Travel in Lichuan

There are 13 ancient ruins, 11 ancient tombs, 14 cliff tombs, 13 ancient buildings, 6 ancient stone carvings, 6 revolutionary sites and revolutionary memorial sites in Lichuan, all of which are listed as municipal cultural relics. Protective unit. Among them: Dashuijing Ancient Building Complex is a national key cultural relic protection unit, and Yumuzhai is a "national key cultural relic protection unit"; Taipingtang Cliff Inscriptions, Tuanbao Shilong Temple, Nanping Rujiao Academy, and Zhonglu Sanyuantang , Liangwu Hualiling Catholic Church are provincial-level cultural relics protection units; 6 ancient Ba people's cliff burial sites in Jiannan, Moudao Chenjia Archway, Nanping Rugao Academy, and Tuanbao Shilong Temple are state-level cultural relics protection units.

Tenglong Cave

Tenglong Cave Scenic Area, 7 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Lichuan City, has a total area of ??69 square kilometers. It integrates mountains, water, caves and forests, and is characterized by majesty and danger. It is famous both at home and abroad for its strangeness, secludedness and beauty. Tenglong Cave Scenic Area consists of Water Cave, Dry Cave, Carp Cave, Liangfeng Cave, Exclusive Village, Three Dragon Gates, Huaxian Keng and other scenic spots. The entire cave system is very large and complex, with the total volume ranking first in the world. The entrance of Tenglong Cave is 72m high. , 64m wide, and the highest point in the cave is 235m. The total length of the cave has been initially determined to be 59.8km, including 16.8km of water tunnel undercurrent, and the cave area is more than 2 million m2. There are 5 peaks, 10 halls, and more than 10 underground waterfalls in the cave. The temperature in the cave is constant at 14-18°C all year round.

In 1989, the Hubei Provincial People's Government approved it as a provincial-level scenic spot, and in 1999, it was named the province's patriotism education base. In May 2008, Tenglong Cave was awarded the national AAAA level scenic spot. In September 2011, Tenglong Cave was rated as one of the top ten tourist cards of Lingxiu Hubei.

Chaoyang Cave

Chaoyang Cave Scenic Area is located in Chaoyang Village, Nanping Township, Lichuan City, 80 kilometers away from Wanzhou District, Chongqing, 23 kilometers away from Lichuan City, and 3 kilometers away from Qianyan Pond on National Highway 318 kilometer. The preliminary exploration and inspection cave is more than 10 kilometers long, and the entire cave extends along the belly of the Qiyue Mountains. Chaoyang Cave is a typical karst landform with water caves and dry caves connected inside the cave. The most distinctive resources include Wuzhi Stone, Milky Way Xiangshui, Wild Gorge and Theater Tower. Especially the Penglai Wonderland Hall - the stalagmites and stone pillars are as white as jade. The first phase of the cave development is 1.8km. In the cave, you can visit the "Juxian Hall", cross the "Galaxy Xiangshui", pass the "Wild Gorge", enter Baodemen, and view Penglai Wonderland. On December 16, 2009, it was rated as a national AAA tourist attraction.

Yulong Cave

Yulong Cave AA-level scenic spot is located on a half-slope of Yingyingjing Village, Lishu Township, 8 kilometers north of Tuanbao Town. The entrance of the cave is 5.7 meters high and 12 meters wide, and is manually dug. There are three branch caves, one on the left and two on the right, with a total length of 1630 meters. The highest point of the main cave is 80 meters, the widest point is 40 meters, and the narrowest point is 0.6 meters. Because the chemical deposits in the cave are as white as jade and the scene in the cave resembles a flying dragon, it is named Yulong Cave.

The cave is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. The temperature inside the cave is constant at 14-18 degrees Celsius all year round. The middle-level cave alone covers an area of ??more than 100,000 square meters. There are more than 80 various landscapes in the middle-level cave. Yulong Cave mainly has a main cave and three branch caves. The main cave is 80 meters at its highest, 40 meters at its widest, and 0.6 meters at its narrowest. The three branch caves are one on the left and two on the right, with a total length of 1,630 meters. The main attractions include "Optical Jade Pillar", "Dance Hall in the Cave", "Swan Hatching Eggs", "Springing Bamboo Shoots", "Welcoming Elephants", "Wanshou Palace", "Flying Jade Dragon", "Spring Playing Eight Tones", "Golden Egg and Silver Nest", "Cixi Crown", "Stone Forest Grand View", "Kowloon Cup", etc.

Fobao Mountain

Fobao Mountain Grand Canyon Rafting Scenic Area, a national AAAA-level scenic spot, is located in the Fobao Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone, a national ecological agricultural tourism demonstration area. an important part of the protected area. The scenic spot is only 28 kilometers away from Lichuan City and the train station in the east, and only 7 kilometers away from the Fobaoshan exit of the G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway; the transportation is very convenient. The scenic spot consists of Gaodongyan Waterfall Group, Grand Canyon Rafting, Fobaoshan Reservoir, Baiyun Temple, etc., with a total area of ??44.5 square kilometers. Rafting in the Fobaoshan Grand Canyon is the core project of the Fobaoshan Ecological Tourism Zone. The rafting river is 5.8 kilometers long and has a drop of 165 meters. The upper reaches of the river is the Fobaoshan Reservoir with an area of ??11 million cubic meters. The average altitude of Fobao Mountain is 1,350 meters. Fobaoshan belongs to the remnants of Wushan Mountain and is the birthplace of the "two rivers" Qingjiang River and Yujiang River. It has winding peaks, towering canyons, abundant water sources, dense forests, and a forest coverage rate of more than 90%. The highest temperature throughout the year is 27°C, and the average temperature in summer is 23°C. It is a famous summer resort in eastern Chongqing and western Hubei, and a "cool city in western China". At the same time, the plant resources here are extremely rich, and it is the "World Water Shield Capital" and the "Hometown of Chinese Yellow Lotus".

Metasequoia King

In Moudao Town, Lichuan, there is an ancient mulberry tree with keeled branches and a tall and straight metasequoia tree. The tree is 35 meters high, with a diameter at breast height of 2.5 meters and a crown It is 22 meters wide and the tree is more than 600 years old. It is the oldest and thickest metasequoia mother tree in the world.

In 1941, Professor Gan Duo of the Central University of the Kuomintang first discovered this ancient tree. It was later identified as a metasequoia by botanists Hu Xiansu and Professor Zheng Wanjun. In 1948, he published "New Metasequoia and Surviving Metasequoia" The paper "New Species" overturned the conclusion that "metasequoia has long been extinct" and caused a sensation in the world of botanical circles. This ancient tree is known as "the best fir in the world", "living plant fossil", "the world's metasequoia master", "metasequoia king", etc.

The discovery of the Metasequoia tree is known as the largest discovery in botany in the 20th century, and Lichuan has become recognized as the "Hometown of Metasequoia" at home and abroad. Lichuan has 5,740 mother metasequoia trees, which produce about 1,000 kilograms of seeds every year.

Dashuijing Scenic Area

Dashuijing Scenic Area is a national AA scenic spot located in Baiyangba Town, Lichuan City, the birthplace of one of the world's most famous songs, "Dragon Boat Tune". The entire building complex consists of three parts: Li Liangqing's Manor, Li's Ancestral Hall, and Li Gaiwu's Manor. It is like a trilogy played by Tujia suona, wooden flute, leaf flute, gongs and drums and Western trombone, interpreting the glory and honor of a family. Humiliation, rise and decline have solidified the architectural cultural history of a nation.

The building complex covers an area of ??more than 20,000 square meters, with a total construction area of ??12,000 square meters. It has 24 patios and more than 200 houses. The construction period lasted from the late Ming Dynasty to 1949, which lasted for more than 300 years. In 2001, the State Council announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.