Introduction of Furong Cave in Wulong; Furong cave travel guide

Furong Cave Scenic Spot in Wulong, Chongqing has been popular with tourists recently. Its natural form and geographical environment are unique and full of fantastic colors, attracting a large number of tourists every day. Let's introduce it in detail below.

Furong cave

Furong Cave is a large limestone cave, which was formed in the Quaternary Pleistocene (about 654.38+200,000 years ago) and developed in the dolomite limestone of Cambrian. The stable temperature in the depth of the cave is 16. 1 degree.

The main cave of Furong Cave is 2700 meters long, the sightseeing road is 1860 meters long, the bottom width is 12- 15 meters, and the maximum width is 69.5 meters. The height of the cave is generally 8-25m, and the highest is 48.3m, with a total construction area of 37,000m2, of which Jinxiu Hall covers an area of10000m2, which is the most spectacular.

The maximum static and passenger capacity of the whole Furong Cave is 6.5438+0.85 million. At the same time, it is known as one of the "three caves in the world". On July 6, 20 1 1, Furong Cave Scenic Spot was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national AAAAA(5A) scenic spot.

In February 2000, in order to thank the national medical staff for their persistence and dedication, from the end of the epidemic to February 3, 20001day, the scenic spot implemented a preferential policy of free opening to medical staff with medical-related certificates throughout the country.

Name: Furong Cave

Venue: Wulong District, Chongqing

Climate: subtropical monsoon climate

Building area: 37,000 square meters

Opening hours; 8: 30-16: 30 in summer; 9 o'clock in winter-16 o'clock

Basic information

Furong Cave in Wulong, Chongqing is a karst world natural heritage site, a national 5A tourist area in China, a national key scenic spot in China and a national geological park in China. It is also the only cave in the world listed as a world natural heritage. The huge cave body and rich cave sediments of Furong Cave not only conquered cave experts all over the world, but also attracted many tourists.

Furong scenery

General situation of karst caves

Stalactite type

There are many kinds of chemical deposits, from macro to micro, from carbonate to sulfate, including the sedimentary characteristics of nearly 30 caves in the world. Among them, there are stone waterfalls and curtains with a width of15m and a height of 2 1 m, palm stalagmites as smooth as jade, curly stones and shining stone flowers as stars. Its quantity, beautiful shape, clean texture and wide distribution are rare in China.

Red coral and canine calcite crystals in the water purification basin are even more precious. A large number of secondary chemical deposition forms constitute dozens of diverse landscapes.

The main scenic spots in the cave are Jin Dian, Leifeng Pagoda, Yuzhu Qingtian, Yulin Qionghua, Canine Crystal Flower, Kiss of the Millennium, Animal Kingdom, Underwater Dragon Palace, Giant Screen Waterfall, Shi Tian Pearl, Genital Pillar, Coral Yaochi, etc. Visiting Furong Cave makes people feel the magic of nature.

How to form

(Cave deposits, that is, stalactites, Furong Cave has two chemical types: carbonate rocks and sulfate rocks), which are dazzling and colorful, including almost all stalactites, reaching more than 70 kinds. Such as stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains (the smallest is stone curtains), stone waterfalls, stone flags, stone belts, stone shields, stone grapes, coral crystal flowers and so on. Its mineral composition is mainly calcite and gypsum, but there are also aragonite and brucite. Most species are endemic to China, but some species are even rarer in China and even in the world, because they are numerous and have perfect shapes (needle-shaped, hairy, hairy, etc.). ) and the wide distribution of textures.

stalactite

The rich landscape composed of more than 70 kinds of secondary chemical deposits is magnificent, beautifully carved, gorgeous and ingenious, which is dizzying. Professor Zhu, president of China Cave Research Association, commented: "Furong Cave is a magnificent underground art hall." Experts from the Australian Cave Association praised "the beautiful palm stalagmites, red coral ponds and gypsum flowers in Furong Cave are world-class scenery". Andy, president of the World Cave Association, called it "one of the best caves in the world". 1994, furong cave was rated as the first of more than 0/00 caves in China. It is known as the "king of caves" and is recognized as the most beautiful underground scenery. It not only has high tourism value and aesthetic value, but also has great research value in a series of scientific fields such as stratigraphy, mineralogy, geomorphology and anthropology.

Furong cave

Furong Cave is divided into three scenic spots. The first scenic spot is rich in color and high-profile, while the second and third scenic spots are mainly scientific colors, restoring nature. There are many caves, and there are more than 30 first-class scenic spots, including more than 10 scenic spots at home and abroad, especially the giant stone waterfall, which is 15.76 m wide and 2 1.04 m high. Coral Yaochi, with an area of 32 square meters and a water depth of 0.8 meters, is in a vigorous growth period; The "source of life" with a length of 120cm and a circumference of 124cm; A thriving stone flower king; The unique canines and stones in the world are rare treasures of the cave landscape in the world.

After more than 20 years of long-term exploration and scientific research by scientists from more than 20 countries, such as Britain, the United States, Austria, Canada and China, it is confirmed that Furong Cave is not only a large cave with high tourism and scientific research value, but also a huge cave group consisting of a large number of vertical shafts and flat caves, and its surroundings are ranked as one of the three largest caves in the world along with Mammoth Cave in the United States and Krams Cave in France.

1996, furong cave began to organize the declaration of world natural heritage, and was listed as a nominated place for the declaration of world heritage in 2004.

Composition of Furong Cave

It consists of bronze potholes, Luoren caves, Weijiangling caves, Dongba caves, Xinlukou caves, Shuimu caves, Furong caves, Gangban caves and Sifang caves. Vertical caves represented by steam pit caves are a paradise for cave explorers and explorers, and horizontal caves represented by Furong caves are the most suitable places for tourists to watch. The scale of the cave is huge, the secondary physical and chemical deposits in the cave are diverse and rich, the various dissolution forms of the cave, the spectacular collapse and accumulation, countless stalactites, the ponds in the cave under different conditions at present, the falling and destruction of stalactites, etc. All recorded its vicissitudes and historical evolution. Professor Zhu, a famous cave expert in China, commented: "Furong Cave is a cave science museum in terms of scientific research and popularization."

Furong cave

Investigate history

1in may, 1993, six villagers in jiangkou town, Wulong county discovered furong cave, which immediately attracted the attention of the local county party Committee and government, and concentrated manpower, material resources and financial resources on high starting point, high standard and high level development.

1In August, 1994, a Sino-British joint expedition made a scientific investigation on the huge cave of Suosuo Cave. Andy, vice chairman of the International Cave Association and captain of the Sino-British joint expedition, commented after visiting Furong Cave that' Furong Cave is the best tourist cave in China and one of the best tourist caves in the world'. Professor Zhu, President of Geological Society of China Cave Research Association and Chinese leader, commented that "Furong Cave is a magnificent underground art hall and a rich cave science museum".

1In August, 1996, the Sino-British joint investigation team made another scientific investigation on the Furong Cave Group in Wulong. Significant progress has been made in this expedition. Furong Cave is a huge cave group, which has been preliminarily proved. The expedition went through hardships, but failed to find the natural exit of Furong Cave. Due to the limitation of facilities and equipment, the second scientific investigation of Furong Cave Group by the Sino-British joint investigation team failed to produce scientific research results.

2001June 65438+5, entrusted by Andy, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Cave Association, a joint expedition team of China, Britain and the United States organized a powerful Chen Rong and advanced scientific research equipment to conduct the third expedition of Furong Cave Group in Wulong for one month. Mr. Brown Judd, the leader of the expedition, revealed at the press conference that the investigation of Furong Cave Group will definitely detect the imagined results.

On June 5th, 20001year, a Sino-British joint investigation team composed of 19 people entered the base camp of Furong Cave Group (Tianxing Township, Wulong County), and from June 6th, 20001year, it officially made a scientific investigation on the huge karst cave group in Fiona Fang. After nearly five days of hard exploration, the huge underground river system of Furong Cave Group is scattered all over the place, which has been preliminarily proved. Big and small east, one of F.

On1October 23rd, 2005, 10, the list of the most beautiful places in China was released in Beijing. The event was sponsored by chinese national geography, and "The Most Beautiful Place in China" was selected by 34 national media. Eight months later, three awards were awarded, namely, expert society group, media obedience group and Internet mobile popularization group. The "Media Group" and "Popularity Group" produced 12 award-winning places by means of media voting, netizen voting and mobile phone user voting respectively. The "Expert Social Group" award awarded by chinese national geography magazine is unique, and it is divided into 15 types, such as mountains, lakes, forests, grasslands, deserts, Ya Dan landforms, islands, coasts, waterfalls, glaciers, canyons, urban areas, rural ancient towns, tourist caves, swamps and wetlands. Among them, Furong Cave is one of the six most beautiful tourist caves in China, ranking second.

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Be included in the World Heritage List

Be included in the World Natural Heritage List

On June 27th, 2007 13: 05 Beijing time, at the 3 1 World Heritage Conference held in Christchurch, New Zealand, the "South China Karst" World Natural Heritage Project was unanimously approved, and Wulong Karst was officially listed in the World Natural Heritage List together with Shilin in Yunnan and Libo Karst in Guizhou.

The scenic spots where Wulong successfully won the title of World Natural Heritage include Furong Cave, the world's first cave, the largest Tiansheng Bridge Group in Asia, and Houping Tiankeng, a rare karst system in the world.

These three scenic spots represent three independent karst systems in China's karst landforms, namely Furong Cave System, Tianshengsanqiao Karst System and Houping Erosive Tiankeng Karst System.