Depart at 8 o'clock and arrive at our destination: Lushan Cave Group Scenic Area. We can enjoy more than a dozen caves, such as Thousand People Cave, Sanatorium Cave, Coral Cave, Yun Xuan Cave and Jiutian Cave. After lunch on the way at noon, you can continue to visit other scenic spots. At about 4 pm, we can finish today's day trip.
Yiyuan karst cave group is located in South Lushan Town, 7 kilometers northwest of Yiyuan County. It has been proved that there are many large and small caves 100 within 5 square kilometers of Fiona Fang, which are all developed in thick micrite limestone of Middle Ordovician. Because of its large number and concentrated distribution, it is always called Yiyuan Tumen karst cave group.
This is the largest karst cave group in the north of China, and is praised by experts as "the first karst cave group in Jiangbei". It is the first scenic spot in Yiyuan County to win the honor of national AAAA-level scenic spot, and it is a good place to travel. There are 23 wall-carved Buddha statues and three groups of "Buddha's story" bas-reliefs in Yiyuan Cave, which are different in expression and lifelike. The tourist area is a good place to travel, with developed communication, convenient transportation and complete supporting services for food, accommodation, transportation, shopping and entertainment.
Development history of scenic spots:
Lushan Cave Group Scenic Area is located in Nanlushan Town, 7 kilometers northwest of Yiyuan County. There are more than 40 natural caves around Qiandong 1.5 km, which are called Yiyuan Cave Group. It belongs to the Ordovician limestone cave, more than 500 million years ago. It is the most concentrated natural cave in the north of the Yangtze River and is called "the largest karst cave group in the north" by experts. More than a dozen caves have been developed as tourist attractions, such as Thousand People Cave, Nurturing Cave, Coral Cave, Yun Xuan Cave and Jiutian Cave.
The scenery in the cave is fantastic, with valleys and peaks of Lushan Mountain, which is pleasing to the eye and unforgettable. Yiyuan County, located in Yimeng Mountain area, is named after the birthplace of yi river. Yiyuan County, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, is the county with the highest average elevation in Shandong Province. Yiyuan Garden looks at the Yellow Sea in the east and Mount Tai in the west. The southwest is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, the northeast is Weifang, and the north is Linzi, the ancient capital of Qi State.
Yiyuan Cave Group Scenic Area is located in the northwest of Yiyuan County 13 km, at the southern foot of Lushan Mountain. In nearly five square kilometers, there are more than forty caves, which are called "the first cave group in the north". Many caves used to be places where ancient apes lived and multiplied. They have unearthed ape-man skulls and some teeth fossils, accompanied by a large number of animal fossils and found a large number of ape-man stone tools, so they are called "Yiyuan ape-man" caves. In recent years, many caves have been developed and officially opened to tourists. Among them, Jiutian Cave is the most famous.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Lushan Cave Group Scenic Area.