The main attractions of Jianshui Yanzi Cave

Swallow Cave is famous for its unique landscapes, such as the wonders of ancient caves, Chun Yan parties, stalactite plaques and bird's nest tricks. Outside the cave, among the steep cliffs, there are ancient and famous trees, more than 30,000 square meters of natural forest land, and dozens of birds thrive. Hundreds of thousands of white-waisted swifts nest on the rock walls inside and outside the cave, hence the name Yanzi Cave. Every spring and summer, swarms of swallows fly like arrows, and hundreds of thousands of swallows haunt them. The sound of whispering is endless, and the sound of swallows and water is sung in the cave, forming a cave symphony that shakes the valley. Yanyu Dongcheng is rich in bird's nest, which is a treasure that nourishes beauty beauty. August 8 every year is Jianshui Bird's Nest Festival. Local farmers climbed to the top of the cave more than 50 meters high and 450 meters long by hand, and collected bird's nests among stalactites. Yanzidong climbs rock by hand every day, without any insurance measures, all by hands and feet. There are three groups of large karst landscapes on the 3 km winding tour line in the cave. Each scenic spot presents a variety of stalactites. There are dozens of halls in the whole water tunnel, the largest of which is more than 20,000 square meters, with hundreds of scenic spots and a tourist area of more than 40,000 square meters.

The first scenic spot "Exploring the secluded spot in Longquan" includes the 34-meter-high "Jade Pillar in the Blue Sky", the multi-layer lotus terrace emerging in the river, the first marriage of the dragon girl, the double elephant sipping, the roaring lion with golden hair, the ruins of Yaotai and the scenic spot of Taoyuan.

The second scenic spot is "Tianjie Picking Beauty". At the top of the cave wall at the end of the scenic spot, climb an inconspicuous hole of about 6 square meters, and a higher-level hall with an area of about 3,000 square meters is presented. The stalactite landscape is extremely rich, with a large area of rolling stones as white as jade, crystal clear, fluffy and needle-shaped and tubular; Hanging, horizontal and vertical, slender and exquisite, grotesque and ubiquitous, it brings together the essence of all caves, and people call it the "Crystal Palace". Closely connected with the pier of the first scenic spot, it is a cliff corridor 35 meters above the river bed, with a total length of 250 meters and an area of 2,300 square meters. The promenade is divided into several halls by stone pillars, stone curtains and stone screens, including Beauty Welcome, Treasures of the Old Palace, Hanging Elephants, Castle Dusk and Banquet of the Eight Immortals.

The third scenic spot "Dream World" is 20 meters away from the end of the second scenic spot/kloc-0. It is an independent dry tunnel, which is connected with the water tunnel. The cave is 40 meters high and oval, with a scenic area of 20,000 square meters. The concentration of scenic spots is the essence of Yanzidong landscape, accounting for two-thirds of the discovered landscape. Among them, there are many outstanding wonders such as "Swan Playing with Toad", "Twin Snails Talking", "Rhinoceros Looking at the Moon", "Kunpeng Spreading its Wings", "Southern Coconut Grove", "Gong Xuan's Classic", "Tortoise and Snake Competing for Heroes" and "European Grand Stage". The total length of this road is 750 meters. Take the dragon boat down the river from the mouth of the cave, you can enjoy the spectacular scenery along the river, stay in the magnificent swallow cave and drive directly to the "Dream World" hall in the third scenic spot. The hall covers an area of 13000 square meters, and there are colored fountains and waterfalls on the right side of the hall.

In the development of the third scenic spot in Yanzidong, the developer found two ground stone tools and a chopping tool behind the scenic spot, accompanied by teeth, bones and carbon chips of animals such as water deer, pigs, dogs and squirrels. Appraised by Zhang, director of the Paleoanthropology Research Office of Yunnan Provincial Museum, this is a Neolithic cultural site dating back to 3000-4000 years, which will be developed into a new scenic spot-cultural tourism area in the future.

As early as after the Revolution of 1911, President Zhu De visited Yanzi Cave when he was the commander of Yunnan Barracks in Jianshui South School. On June 9th, 1962, the Chairman visited Duan Zhenggang in southern Yunnan, passed by this cave, stopped and swam again, full of interest. After leaving, I wrote a poem called "Swallow Cave": "The bird's nest is full of rocks and swallows dance. I went to Qiu Lai in spring, but there were many children. Tourists write poems, but farmers are forbidden to trap them. Xintiandi in the cave runs through Jianshui River. Twenty kilometers away, far away. This used to be the lair of bandits, and it was a war against bandits. Taoist priests say that they are 100 years old, and pilgrims believe everything. Lin' an scenic spot, summer temperature and. "

He Zhiqiang, governor of Yunnan Province, visited the Yanzi Cave on February 30th, and wrote an inscription on the spot, "The cave is quiet and beautiful, and the south sky is absolutely beautiful". 1989 65438+1October 10 to 12, the sino-insurance cave expedition jointly visited the swallow cave. Dr. p. peron, chairman of the bulgarian cave Federation and a famous cave expert, spoke highly of it: "swallow cave is one of the most spectacular and largest caves in Asia. Because of its swallows, huge area and rivers, it is also outstanding in world-class karst caves. "

Jianshui Yanzidong Scenic Area is the earliest developed tourist area in Jianshui Scenic Area. Starting from 1990, the Jianshui County Party Committee and the government designated August 8th every year as the "Bird's Nest Festival" to promote the economic development of Jianshui. 1989 65438+1October 10, five tall foreigners, covered with hazy morning fog, followed 10 China scholars, crossed the Lujiang suspension bridge and got into the swallow cave. This is an international cave expedition, led by Professor P. Veron, curator of the Animal Museum of the Museum of Natural History of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Bulgarian Cave Federation. As soon as the experts entered the swallow cave, they kept fiddling with instruments and drawing drawings. The temperature in the cave is only 10 degrees, but all the investigators are so busy that they sweat out of their clothes. P. Bellon crawled around in the "Crystal Palace" and snapped photos as soon as he knelt down. Pieces of glittering and translucent curly stones, with long fluff, all ran into Peron's lens. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, pointed to a large curly ancient area and exclaimed, "Treasure! This is the treasure of China Cave! The treasure of the world! " . The person who accompanied him to inspect countless cave treasures around the world said, "I have seen ancient caves in Qian Qian, but none of them has such a large area. Large-scale rolling stones like Yanzidong are really rare. "

Foreign experts are fascinated by Yanzidong! It was not until the evening 10 that P. Veron returned to the hotel with his team from Yanzidong. Before their hungry stomachs were full, they began to announce the results of the investigation: "Yanzi Cave will become the longest water cave in China." They carefully investigated the tributaries along the main underground river of Yanzidong, which is 4000 meters long, and measured the three-phase diagram from the cold deep river, and calculated that the length of Yanzidong water tunnel was 10 km, and the undeveloped dry tunnel landscape was 10 km. The staff of Yanzidong was pleased with the result and commented: "At present, we have only developed 800-meter water tunnel and 1500-meter dry tunnel, which is less than one tenth, and the potential is too great!"

During the three-day investigation, P. Bellon did a lot of work in the swallow cave, and investigated and analyzed the water flow, biology and soil of the whole swallow cave. When he left, he wrote an inscription in English for Yanzi Cave: "Yanzi Cave is one of the most spectacular and largest caves in Asia. Yanzi Cave stands out among world-class caves because of its swallows, rivers and huge caves. " P. peron thinks that spectacular caves like this should be places that people all over the world are willing to visit. Yanzidong is located 28km east of the county seat and west of Datian Village 1 km. This is a natural limestone cave. In the twenty-sixth year of Qingganlong (176 1), temples and stone fences were built in the cave. During the reign of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty (1909), local people donated money to repair it. There are many stalactites in the cave, and the hole is full of beautiful jade, which covers the sky. It is known as "the wonders of ancient caves and the gathering of Chun Yan". Since the Qing Dynasty, tourists have carved dozens of plaques in Mo Yan, such as "Lock the Cave for Three Days", "Xanadu", "Wonderland on Earth", "Grand View of Change" and "Don't Have a Kind of Gankun", all of which have their own artistic forms and have certain cultural value in stone carving art. 1985 was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Jianshui County.