Shuanglong Cave is a karst landscape, located in the center of Shuanglong Cave Scenic Area. It is characterized by caves in the cave and sleeping boats entering the cave. It is the core landscape and landmark landscape of the entire Shuanglong Scenic Area. According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, Shuanglong Cave was a karst landscape. (48 BC - 33 BC) General Liu Zhongqing lived in seclusion in Jinhua Mountain after being falsely accused and demoted. Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Liu Zhongqing Hidden in Jinhua Cave" (Shuanglong Cave was also called Jinhua Cave in ancient times). From then on In total, Shuanglong Cave has a history of more than 2,000 years.
Shuanglong Cave is about 520 meters above sea level. It consists of an inner cave, an outer cave and an ear cave. The cave entrance is majestic, with stalactites hanging on both sides, one green and one yellow, resembling two dragon heads. The body is hidden in the inner cave, hence the name "Double Dragon Cave". Legend has it that Wuzhou suffered from drought for many years in ancient times and the people were in dire straits. After learning about the situation, Qinglong and Huanglong stole water from Tianchi to save the people. However, because they violated the rules of heaven, the Queen Mother pressed a huge stone on her neck and trapped her in the inner cave of Shuanglong. However, the two dragons were still tenacious. The ground raised its head and spit out water, and the clear spring water continues to gurgling to this day.
The outer cave is spacious and wide, covering an area of ??about 1,200 square meters and can accommodate a gathering of thousands of people. The cave temperature remains at around 17°C all year round, with warm winters and cool summers. Especially in the hot summer, it has been an ancient custom for Jinhua people and tourists to cool off in the cave. Compared with natural air conditioning, it is even better. The ancients described it well: "When you go up the mountain, you sweat like rain, and when you enter the cave, you feel cool."
There are many cliff stone carvings on the wall of the outer cave. The three characters "Dongtian" on the north wall of the cave entrance are said to be handwritten by people in the Tang Dynasty, and were later copied and carved by the Deputy Minister of Communications of the Republic of China. The two characters "Dongtian" on the south wall are The calligraphy of Wu Lin, a calligrapher of the Song Dynasty; the five characters "Thirty-six Cave Heaven" were written by Mr. Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang and a modern calligrapher; there are also stone carvings of "Wonder of Water and Stone" on the innermost stone wall and celebrities from the Qing Dynasty exploring the cave. Inscriptions on travel notes; the three-character stone carving of "Shuanglong Cave" by a modern visitor to Hefei is very interesting. He carved the word "dragon" backwards, which means the two dragon heads of Shuanglong Cave. You have to stand in the cave hall and look outside to see them. ’s true appearance (see Figure 1).
There is a yellow "stone waterfall" hanging in the north of the outer cave hall, which looks like the robes of ancient people. This is the legendary "Mr. Lu's hiding place" scenic spot. It is said that Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, once hid here. There are also legends Yes, there was a village girl who swore not to marry the rich man who robbed her, and was locked and trapped in a cave. This is where Lu Dongbin went to rescue the village girl in the cave. Near the north end of the hall are landscapes such as "Camels Raising Their Heads", "Stone Frogs Peering into the Hole", "Lions Stepping", "Golden Harriers Spreading Wings", etc. In particular, the layered karst landscape "Fairy Field" in the cave makes people unable to help but A feeling of being outside the world.
There is a huge stone screen separating the inner and outer caves, and only a narrow underground river connects them. The river is more than 15 meters long and more than 3 meters wide. If you want to enter the inner cave, you have to hold your breath and lie on your back in the boat, and slide against the rocks against the current. You are not allowed to raise your head, otherwise you will risk breaking your nose. It is very thrilling, and the tour method is unique in the world (see Figure 2). The ancient poem goes, "There is a spring in the cave, and if you want to find the source of the spring, you lie down in a boat." This describes how caving was done in history. Xu Xiake, a geographer and traveler of the Ming Dynasty, borrowed a bathtub from Mrs. Pan in front of the cave 400 years ago, undressed and swam into the Shuanglong Inner Cave.
"Thousand-foot beams hold down the water, and the boat is lying on its back and people are returning to the stream." Entering the inner cave is like being in a fairyland, the Dragon Palace. The inner cave is larger than the outer cave, covering an area of ??about 3,500 square meters. There are many stalactites, stalagmites, stone mantles, stone pillars, stone bells, and underground springs in the cave. "The divine dragon sees its head but not its tail", you can see the body, claws and tail of the two dragons in the cave. Other major landscapes include "Sunny Stone", "Immortal Hanging Clothes", "Snow Mountain Arhat Hall", "General's Legs", "Jinhua Ham", "Peking Roast Duck", "Immortal Bed", "Upside Down Bat", "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon" More than 20 karsts including "Turtles and Turtles Exploring the Sea", "Turtles and Snakes Fighting for the Elixir", "Frog Stealing the Immortal Grass", "Shou Xing and the Fairy Peach", "Thumb Spring" and "Bonsai Waterfall" named by Yu Dafu The landscape is dazzling and lifelike. When visitors come here, they will forget the hustle and bustle of the world and experience the magic of "one day in the cave, three years on earth".
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Ye Shengtao wrote a travel note
Jinhua Shuanglong Cave
On April 14th, I was in Jinhua, Zhejiang, visiting Shuanglong Cave in Beishan.
It’s about five kilometers from Jinhua City to Luodian. After passing Luodian, you gradually enter the mountains. The road winds up. The mountains are full of azaleas, and the flowers and leaves are more energetic than the potted plants. The tung trees are also blooming, a clump here, a clump there, quite a few. The sandy soil on the mountain is pink, which seems to have never been seen elsewhere. The pink mountains, various colors of azalea, and thick or light new green make the scene bright and beautiful.
Facing the stream all the way, according to the mountain topography, the stream is sometimes wide, sometimes narrow, sometimes slow, sometimes rapid, and the sound of the stream also changes its tune from time to time. About five kilometers into the mountain, you will come to the entrance of Shuanglong Cave, where the stream comes out of the cave.
Looking up from the entrance of the cave, the mountain is quite high, abrupt and gloomy, and very imposing. The entrance of the cave is like a bridge, very wide.
When you walk in, you feel like you are in a big hall, surrounded by stone walls and a high stone roof above your head. If a thousand or eight hundred people gather there for a meeting, it will definitely not feel crowded. The spring water flows out on the right side of the cave entrance. This is the outer cave.
Looking for the source of the spring water in the outer cave, it turns out that it flows from the hole under the stone wall on the left. Although it is a hole, it can still accommodate a small boat. What kind of small boat is it? It's just right for two people lying on their backs side by side. There's no room for a third person. It's such a small boat. There are ropes tied to both ends of the boat. Workers from the management office go first into the inner cave and pull the rope inside, and the boat goes in. Workers outside the cave pull the rope at the other end, and the boat comes out. I lay on my back alone in the boat with curiosity. I thought that from the back of my head to my shoulders, my hips, and my heels, there was no part that was not touching the bottom of the boat. I just said "Okay" and the boat started to move slowly. My eyes were dim, but I could still feel that the rocks on the left, right and above seemed to be squeezing towards me. I also felt that if I raised my head a little, I would definitely break my forehead and scratch my nose. After walking about two or three feet of water, we landed and reached the inner cave.
The inner cave was pitch black and nothing could be seen. The workers holding gasoline lamps could only illuminate a small area. The rest was completely dim, and they didn't know how wide it was. The workers raised their gasoline lamps high and pointed out the scenery in the cave one by one. First of all, of course, there are the two dragons winding on the top of the cave, a yellow dragon and a green dragon. I followed his instructions and it seemed a bit similar. Next are some stalactites and stalagmites. What is this and what is that? Most of them are imagined to be gods, animals, palaces, and utensils based on their shapes. There are more than forty names. These stalactites and stalagmites have various shapes and colors. Even if they don't do much, they are worth watching. After walking around in the cave, I felt that the inner cave was much larger than the outer cave, about the size of a dozen houses. The spring water flowed slowly to the right, with a gentle sound, and its source was in the deep black stone cave. . I waited in line, lay on my back in the boat again, and got out of the cave.