Jinhua Shuanglong Cave Information

Shuanglong Cave is a karst landscape, located in the center of Shuanglong Cave Scenic Area, which is characterized by a cave and a boat lying in it. It is the core landscape and landmark landscape of the entire Shuanglong Scenic Area. According to historical records, Liu Zhongqing lived in seclusion in Jin Huashan after being slandered in the Western Han Dynasty (48 BC-33 BC), and Liu Zongyuan wrote Liu Zhongqing's Hidden Jinhua Cave in the Tang Dynasty (Shuanglong Cave was called Jinhua Cave in ancient times).

Shuanglong Cave is about 520 meters above sea level and consists of an inner hole, an outer hole and an ear hole. The entrance is Xuan Lang, and the stalactites hanging on both sides are green and yellow, which look like two faucets. The two faucets are in the outer hole, but the dragon body is hidden in the inner hole, hence the name "Shuanglong Cave". According to legend, in ancient Wuzhou, the people were in dire straits for years. When Qinglong and Huanglong learned about it, they stole Tianchi water and saved the people. However, because of the violation of dogma, the Queen Mother pinned their necks with huge stones and trapped them in the inner cave of Shuanglong. However, Ssangyong still stubbornly looked up and spit water, and the clear spring water has been flowing ever since.

The outer cave is spacious, with an area of about1200m2, which can accommodate thousands of people. The temperature of the cave is kept around 17℃ throughout the year, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. Especially in the hot summer, it has become an eternal custom for Jinhua people and tourists to enjoy the cool in the cave. Compared with natural air conditioning, it is even worse. The ancients described it well: "Going up the mountain is like rain, and entering the cave is cold."

There are many cliff stone carvings on the outer wall of the cave. The word "Shuanglong Cave" on the north wall of the cave was handed down in the Tang Dynasty by handwriting, and was later copied by the Vice Minister of Communications of the Republic of China. The word "cave" on the south wall is Mo Bao of Wu Lin, a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty. The five characters of "36 holes" were written by Mr. Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang and a modern calligrapher. There are also "water and stone wonders" stone carvings and inscriptions on the travel notes of celebrities exploring caves in the Qing Dynasty on the innermost stone wall; Modern Hefei tourists' three-character stone carvings of "Shuanglong Cave" are very interesting. He carved the word "dragon" backwards, which means that the two dragon heads in Shuanglong Cave can only see their true colors when they stand in the cave hall and look back (see figure 1).

There is a yellow "stone waterfall" hanging in the north of Waidong Hall, which looks like an ancient robe. This is the legendary "Mr. Lu's hiding place". According to legend, Lv Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, once hid here. There is also a legend that a village girl swore not to marry or rob her rich man and was locked in a cave. Lv Dongbin went from the cave to rescue the village girl in the cave. Near the northern end of the hall, there are many landscapes such as "Camel Looking Up", "Shi Wa Peeping into the Cave", "Lion Treading" and "Xiao Jin Spreading its Wings", especially the karst landscape "Fairyland" in the cave, which makes people feel like they are in the outside world.

There is a huge screen stone between the inner and outer holes, and only a narrow underground river connects them. This river is15m long and 3m wide. If you want to enter the inner hole, you have to hold your breath and lie on your back on the boat, brush the rocks against the current, and don't lift your head slightly, otherwise you will be in danger of breaking your nose, which is very thrilling. This kind of sightseeing is unique in the world (see Figure 2). The ancient poem "There is a spring in the cave, and you want to find the source of the spring and lie on the boat" describes how to explore the cave in history. 400 years ago, Xu Xiake, a geographer and traveler in the Ming Dynasty, borrowed a bathtub from Mrs. Pan in front of the cave, stripped off his clothes and swam into the inner cave of Shuanglong.

"The water on the beam in thousands of feet is depressed, and the canoe lies on its back and people return to the stream." Entering the inner cave is like being in the Dragon Palace in a fairyland. The inner hole is larger than the outer hole, covering an area of about 3500 square meters. There are many stalactites, stalagmites, stone curtains, stone pillars, stone clocks and underground springs in the cave. "The dragon sees the head but doesn't see the tail." In the cave, you can see the bodies, claws and tails of two dragons. Other major landscapes include Rain Stone on a Sunny Day, Immortal Hanging Clothes, Snow Mountain Luohantang, General's Leg, Jinhua Ham, Beijing Roast Duck, Immortal Bed, Clouds Chasing the Moon, Fantasy Sky, Tortoise Exploring the Sea, Tortoise Fighting the Elixir, etc.

According to its unique landscape characteristics and value, Xu Xiake in Ming Dynasty listed Shuanglong Cave as the first of the "Eight Great Caves in Jin Huashan", and its landscape characteristics and value are "two doors away, hanging in the middle, strange land and water, secluded and bright".

Ye Shengtao wrote travel notes.

Ji Jinhua Shuanglong Cave

On April 14, I visited Shuanglong Cave in Beishan in Jinhua, Zhejiang.

It's about five kilometers from Jinhua City to Luodian. After Luodian, it gradually enters the mountainous area. The road twists and turns. There are rhododendrons all over the mountain, and flowers and leaves are more energetic than potted plants. Tung trees are also blooming, a cluster here, a cluster there, a lot. The sand on the mountain is pink, which seems to have never been seen anywhere else. Pink mountains, all kinds of azaleas, plus thick or light new green, the eyes are bright.

All the way to the stream, with the mountain, the stream is sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, sometimes slow, sometimes urgent, and the sound of the stream changes its tone from time to time. About five kilometers into the mountain, I came to Shuanglong Cave, where the stream flowed out.

Looking up at the mouth of the cave, the mountain is quite high, abrupt and gloomy, and very imposing. The mouth of the cave is as wide as bridge opening. When you walk in, it's like you're in a hall, surrounded by stone walls and with a high stone roof above your head. When you gather 1000 or 800 people for a meeting there, you won't feel crowded. The spring water flows out from the right side of the hole. This is the hole outside.

Looking for the source of the spring water in the outer hole, it originally flowed from the hole under the stone wall on the left. Although it is a pore, it can also accommodate a small boat. How about a boat? Two people lie on their backs side by side, just right, there is no room for a third person. It is such a small ship. Both ends of the boat are tied with ropes. The workers in the management office first entered the inner hole, pulled the rope inside, and the boat went in. Workers outside the cave pulled the rope at the other end and the boat came out. I was lying on my back with curiosity, thinking about going from the back of my head to my shoulders, to my hips, to my heels, and the boat didn't move slowly until I said "OK". My eyes are a little blurred, but I can still feel the rocks on the left and right and above seem to be squeezing me. I also think that raising my head slightly will definitely break my forehead and scratch my nose. After about two or three feet of water, I went ashore. This is the inner hole.

The inner hole was dark and nothing could be seen. Workers carrying steam lamps can only see a small place, and the rest is all dark, I don't know how wide it is. The workers held high gasoline lamps and pointed out the scenery in the cave one by one. First of all, of course, there are Shuanglong, Huanglong and Qinglong winding at the top of the cave. I followed his instructions and liked it a little. Followed by stalactites and stalagmites, what is this and what is that? Most of them are gods and animals with palaces and utensils according to their shapes, and there are more than forty pieces. These stalactites and stalagmites with different shapes and colors are worth seeing, even if they do nothing. Walking around the cave, I found that the hole inside is much bigger than the hole outside, about as big as a dozen houses. The spring water flows slowly on the right side, with a soft voice, and the source is in a dark cave. I waited in line, then lay on my back in the boat and got out of the hole.