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Five Karst Caves of Beijing Suburbs

2018-04-13

Shihua Cave

Shihua Cave, also known as Qianzhen Cave, Shifo Cave, was formed in the orogenic movement about 70 million years ago. It is located in the depth of Xishan in Fangshan District in Beijing, about 40 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. It boasts extremely rare underground karst cave marvel in the northern China.

There are a variety of natural landscapes including stalagmites, stone bamboos, stalactites, curtains, stone waterfall, edge slots, stone dams and stone terraced fields as well as stone flowers, stone branches, curled stones, crystal flowers, stone chrysanthemum, stone pearl and stone grapes formed through dripping water, running water, stagnant water..

Yinhu Cave

Located in Yingshui Village, Fuozizhuang Township, Fangshan District, Beijing, Yinhu Cave has a rough and long cave, and its surface structure is complex, the length of which is over 5000 meters. The traveling route is 4000 meters long, among which dry cave is 3000 meters long, wet cave is 1000 meters long, about 106 meters deep, and its volume is over 200,000 m3. Through billions of years of creation by the nature, the cave has high values of scientific exploration and tourism, and is an important component of Fangshan Global Geopark of China.

Eastern Beijing's Great Stalactite Cavern

Located 90 kilometers away from downtown Beijing, Eastern Beijing's Great Stalactite Cavern is located in the east of Heidouyu Village, Pinggu District, Beijing. It is first discovered in East Beijing area, thus the name Eastern Beijing's Great Stalactite Cavern. Jingdong Big Karst Cave was developed in the dolomite stratum in Gaoyuzhuang Group, Changchengian System, Mesoproterozoic Erathem about 1.5 billion years ago, thus is called “the most ancient cave in the world”.

Yunshui Cave

Yunshui Cave, Shangfang Mountain, is located 62 kilometers away from southwest Beijing. It is the largest karst cave in northern China. Yunshui Cave is about 600 meters deep, naturally forming 6 halls. There are 108 natural landscapes and 12 marvelous and delicate peaks, among which “Zhongtian Column” is the highest peak, which is about 860 meters high, also called “Zhaixingtuo”; “Qingtianyu Column” is a 37-meter-high stalagmite, which is the biggest stalagmite in China.

Xianqi Cave

Xianqi Cave is about 6000 meters deep featured with a vast area of underground rivers, and is divided into upper, middle, lower levels. Xianqi Cave was formed about 1.6 billion years ago. According to experts, the stalactites were generally formed about 300,000 to 700,000 years ago. The halls in the cave are deep, and there are colorful stalactite clusters. Especially a large amount of them have strange and delicate shapes. The uniqueness is that you need to take a small boat at middle height of the mountain. The cave is at a constant temperature of 18 degrees centigrade.

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