Meishan Dragon Palace

Meishan Dragon Palace is located on the Bank of Zishui River in Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province. It is a large karst cave group integrating karst caves, canyons, peak forests, cliffs, streams, funnels, underground rivers and other karst geological landscapes. It has nine layers of caves with a proven length of more than 2870 meters. It has developed a tour route of 1896 meters, including the mysterious underground river with a length of 466 meters, which is rare in the world. The whole cave is divided into six scenic spots: Dragon Palace welcoming guests, blue water lotus palace, Jade Emperor's palace, Dragon Palace fairy garden, Dragon Palace customs, dragon and Phoenix presenting auspiciousness

Meishan Dragon Palace

Meishan Dragon Palace is the hinterland scenic spot of Xuefeng mountain (formerly known as Meishan), the largest mountain in Hunan Province. It is a national AAAA scenic spot, a national scenic spot in China, a national natural and cultural heritage, a new Xiaoxiang eight scenic spot in Hunan Province, and the first popular tourist destination in Hunan Province.

Meishan Dragon Palace is located on the Bank of Zishui River in Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province. It is a large karst cave group integrating karst caves, canyons, peak forests, cliffs, streams, funnels, underground rivers and other karst geological landscapes. It has nine layers of caves with a proven length of more than 2870 meters. It has developed a tour route of 1896 meters, including the mysterious underground river with a length of 466 meters, which is rare in the world. The whole cave is divided into six scenic spots: Dragon Palace welcoming guests, blue water lotus palace, Jade Emperor's palace, Dragon Palace fairy garden, Dragon Palace customs, dragon and Phoenix presenting auspiciousness.

In February 2020, to pay tribute to the majority of medical workers, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the scenic spot will be open to medical workers all over the country for free.

Introduction

Meishan Dragon Palace is the hinterland scenic area of Xuefeng mountain (formerly known as Meishan), the largest mountain in Hunan Province. It is located on the Bank of Zishui River in Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province. It is a large karst cave group with karst geological and geomorphological landscape, including karst cave, canyon, peak forest, cliff, river, funnel, underground river and so on. It has nine layers of caves, with a proven length of more than 2870 meters. The developed tour route is 1896 meters, including Including 466 meters long, the world's rare mysterious underground river. The whole cave is divided into six scenic spots: Dragon Palace welcoming guests, blue water lotus palace, Jade Emperor's palace, Dragon Palace fairy garden, Dragon Palace customs, dragon and Phoenix presenting auspiciousness.

The Dragon Palace cave in Meishan has a wide range of landscapes and countless wonders. The waterway is mysterious, so you can take a boat, step on the water to find immortals, and look up at the nine heavens of the Dragon Palace. The dry road is winding and quiet, so you can walk and watch, and enjoy stalagmites and stalactites. There are also five karst caves in the world, which are the gorge sky, the birth of Nezha, the Jade Emperor's palace, the heavenly palace and the ancient river bed.

Professor Lu cunyue, consultant of National Tourism Administration and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, called it "the most beautiful Geological Museum in Asia"; Professor Zhu Xuewen, former director of karst Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and President of national Cave Research Association, also rated it as "the first in Hunan, the first in China, the first in the world, and the best in the world".

The origin of the name

It is said that the yellow emperor ascended xiongshan mountain and turned the lush Jiulong peak into nine green dragons. He swam along the jiugu spring into the Jiulong pool, which can reach all over the world. Nine green dragons swim into Zishui. They are attracted by the scenery and aura of Shizhu Bay, Youxi, Meishan. They are so happy to swim in the water, fly in the clouds and dance in the cave. They don't want to leave for a long time. They have lived for thousands of years. Xinhua was called Meishan in ancient times, so later generations called this cave Meishan dragon palace.

infrastructure

There are large-scale free parking lots and Meishan Dragon Palace tourist reception area in the scenic area. From the parking lot to Meishan Dragon Palace wharf, you can take a boat to the other side of the Dragon Palace for free, and you can take a sightseeing battery car to the entrance of the Dragon Palace for free. Meishan Dragon Palace scenic area integrates characteristic tourism, game catering, dinner meeting and comfortable accommodation, with complete supporting services and facilities.

Get praise

1. In 2003, experts attending the 9th National Cave Research Association confirmed that the natural resources of Meishan Dragon Palace are second to none in China.

2. Professor Zhu Xuewen, former director of karst Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and President of national Cave Research Association, thinks that the development level of Meishan Dragon Palace is "the first in Hunan, the first in China and the advanced in the world".

3. After visiting Meishan Dragon Palace in 2003, Dr. Wen Tiejun, one of CCTV's top ten economic figures and national famous economist, said with emotion: "visiting Meishan Dragon Palace is a unique place in the world.

4. On March 31, 2004, he Tongxin, then vice governor of Hunan Province, sighed "Meishan Dragon Palace, irresistible temptation" after inspecting Meishan Dragon Palace, and wrote an inscription for Meishan Dragon Palace: "magic, verve, fascination",

5. When you Bizhu, President of the provincial tourism society, inspected the Meishan Dragon Palace, he inscribed "Meishan Dragon Palace world a".

6. Professor Lu cunyue, consultant of National Tourism Administration, praised Meishan Dragon Palace as "the most beautiful Geological Museum in Asia".

7. Mao Zhiyong, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), wrote the inscription "the wonder of the world, the Meishan Dragon Palace" when he visited the Meishan dragon palace.

8. Yao Shouzhuo, vice chairman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, laments that Meishan Dragon Palace is a "strange cave in the world".

9. Meishan Longgong scenic spot was awarded Hunan scenic spot in 2004 and national key scenic spot at the end of 2005.

10. At the end of 2005, Meishan Dragon Palace was rated as the eight scenic spots of new Xiaoxiang in Hunan Province, echoing the thousand year old ancient city culture, such as purple magpie boundary, terraces of Qin people, the first drift in the south of the Yangtze River, Youxi River drift in Xinhua, National Forest Park of Chiyou, the God of war, and Meishan martial arts in Xinhua. Within a radius of 150 kilometers, it is connected with Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Fenghuang ancient city, Changsha and other famous scenic spots.

11. In September 2005, Meishan Dragon Palace successfully held the "11th National cave University and five wonders celebration of Loudi Xinhua Meishan Dragon Palace". More than 400 people, including party and state leaders, Hunan provincial Party committee and provincial government officials, national cave representatives, journalists and general managers of travel agencies, attended the ceremony and celebration, creating the largest scale before the 11th National cave conference The "five most" are big, the highest specification, the most satisfactory representative, the best effect and the most far-reaching influence. Meishan Dragon Palace scenic spot has built a large-scale cultural square and water park, which is the list of Chinese natural and cultural heritage.

12. In January 2006, Meishan Dragon Palace scenic spot was awarded "national natural and cultural heritage" by the Ministry of construction of the people's Republic of China.

13. On December 24, 2016, the Ping'an bell scenic spot in the Jade Emperor's palace scenic spot is about 8 meters in diameter, 12 meters in height and 33.6 meters in perimeter at the bottom, winning the title of the largest stalactite (Bell) in the world.

geographical environment

geographical position

Meishan Dragon Palace is located in a large karst cave in Xinhua County, central Hunan Province. Known as "the first cave in the world", it belongs to Xinhua County of Loudi City. Meishan Dragon Palace scenic spot is located on the picturesque West Bank of Zishui River in Gaoqiao village, Youxi Township, Xinhua County, Hunan Province. It is only 250 km away from Changsha, the provincial capital, and 28 km away from the county seat, with convenient water and land transportation.

topographic features

Meishan Dragon Palace is a multi-storey space structure. The cave body has unique shape and various combinations. It has nine floors of caves and tens of thousands of caves. The cave body is safe and reliable. According to the research of experts, this cave has been adjusted by the natural balance of the cave body for 500000 years, and the top of the cave has reached the position of thick rock with reliable mechanical strength. At the same time, the tunnel is well ventilated and the air is fresh.

Scenic spots

The whole cave of Meishan Dragon Palace scenic spot is divided into six scenic spots: Dragon Palace welcoming guests, blue water lotus palace, Jade Emperor's palace, Dragon Palace fairy garden, Dragon Palace customs, and Dragon Phoenix presenting auspiciousness. The cave has rich and colorful landscapes, and there are countless peerless landscapes, such as the canyon cloud sky, the birth of Nezha, the Jade Emperor's heavenly palace, the heavenly palace fairy garden, and the ancient river bed. It is known as the top five karst cave landscapes in the world.

Six scenic spots

Longgong Yingbin scenic spot

The dragon's gate is open to welcome distinguished guests, and the Dragon Palace is a wonderful place. The palace lanterns hang high, the light is brilliant, and the curtain is rolled up. Yuyuelongmen, Taishan Shengjing, Longnv Huansha, Yushu Qilin, Longgong Qionglou, Longhe Xiangzhui, Confucius' study tour, Dunhuang murals and other scenic spots are blooming.

Bishuilian palace Scenic Area

Bishuilian palace is scoured by the underground river. Shuibi gorge is 466 meters deep. It is the lowest cave in Longgong. Due to the uplift of the earth's crust and the undercutting of the river, it forms a unique cave gorge spectacle.

Longgong Xianyuan scenic spot

Located on the fifth floor of the cave, Longgong Xianyuan is the youngest scenic spot. The stalactites in the cave are in the development stage, and the crystal clear goose tubes are extremely precious. It is the real treasure house of Meishan Longgong.

Dragon Palace scenic spot

The Dragon Palace scenic spot has a variety of air wonders and exquisite fairyland gardens, which are wonderful, interesting and perfect.

Longfeng Chengxiang scenic spot

Dragon and Phoenix show auspicious sceneries. There are two dragons and two phoenixes dancing in the sky, Chiyou, the God of war with a human face and a dragon body, the most beautiful jade pillars and boxwood carvings -- the pictures of pine and crane prolonging their life. The sunlight shines on the cliff, and three huge "happy" characters are reflected in rows, indicating happiness and harmony, pine and crane prolonging their life, and the three happy gate.

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