Empty cave

Empty cave

Kongshan Cave Scenic Spot is known as "the first karst cave in central Hubei", which is the core scenic spot of national 4A grade green forest mountain scenic spot. It is about 100 kilometers away from Wuhan City in the East, and is located in the south of Jingshan City, Hubei Province. With a total length of 1548 meters, the highest part is 48 meters, and the widest part is 26 meters, which can accommodate ten thousand tourists.

Kongshan cave is the only cave with the theme of immortal culture in Central China. The cave is composed of six palaces: Heaven palace, god palace, Moon Palace, Dragon Palace, earth palace and music palace. Its unique cave spectacle brings together all the legends of immortals in the world, which is of great tourism and ornamental value. The most amazing thing is that there are 11 natural stalactites in the music palace, which can produce different musical sounds by knocking, and form complete notes. They can also play famous Chinese and foreign music. They are praised as natural stone chimes by geologists and music circles, and are known as the world's unique.

General situation

geographical position

Kongshan Cave Scenic Spot is about 100 kilometers away from Wuhan City in the East and ancient Jingzhou City in the south. It is located between the beautiful lakes and mountains in the south of Jingshan city. The scenic spot is 10km away from Shanghai Chengdu expressway, 20km away from Xuguang Expressway and 10km away from Jingshan station of Changjing railway.

introduce

Kongshan cave is 1548 meters long, 48 meters high and 26 meters wide. It can accommodate ten thousand tourists. There are seven orifices in the cave, eight sounds in the spring, steep bamboo shoots and colorful milk flowers. There are four hundred scenes in heaven and earth, and eight thousand wonders of uncanny craftsmanship. Among them, golden tortoise plays toad, cunning rabbit three caves, Hongqiao jiejiao, Golden Rooster independence, tiger mouth fighting elephant, etc. are the best in karst landforms. In addition, some stone pillars and stalagmites can give out strange sounds of bells and drums, making it like a palace of nature art.

cultural heritage

Kongshan cave is the core scenic spot of national Dahongshan scenic spot. Located at the southern foot of the Dahong mountains, it is located in the new town of Jingshan city. "Dahongshanzhi" volume v. Xingsheng section says: "the mountain of the cave is empty. It's said that Huangshi is resting here, so it's named." According to historical records, "the empty mountain is at the south foot of the mountain, under which there is an empty cave. Suddenly, it is clear and open, and there is a Longtan, which is unfathomable." The cave is full of twists and turns, ups and downs. Under the action of natural water and groundwater dissolution, the rich limestone has a very long history of geological development, thus forming a very peculiar cave stone forest landscape and a very rich karst landform. Stalactites can be found everywhere in the cave, with different shapes, such as stone needles, stone spears, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone towers, stone mantles and stone waterfalls. They are red, yellow, white and brown, respectively. They are jade like emeralds. The scenery is attractive, the colors are gorgeous, complicated, magnificent and magnificent.

Geographical area

Jingshan, known as "emerald in central Hubei", is located at the southern foot of Dahong mountain and the northern end of Jianghan Plain. It is adjacent to Anlu and Yingcheng in the East, Zhongxiang in the west, Tianmen and Shayang in the South and Suizhou in the north. It is one of the core scenic spots of Dahongshan national scenic area. With a total land area of 3520 square kilometers and a population of 710000, the city is rich in natural beauty and cultural landscape, especially the "No.1 karst cave in central Hubei" - Kongshan cave and the famous green forest uprising birthplace green forest scenic spot. Jingshan is an ancient and magical land. Qujialing culture more than 5000 years ago, sujialong culture 3000 years ago and Greenwood culture 2000 years ago have been handed down in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River for generations and become one of the representatives of ancient Chinese culture.

Other features

Kongshan cave is 1548 meters long and deep. In the cave, there are seven orifices of stone, eight sounds of spring, steep bamboo shoots, colorful milk flowers, four hundred scenes of natural scenery, and eight thousand wonders of uncanny workmanship. "The stone contains jade and the mountain is shining, and the water contains pearls and the river is beautiful." it is known as the No.1 karst cave in Central China. In particular, the golden tortoise loves toads, the Three Gorges line sky, the three caves of Cuntu, the Hongqiao banana picking, the Golden Rooster independence, the underwater temple, the Shuihua terrace, the Hukou Douxiang stone cave and other landscapes are lifelike, bizarre, God shaped, competing for wonders, forming a variety of natural landscapes. The most amazing thing is a group of stalactites in the cave that can knock and pronounce and conform to the rhythm, which is called the unique world in the geological and music circles - natural "stone chime bells".

A line of sky: a line of sky, a gorge of sky. You can look up at the sky and go straight to Guangyu.

Natural stone Bianzhong: it is said that these natural "Bianzhong" made of stalactite have been cultivated into spirituality. They can communicate with each other, and can produce the basic syllables commonly used in the performance of general artificial Bianzhong, and can be composed into music for percussion. Experts and professors from music and art colleges in Hubei Province and Wuhan City have made on-the-spot investigation and textual research. The wind master of Wuhan Conservatory of music has conducted a strict and scientific test on the stalactites. The results show that the stalactites have natural pronunciation, conform to the standard Chinese traditional pentatonic scale, and can easily play major songs and music.

The stone chime bells are composed of dozens of tunes, such as "the sun comes out joyfully", "mother's kiss", "military harbor night", "Dongfanghong", "Honghu water, waves", "Caiyun chasing the moon" and so on. The tone is simple and the sound is strong. It has been carved into DVD and sold in scenic spots.

Hongqiao jiejiao: Hongqiao jiejiao is a fine art among the natural treasures of Kongshan cave. From the top, several groups of stalactites are hanging down like a bunch of lovely bananas. Below is a stone arch bridge. The composition is beautiful and realistic!

Undersea Dragon Palace: these wonderful landscapes are dreamlike, like the scenery between the undersea dragon palaces, resplendent and dreamlike. The water is colorful and beautiful.

Peach feast: crisp peach, colorful realm, is not also let you suddenly in the Queen's feast, evoke your appetite?

Stone cave house: stone cave house is a special scenic spot of empty cave. It is spacious, decorated with colorful lights, and full of folk customs. Does it look like a natural stone cave house?

Golden tortoise loves cicada: This is a representative scenic spot of the empty cave. A pendulous stalactite forms the shape of a turtle. A stalagmite growing on the ground looks like a toad. They look at each other across the air to attract each other.

It is said that the tortoise and the toad have been spiritually connected due to their long-term cultivation in the empty cave. But because all things need to follow their own ways, in the LORD God's law, different kinds can not be combined, so the turtle and the toad were turned into two pieces of calcium carbonate sediment, and their images were left in the cold cave for a long time.

ZANGJIN Cave: it is said that ZANGJIN cave was the treasure house of the green forest army. Rare and mysterious, it has attracted countless tourists to search for treasures here.

Abstinence Inscriptions: it is a admonition for ancient Chinese officials. It was originally named "abstinence diction", with four words and twenty-four sentences. It was written by Meng Chang, the master of Shu after five dynasties. It is not only a guiding principle for feudal emperors to govern the country, but also a base for anti-corruption education under the new situation.

Liren Lake: the scenic spot of Liren lake is about 2 kilometers south of Kongshan cave, with beautiful water and mountain scenery, unique cave sky, vast expanse of blue water, and better spray than snow. It is a bright pearl inlaid in the Kongshan Cave Scenic Area, surrounded by green hills, dragging the haze with emerald, dense and bright.

Address: Qinglin mountain cave scenic spot, Lvlin Town, Jingshan County

Longitude: 113.037722

Latitude: 30.973455

Tel: 400-0088-969

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