The largest tiankeng group in Yunnan, a 12-meter deep pit, is inhabited by 32 people from 8 families.

Once upon a time, I only knew that Lijiang, Yunnan was petty and literary. Later, I learned that Erhai Lake in Dali was charming, and I was particularly yearning for Shangri-La. I can only sigh that Yunnan is really a beautiful and magical place.

In recent years, another sinkhole group has been discovered in Yunnan, which is said to be the largest sinkhole group in Yunnan so far. In a sinkhole with an average depth of 12 meters, there are 8 families and 32 people. People also call this place "Tiankeng Village". Do you know where it is?

Tiankeng Group, located in Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong, is about 51 kilometers away from the county seat. The whole Tiankeng Group covers an area of about 6 mu, including six tiankeng of different sizes. Seen from the sky, it looks like a deep-seated iron pot, so the largest three of them are called "big pot circle", "small pot circle" and "three pot circles" in turn.

Among them, the diameter of the pit of the cauldron is nearly 6 meters, the deepest part is about 15 meters, and the average depth is 12 meters. It is surrounded by cliffs, and crops such as corn and potatoes are planted in the pit. Who planted this?

In fact, there are people living near the cave at the bottom of the pit. There are 32 people from 8 families. It is said that they moved in in 1953, and they are basically self-sufficient in farming. Some surplus grain will also be carried to the market for sale, and then some daily necessities will be changed.

There used to be a primary school at the foot of the mountain for the children in the village to go to school, but in fact, the school is just an aisle by the road. Fortunately, the government has hardened the dirt road leading to the cave now, making it much more convenient for people to get into and out of the cave.

about 1 meters to the east of the cauldron, there is a small cauldron, which is about 5 meters directly and more than 1 meters deep. There are two caves at the bottom of the pit, namely, a dry cave and a water cave, which face each other far away, and there is a lake in the middle of the cave. It is speculated that these two caves should be connected at the end.

About a few hundred meters west of the cauldron, there are three cauldrons, and the diameter of the pit mouth is only more than 1 meters. However, the pit here is bottomless, and no one has gone down yet, and the pit wall is very steep.

According to the survey, the tourist value here is very high, with sinkholes, canyons, rivers and other landscapes. It will become another tourist attraction in Yunnan. Are you looking forward to it?

in addition to the attractive natural scenery, the mystery here is also puzzling and arouses people's curiosity about it.

for example, how is it formed?

There are no records related to the sinkhole in the local area. Some people say that it may be traces left by human activities, some people say that it was formed by the impact of celestial meteorites, and more people think that it was naturally formed. No matter how it was formed, it can only sigh that nature is really amazing.

why does it have an echo of 2 seconds?

There is no shortage of echo valleys in the world, but the echo of famous echo valleys around the world is about a few seconds, and the longest echo is no more than 8 seconds. If you say "I love you" here, the echo may be as long as 2 seconds or more. As for why, no one can give a reasonable explanation so far.

another magic thing is that there is no signal in the pit, but there is a signal at the bottom of the pit.

It is reasonable to say that some obstructions will weaken our cell phone signal, but when people visit the sinkhole in the field, they find that there is no signal when they stand at the top of the sinkhole, and when they reach the bottom of the sinkhole, the cell phone signal is full, and they can also talk to the Internet. So some people speculate that the sinkhole may be similar to a signal receiver, or some metal elements can help the cell phone receive signals, but this is still only a guess.

There is a mystery unique to San Guo Juan, that is, as long as you approach San Guo Juan, you will hear strange noises.

It is said that these sounds are constantly changing, sometimes high and sometimes low, some are like children crying, some are like wolves howling, and the Tiankeng Mouth is shrouded in clouds all the year round, which makes it particularly magical. As for how these sounds come from, there is no suitable explanation so far.

while people in the cauldron are busy, they will go to the cliff in the west of the pit to play the "flute", because there are many small holes in the cliff, and when they blow into the hole with their mouths, they will make a "whoop" sound. The mountain is like a huge flute, and of course no one knows how the sound comes.

It has to be said that nature is really amazing, and it is worth exploring its mystery. People living under the sinkhole are self-sufficient, which is also a kind of paradise life. If it is really developed into a scenic spot one day, what impact will it have on them?

I wonder if you are looking forward to visiting this sinkhole group? Please leave a message in the comments section below to share your views, and also welcome to share your travel stories and anecdotes.

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