enjoyed the scenery. They were intoxicated. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise outside the cave, the mountain torrent broke out, and rushed out of the cave with Hulu, which led to the story of Erxian subduing the dragon and benefiting the people. At that time, the place where the two immortals hung wine and gourd was the wonder "gourd reflecting shadow" in the cave. When Jiaolong failed to fight, he repented and handed over his weapons to block the water for the benefit of the people. The weapons handed over by Jiaolong became the "Shenwu gold whip" at the cave side scenic spot. The magic stalactite finally condenses the drama of "two immortals subduing the dragon for the benefit" into the ending of building harmony and benefiting the people.

Tourism information

Bus: Xi'an Mingdemen passenger station (Chengnan passenger station) has a direct bus to Luonan County, with a mileage of 156 and a ticket price of 27. After arriving in Luonan County, take the bus to the scenic spot.

Self driving: Huaqing Road Interchange --- Lianhuo Expressway --- Xi'an Ring Expressway, towards Lantian / Shanyang / Shangluo / Shiyan, turn right to Tianwang interchange --- enter Shanghai Shaanxi Expressway, towards Luonan --- enter Yushang Expressway --- Luonan County

Address: Xiangshan village, Shipo Town, Luonan County, Shangluo City (38km away from Luonan County)

Longitude: 110.20683288574

Latitude: 34.27267074585

Chinese PinYin : Xiang Shan Rong Dong