foreword
There are beautiful scenery everywhere in Guizhou. I go there several times a year. Recently, I went there twice in just 20 days. The place I just left is Zhijin County, Bijie City. There is a magical cave in this county called Zhijin Cave. , the cave is full of strange stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, etc. The more special place is that the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is in sharp contrast with the outdoor temperature. Follow my pictures and texts, let's visit the charming Zhijin County together!
about the author
Preparation
A change of clothes, an umbrella, a sun hat, a bottle of mosquito repellent water, a set of sunscreen, a bottle of essential oil, and a pair of sunglasses. One Nikon D7100, one Tokina 11-16 lens, one Nikon D810, one 24-70MM lens. Personal ID. Some cash, a bank card, mobile phone stabilizer, etc.
journey
Day 1: Guangzhou - Guiyang - Bijie Zhijin County
Day 2: Visit Zhijin Cave, Zhijin Grand Canyon, Zhijin Cave Museum, Caiqun Batik Museum
Day 3: Return
about traffic
It is more convenient to drive by yourself. You can locate Zhijin Cave or nearby hotels and homestays before departure, and follow the navigation instructions to arrive.
Airplane: Guiyang Longdongbao Airport High-speed Rail Train: Guiyang Longdongbao Station, Guiyang North Station, Guiyang East Station
1. Train
1. Take the train from Guiyang to Zhijin Railway Station and get off at Zhijin Railway Station. On the left side of the railway station square, there is a dedicated bus from Zhijin to Zhijin Cave next to the city bus.
2. Take the train from Guiyang to Zhijin Railway Station and get off at Zhijin Railway Station, walk from the railway station to the opposite side of the railway station (about 500 meters), and wait at the roadside bus platform for the dedicated bus from Zhijin to Zhijin Cave.
2. Bus
1. Guiyang First Bus Service Station (No. 46 West Yan’an Road) has a bus to Zhijin, about 1.5 hours’ drive to Zhijin Passenger Transport Terminal, and you can wait for the special line from Zhijin to Zhijin Cave at the bus platform next to the avenue at the entrance of the station car.
2. If you are staying in the county, you can wait for the special bus from Zhijin to Zhijin Cave on the next day at the bus stop along the North Street.
In addition, Guiyang Dachanglong has a direct bus to the Zhijindong Scenic Spot.
Magic World Geopark - Bijie Zhijin Cave
Zhijin Cave is the first global geological park in Guizhou Province. It is located on the south bank of Liuchong River, Miao Township, Guanzhai, Zhijin County. Liuchong River is one of the sources of Wujiang River.
Walking along the stone steps, there are many stone wall calligraphy in front of us. After crossing a stone road, we came to the entrance of Zhijin Cave, and a cool air hit us.
Zhijin Cave has a welcome hall, lecture hall, Guanghan Palace, Longevity Palace, Lingxiao Hall and other halls and scenic spots. There are holes in the caves, and there are other caves, and various landscapes are still growing and evolving. According to the data, Zhijin Cave is rated as the first of the "Six Most Beautiful Tourist Caves in China", the first of the "Top Ten Wonderful Caves in China", and the "King of Karst Caves in China". .
Walking through the cave halls of Zhijin Cave, you can’t see colorful lighting. Most landscapes are only illuminated with close-to-white environmental lighting. Only a few landscapes that need to be particularly prominent have colored lighting. This method is both simple and environmentally friendly. What tourists see is the beauty of the cave without makeup.
The Tallinn Palace in the cave has a length of 103 meters, a maximum height of 52 meters, a maximum width of 87 meters, and an area of 6320 square meters. It is a large-scale stalactite group landscape. A large number of giant or large tower-shaped stalagmites remind people of the pagoda forest of Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain. The so-called "three-point image, seven-point imagination", isn't this an "underground Buddhist kingdom"?
The landscape near the Tallinn Palace is called Dragon and Tiger Fighting, with a tiger head on the top and a big snake on the bottom. It is said that the snake is the predecessor of the dragon, so it is named Dragon and Tiger Fighting. This landscape is a waterfall-like stone mantle, which is one of the representative landforms among the many wonders of Zhijin Cave.
Looking up at the dome, I feel thousands of rapid raindrops swooping down on my face, and they are like a group of heavenly soldiers and generals preparing to go out, waiting for the horn at any time. In fact, these are stone mantles, formed by the continuous seepage of dripping water from rock crevices. These wonders have been formed for tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years, and they are still growing and changing today.
Going forward, the landscape that appears on the side of the road is called Yuanyuan Tiancheng. As the name suggests, it is a round stalagmite. It stands on the left side of the stone steps and is bright and moving under the red light.
look! The front view is special! -A friend who was traveling with me turned around and said this sentence to me. It turns out that this landscape is called Gurong Zhenghui, which is a spectacle jointly developed by palm-shaped stalagmites and spindle-shaped stone pillars.
The Wangshan Cave in Zhijin Cave is the hub of the cave, which can lead to various scenic spots. The lake in the middle is clear, reflecting the surrounding landscape into a "fairyland". Walk along the steep slope on the northeastern shore of the lake, enter the "Nantianmen", enter the "Lingxiao Temple", and then visit the "Beitianmen" and "Guanghan Palace", which is another shocking spectacle. The Overlord Helmet is one of the three wonders of Zhijindong. It looks like the helmet of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. Looking at it reminds me of the history of the struggle between Menghan and Han.
Ahead, several tree-like stalagmites appeared. This landscape is called the Millennium Iron Tree. Judging from the shape and texture of the stalagmites, it looks a bit like a pine tree.
Passing through the large cave halls, there is a feeling of wandering in a fairyland. The unknown makes us look forward to the journey ahead.
The landscape in front of you is called Yinyushu, which is a pine-shaped stalagmite. It is the most beautiful stalagmite of its kind ever found in the world, and it is also the treasure of Zhijin Cave. The Linglong Tower fully demonstrates the uncanny craftsmanship of nature. Geologists call this scene "the treasure of the earth", and its value is immeasurable.
There is also a landscape similar to the Silver Rain Tree in the Zhijin Cave, called the Sister Yushu. The difference is that the stalagmites in this landscape are a little more plump than the Silver Rain Tree. Sister Yushu is also the most beautiful and developing Tasong-shaped stalagmite that has been discovered in the world. Its details are really more delicate than tooth carvings.
The Zhijin Cave is so big that it takes more than two hours to walk through it. If you appreciate every scene carefully, half a day is not enough. As a tourist, the names of the various attractions may not be remembered clearly, but every scene is very dreamy.
The magic of nature lies in presenting a spectacle beyond human imagination. Zhijin Cave is both a "fairyland" and a "magic world". Every tourist seems to be a character in a movie!
Beautiful Scars - Zhijin Grand Canyon
Zhijin Grand Canyon is located in Zhijin County Scenic Area, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, adjacent to Zhijin Cave. It retains geological wonders such as canyons, tiankengs, skylights, natural bridges, underground rivers, and karst cliffs that appeared during geological movements.
The terrain of the scenic spot is high and low in the middle, and there is a river flowing in the valley. This river is called Qijie River. Seen from a height, the Zhijin Grand Canyon looks like a crater smashed by a huge and narrow meteorite, beautiful and spectacular.
To enter the sightseeing platform in the middle of the canyon, you need to take a 100-meter elevator. This elevator is a fully transparent structure, and you can enjoy the magnificent wonders of the canyon inside. Looking up from the bottom of the canyon, the glass elevator plunges into the sky like Monkey King's golden cudgel.
Today, lush vegetation grows around the canyon floor and rock walls, reviving the scars of the earth.
In ancient times, the place where the Zhijin Grand Canyon is located was once a vast ocean, and it was the geological movement that turned the ocean into a plateau. Strolling on the stone steps or trails in the canyon, smelling the fresh aroma of vegetation makes people feel refreshed.
The Zhijin Grand Canyon has rock structures such as V-shaped, box-shaped, blind valley-shaped, and ground-fissure types, showing the karst canyon morphology and its formation process in different lithology, climate, and landform locations. The cave on the hole, the sky outside the sky, the bridge on the bridge, and the water on the water are the characteristic wonders of Zhijin Grand Canyon. Because of the magical power of nature, the Zhijin Grand Canyon is known as a world-class karst landscape. Although there are some geological evidences for the most beautiful scar on the earth, it is more speculation. Its beauty seems real, but in fact there are still many places that are unpredictable. Most tourists will sigh "it's amazing" when they arrive at the Zhijin Grand Canyon, and we are no exception.
The total length of the Zhijin Grand Canyon is about 3 kilometers. In addition to the part of the canyon that is exposed on the ground, there is also a section of landscape in the cave. We took the anti-crossing route. This route has more downhills and less uphills, which can better conserve energy.
The Qijie River flows slowly. It originates from Phoenix Mountain, and the landscape of the Grand Canyon is the essence of the essence. The river sometimes gallops on the ground and sometimes dives underground, like a lively dragon.
Natural bridges, waterfalls and other geological relics are the most shocking landscapes of the Grand Canyon. The circular or oval caves make people sigh the magic of nature. "Isn't this created by God with divine power?" - A foreign tourist murmured.
The Qijie River is a small river flowing slowly inside the cave. When it reaches the entrance of the cave, due to the dam, the terrain drops suddenly, forming a rumbling waterfall. This location is also an excellent place to appreciate "Wanyan Homing".
Every evening at dusk, the swallows homing will form dense black shadows above the skylight of the Grand Canyon, which is very spectacular. In fact, most of the time during the day, there are often a large number of swallows gathered near the skylight, which can be called a spectacle. Why is this? Is it affected by geomagnetism? Only scientists can answer this question.
Walking through the cave along the path, the light suddenly dimmed, but the afterglow of the caves on both sides is still there.
The magic of nature is that it can carve infinite possibilities, which reflects the limits of human thought.
The high cliffs and waterfalls, the small cave halls are wide, and there are unique caves when you go inside. This reminds people of many scenes from fantasy blockbusters and sci-fi blockbusters.
The cave is quiet and ethereal, making people feel like they have strayed into a secret realm.
Zhijin Cave Museum
As one of the counties with the richest geological scenery, Zhijin County in Bijie, Guizhou is becoming more and more popular among tourists. In addition to Zhijin Cave, a world geological park, and the surrounding Zhijin Grand Canyon, there is also a Zhijin Cave Museum in the county.
The Zhijin Cave Museum is located outside the Zhijin Cave. It is divided into seven major content display areas. The display content can be traced back to ancient times, such as the formation of local landforms, the age of dinosaurs and so on.
Various precious cultural relics and works of art are displayed in the museum, such as Permian red calcite and so on.
Dinosaur models and dinosaur fossils are the most eye-catching sights in the museum. Because Zhijin County was all ocean in ancient times, various fossils are mostly marine, including dinosaurs, which are also marine animals, and their body shape is smaller than that of dinosaurs known in the past.
In ancient times, dinosaurs were the real bosses on the earth. A huge disaster made them completely extinct. If it weren't for the appearance of dinosaur fossils, later generations would never know that they ever existed.
The first exhibition hall of the Zhijin Cave Museum is the Preface Hall, and the rest of the exhibition halls are Earth and Geological Science Popularization, Guizhou Plateau, Charming Zhijin Cave Guizhou Plateau Soul, Ecological Weaving Jin, Custom Weaving Jin, Management and Development.
The museum displays the historical evolution and customs of Zhijin County through graphics, specimens, models, cultural relics, wax figures, etc.
There are detailed introductions of animals and plants, geology and landforms in the museum, the most notable one is the detailed introduction of Zhijin Cave. These introductions are rich in pictures and texts. Entering the museum to understand these details before and after visiting the Zhijin Cave can make the itinerary more perfect.
From the information of the museum, Zhijin Cave has a variety of tallest, largest and slender stalactites in the world, including a huge stalagmite group composed of more than 50 stalagmites as high as 20 to 40 meters; There are stone pillars with a height of 40 meters; there are huge stone curtain groups with a width of more than 50 meters and so on. It is worth mentioning that there is also the flowstone dam in the world with the largest monolithic development area in Zhijin Cave. The detailed introduction of the various landscapes of Zhijin Cave and the formation reasons and characteristics of the cave are in the fourth hall - Charming Zhijin Cave, Soul of Guizhou Plateau.
In the museum, we saw many folk daily necessities and production utensils of ethnic minorities, including sieves, casserole, dustpans and so on.
Local specialty - bamboo fungus wine.
Cai Qun Batik Museum
Halfway from Zhijin County to Zhijin Cave, there is the Caiqun Batik and Embroidery Museum in Xiaotuoluo Miao Village in Jianguan Village, which displays various batik works. Coming out of Zhijin Cave, we walked into this museum to learn about this characteristic folk craft of ethnic minorities.
Batik is a traditional folk textile printing and dyeing handicraft of ethnic minorities in my country. It is also known as the three ancient printing techniques along with twisting (tie-dyeing) and clipping (hollow printing). Guizhou, Yunnan Miao, Buyi and other ethnic groups are good at batik.
Batik is to use a wax knife dipped in melted wax to draw flowers on the cloth and then dip them with indigo. After dyeing and removing the wax, the cloth surface will show various patterns of blue background white flowers or white background blue flowers. The natural wax of the wax cracks, making the cloth surface present a special "ice pattern", which is particularly attractive. Because batik has rich patterns, elegant tones and unique style, it is used to make clothing and various daily necessities. It looks simple and generous, fresh and pleasing to the eye, full of national characteristics.
The Cai Qun Batik Museum displays a variety of exquisite batik products, including some bag products.
All kinds of batik clothing are elegant and elegant when worn on the body, which can easily bring out a person's temperament.
memorable food
There are many delicacies in Zhijin Cave and its vicinity. During our three-day itinerary, we tasted a lot of special farm dishes. Among them, the eight bowls of Yuanjunshui tasted in Zhijin Cave Scenic Area were the most impressive.
The menu of Shuibawan series includes: Cao Guojiu cooked tendons, Lu Dongbin's barley rice, Tieguai Li Feimo eggs, Zhang Guolao Babao rice, Han Zhongli stewed old goose, Lancai and Heifengyuan, Han Xiangzi caressing, He Xiangu Stuffed minced chicken. The most special dish is Xishan Zaoxue, which is the name of one of the eight scenic spots in Zhijin Cave.
About accommodation
There are many hotels and guesthouses near Zhijin Cave. The price ranges from tens of yuan to 300 yuan, and the average price is less than 200 yuan. You can book your favorite hotel according to the distance and comprehensive reviews on the Internet.
About tickets
Adult ticket 110 yuan, sightseeing bus ticket 20 yuan, [package ticket] ticket + sightseeing bus-child/student ticket 75 yuan.
Zhijin Cave tickets + Zhijin Cave Grand Canyon tickets (including sightseeing tickets, elevator tickets) 190 yuan.
Zhijin Grand Canyon ticket + sightseeing car + elevator package refers to the retail price of 120 yuan.