How to get to Shanjuan Cave?

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Shanjuan Cave, together with the Hans Cave in Belgium and Lyon Cave in France, is known as the three wonders of the world, and it is also a famous tourist attraction and patriotic education base in China. Beautiful mountains and clear waters, beautiful scenery, wonderful cave scenery, known as the "eternal spirit", "the fairy capital of the world" reputation. From ancient times to the present, scenic spots are like embroideries, and tourists are like weaving. Famous scholars and literati in past dynasties have left poems and stone carvings that will never be sung again.

Yixing Shanjuan Cave is located in Luoyan Mountain, 25km southwest of Yixing City. The whole cave covers an area of 5 square meters, including upper cave, middle cave, lower cave and water cave. Shanjuan Cave is beautiful and attractive because of its natural beauty, and it is dazzling because of the profound cultural background of Shanjuan Scenic Area.

by nature, there are many natural caves in the southern mountainous area of Yixing, which are beautiful and magical. It can be called a cave world and a cave wonderland. According to historical records, there are nearly 9 caves that have been discovered and named by people. It can be said that "Jingxi is a resort step by step, and there are caves everywhere in Yangxian". Among the five caves that have been developed at present, Shanjuan Cave, Zhanggong Cave and Linggu Cave are the oldest, the most beautiful and the largest, and they are known as "the first monument in the south of the Yangtze River" and "the wonders in the sea". Throughout the ages, there have been endless visitors and poets. Huang Furan, Li Shen, Bai Juyi, Du Mu, Li _, Lu Guimeng in the Tang Dynasty, Su Shi and Li Gang in the Song Dynasty, Wang Ao, Shen Zhou, Tang Yin and Wen Zhiming in the Ming Dynasty all visited here and left many poems, paintings and calligraphy. The spread of folk beautiful legends and Yixing's long and thick human resources have added rich cultural connotations to the cave world, making these caves even more famous all over the world.

the middle hole, also known as the front hole, is the entrance of the good scroll hole. There is a huge stalactite at the middle entrance of the cave, which is more than 7 meters high and is called "the pillar peak", also known as "Little Sumeru Mountain". The middle cave is a natural stone hall, which is tall, far-reaching, spacious and magnificent. On both sides of the stone hall are huge stones shaped like green lions and white elephants, so the middle cave is also called "lion elephant stadium". The word "Lion Elephant Stadium" was inscribed by Danyang Lv Fengzi. The rock wall is also engraved with the couplet "Fu Hu Xu Mi is the entrance to the cave, and the green lion and white elephant hold the lotus platform". The cave is called "cloud field", also known as "cloud cave". The cave is rich in landscape, including "reflection lotus", "eternal double plum" and "panda house". The landscapes of "Oolong Spitting Water" and "Golden Bird Independence" are the traces of seawater erosion in those years, which provides evidence for studying the formation of Shanjuan Cave. The wonder of the upper hole lies in the "cloud mouth". A huge rock blocks the convection air in the hole, causing the temperature difference between the upper hole and the middle hole, so the temperature of the upper hole is kept at about 23 degrees Celsius all the year round. Due to the temperature and water vapor, the cave is shrouded in mist, so you can enjoy the cave as if you are near heaven and earth, and you want to be a fairy capital.

The tunnel in the rock connecting the middle tunnel and the lower tunnel is called the "winding ladder", which was artificially excavated in that year and has a total length of 15 steps. Due to the water rushing down the tunnel, the laughter of tourists, the wind and other refraction, different sounds will be heard at the corners of the passage. From top to bottom, passing through the gates of "Golden Drum", "Wind and Thunder" and "Ten Thousand Horses", visitors seem to be in a situation where golden drums are ringing, wind and thunder are mixed, and Ma Benteng is everywhere.

the cave has a unique charm. The cave meets the sky, the cliff falls straight down the cave, the small bridge flows back to the water cave, the forest terraces, rare birds and animals, the cave is high in free from worry, the air is fresh, and a natural landscape adds to the beauty and aura of the cave.

the water tunnel is the back tunnel, which is about 12m long and 4m deep. Boating in the water cave, "the boat is sailing in the water, and the pulp is propped up in the sky", twists and turns, and the sky is crowned with strange natural shapes, accompanied by colorful lights, such as visiting the Crystal Palace, underground promenade and natural museum, which makes you think and feel relaxed and happy. At the end of the water cave, the four characters of "suddenly enlightened" in the natural light are printed in the eyes, and tourists suddenly wake up in a blur and marvel at the beauty and strangeness of their travels.

When they leave the water cave, there are rich and honest cultural and natural landscapes around them. There are the "National Mountain Monument" in the Three Kingdoms period, the "Tomb Monument of Zhu Yingtai Qinjian" in the Jin Dynasty and the "Bixian Temple Monument" in the Tang Dynasty. There is the ancient landscape of Shanjuan Temple, a thousand-year-old temple built in Nanqi. There is a "Sansheng Hall" built by ancestors to commemorate three people, namely, Tang Sikong Li _, Song Xiang Li Gang and Song Da Xue Li Zengbo, who successively studied in Shanquan Temple and later contributed to the construction of Shanquan Temple and the development of Shanjuan Cave. There are the tombs of Liang Zhu, Li _, Li Zengbo and Mr. Chu Nanqiang, the restorer of Shanjuan Cave; There are various ornamental plants and national key protected plant species. According to historical records, Zhu Yingtai was born in Shanjuan Cave in folklore, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai lived and studied in Shanjuan. There are still some local sites around Shanjuan Cave, such as Yingtai Pavilion and Zhuling Village, which are the "Eighteen Gifts" in Liang Zhu's story. In recent years, in order to protect the historical and cultural heritage, the local government restored the Yuantong Pavilion of Shanquan Temple and set up the Liangzhu Culture Exhibition Hall, which increased the attractions of Shanjuan Cave and enriched its culture.

The development records of Shanjuan Cave began in the middle of the 3rd century. During the Three Kingdoms period, Shanjuan Cave was called "Stone Chamber", and in the Liang Dynasty it was also called "Jiudou Cave". During the period of Qi Jianyuan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, someone built a temple according to a cave and called it "Shanjuan Temple". In the first year of Yong Yuan (499) in Xiao Baojuan, the Southern Qi Dynasty was in a state of confusion in the east. In order to avoid taboo, it was changed from "volume" to "right". By the Tang Dynasty, the temple property and the land in front of the temple were acquired by Zhong Lijian of Yangzhou Hailing (now Taizhou) and used as private cemeteries. Li Sikong, a great Tang Dynasty scholar, studied in Shanquan Temple at the end of his life, and he was indignant that this magical place fell into the hands of others. In the eighth year of Emperor Xiantong of Tang Dynasty (867), Si Kongli _ played the emperor, and paid for the restoration of the temple and the arrangement of Shanjuan Cave. Li _ recorded the landscape of Shanjuan Cave in detail at that time: "The stone room is bright and can seat more than 5 people. A little dark, holding a torch to enter, I don't know its depth. Among them, stones have the shape of birds and beasts, and there are many strange shapes of salt piles and rice piles. When the cave door goes straight down, it will face the big water cave, and it will turn around, and the turbulent wrasse will actually multiply in the mountainside and flow into the small water cave. Xiaoshuidong is also a stone chamber, with an indoor spring without a bottom and an inexhaustible drought. " In the Ming Dynasty, Du Mu's Book of Good Rights said: Yixing's landscape is located in the southeast, while Shanjuan Cave and large and small caves are particularly superior. In modern times, the Shanjuan Temple was destroyed and the Shanjuan Cave was almost blocked.

In the 1th year of the Republic of China, squire Chu Nanqiang raised funds to renovate Shanjuan Cave. From 14 to 23, the passage between the middle hole and the lower hole was dug. In 19, the renovation of water tunnels began. In November, 23, Shanjuan Cave and Zhanggong Cave held a tour opening ceremony at the same time, which was officially opened to tourists, and the cave was lighted by steam lamps.

After liberation, Chu Nanqiang handed over the cave to the county people's government for management. For decades, the government has invested a lot of manpower and material resources to renovate Shanjuan Cave. Up to now, Shanjuan Cave is presented to Chinese and foreign guests with its convenient transportation, integration of ancient culture and modern facilities. There are many beautiful legends about the discovery of Shanjuan Cave. One of them said that in the primitive clan society four or five thousand years ago, there was a sage with a good name, and Shun wanted to hand over the "world" to him for governance. Shanjuan replied: "I am free and happy between heaven and earth, but my mind is complacent. Why should I be in the world?" So Shanjuan lived in seclusion in Yixing, a barren mountain cave in the south of the Yangtze River, not far from Wan Li. Later generations named this cave Shanjuan Cave in memory of this sage.