What are some cool and fun places around Yichang?

The overall climate in Hubei is the same in the morning and evening. Especially in August, Hubei always gives you a strong sun with a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius per minute. In summer, there is hot and dry air everywhere in Hubei. Today I will tell you about Yichang, Hubei, which is the coolest place for barbecued pork belly.

Wulingxia Cave

Location: Wulingxiakou Hot Spring Resort, Yuan'an County

The most distinctive feature of the scenic spot should be the original ecological hot springs there! Among the attractions, there are unique cave scenery, and the resort is a highlight.

When you're in the canyon leading to Wuling Gorge Cave, you'll soon feel a chill. Looking at the canyon road, the winding path leads deep into the mountains. The mountains and fields are vast nature.

The resort is rich in cave resources and the caves have been formed for a long time. It is more than 1,000 meters from the bottom of the cave to the top, and stalactites hang on the rock wall in the cave. As long as there are more than a dozen lights, any stalactite will shine. The luminous stalactites sparkled with silver, and they were immediately reflected in a variety of colors. Wuling Gorge can be said to be full of scenery and colors.

Address: Yangping Town, Yuan'an County

Route: Starting from Yichang City, take Jingyi Expressway and Baoyi Expressway, and turn right at the Yuan'an North Expressway exit. Less than 20 minutes drive.

The Changshou Cave at your current location is a masterpiece of nature’s uncanny craftsmanship. The Chang Cave is more than 600 meters above sea level, and it has been hundreds of millions of years since the cave was formed. The whole scenic spot is beautiful, and there is a clear stream in the canyon. Now its cave landscape is unique, and the scenery inside the cave is deeper.

The inner peaks are densely forested, with towering jade pillars and abundant stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, stone flowers, and stone corals.

If you are there, you can see endless beauty.

The cave is also brightly lit, with various stalactites intertwined with colorful lights. The natural carvings of the cave create Venus, the goddess with broken arms, Monk Tang's pilgrimage to the west, crystal ice curtain, the Arc de Triomphe, etc.

There is also a magical legend in this cave. It is said that Zhang, a general of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, led his troops to Sichuan from Changsha and passed by the Changsheng Cave. He rested in the cave for seven days. He was full of energy and overjoyed. He exclaimed that "seven days in the cave are like a thousand years in the world."

Address: South of Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, 100 meters west of Wuhe Highway, halfway up the mountain.

Route: Yichang S68 Yueyi Expressway (Fanba Expressway) S88 (intersection of Fanba Expressway and Huyu Expressway) G59 Yiwu Expressway (intersection of Hubei Expressway and Yueyi Expressway) Changle, Yuyangguan Town Ping Town Wufeng Town Tianchi Hexi 100 meters mountainside.

Changsheng Cave

Three Gorges Jinshi Cave National Geopark is located in Yiling District, Yichang City, only a 40-minute drive from Yichang City. It is located on a mountainside with an altitude of more than 600 meters, with a peak of more than 100 meters and a valley of more than 400 meters below.

It takes a lot of effort to see Jinshi Cave.

In Jinshi Cave, there is a huge stone lying like a golden lion at the entrance of the cave. It is very tall and lifelike.

According to research, this cave is a limestone cave formed about 1 million years ago, and its stone is tender and moist. The picture is dreamy, the scenic spots are densely packed, and the layout numbers are very exquisite.

Address: Huanghua Township, Yiling District

Route: You can take the city bus No. 100 and then transfer to a van.

Golden Lion Cave

Guyin Chao Cave is a national 3A tourist attraction. This ancient Yinchao cave is called Xiejia cave. This cave is named after the miraculous story of the Xie family escaping from Li Zicheng's rebels in the cave in the late Ming Dynasty.

The cave is a large limestone cave formed in the Cambrian period about 530 million years ago.

This scenic spot is a superposition of two dry water caves, and the interior of the scenic spot is unfathomable. There is a huge pillar on the cave, and the main hall in the cave is covered with stalactites, which shine under the light.

Because there is no light in the cave all year round, the fish in the cave becomes transparent and crystal clear, and you can clearly see its internal organs.

From time to time, mist will evaporate out of the cave, and the mist that floats out is like the smoke that rises when cooking.

The Karst cave is also an upper and lower cave, with an underground cave

Ancient Chaoyin Cave

Sanyou Cave is one of the famous attractions in the Xiling Gorge Scenic Area. It is backed by Xiling Gorge and faces Xialao River. It has steep terrain, beautiful scenery, warm winters and cool summers. Open and irregular rectangular, 30m deep, 23m wide and 9m high, it is a limestone cave formed by the continuous dissolution and collapse of ancient groundwater.

Address: 7 kilometers northwest of Yichang City.

Route: Take bus No. 10-1 from downtown Yichang to Sanyou Cave Scenic Area.

Sanyou Cave

Baima Cave is located on the north bank of Xiling Gorge in Nanjin Pass, facing Sanyou Cave across the river.

The entrance of the cave is on the mountainside cliff, and a stream of water flows out of the cave. There is a small lake in the external communication office of the cave. You can use this water to row and swim in the cave.

At first, you will feel cramped. When you step inside, the space in the cave is revealed to everyone. After 200 meters you will see the bottom bank where the water ends.

The White Cave is a limestone cave formed by karst landforms. There are various molten rocks in the cave, and the caves are crisscrossed. There are both full feet of pathways and grand halls. The colorful lights reflecting on the water are confusing and dizzying.

Address: Xiling Gorge, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in the northwest of Yichang

Route: Take bus No. 10-1 from downtown Yichang to Baima Cave Scenic Area.

Baima Cave

Yuxu Cave is a limestone cave. It is said that it was discovered in the fifth year of Tang Tianbao (746). The entrance of the cave is in the shape of a half-moon, with the words "Yuxu Dongtian" engraved on the bluestone.

After entering the cave, go right and follow the more than fifty stone steps ahead to reach the main hall.

The main hall is slightly rectangular, about 85 meters long, 40 meters wide and 50 meters high. The main hall is like an underground palace. There are various stalactites in the cave, one of which is about 10 meters high, like a dragon pan stone pillar. There are many stone carvings and inscriptions on the cliffs inside and outside the cave, the first of which were written by Xie Chongchu of the Song Dynasty.

Address: Tanjiashan, Xiangxi Town, Zigui County

Route: Yichang City-Jiangnan Fanba Expressway-Zigui County-Xiangxi Town-Tanjiashan Foothills