★Tourist location: Zhijin Cave in Zhijin County, Bijie, Guizhou
"Buddhism Lectures", also known as the lecture hall, is a hall about 200 meters long and 50 meters wide, and the karst deposits are like Arhats preaching scriptures. In the middle is Sun Moon Lake, about 300 square meters, separated into two pieces by stalactites, and is the lowest point of Zhijin Cave. The stalactite in the pool is more than 20 meters high, and the girth at the bottom is about ten meters, like a three-story pagoda. The stone at the top is like a statue of Buddha. On the semicircular stone platform on the east side, there are many stalagmites, like many arhats listening to scriptures. The walls of the cave present various patterns, which can be imagined as mountains, rivers, fields and forests.
Next to Sun Moon Lake is a steep slope, which can circle up along the stone path. The top is relatively short. Unlike other halls, which are tall and spacious, the ceiling here can be touched by hand, and it is the shortest place on the ceiling of the whole cave. It is called "Motian Ridge". There are nine stone pillars on the left, connected from the bottom to the top of the cave, named "Nine Dragons Supporting the Sky".
Walking back to the welcome hall along the road, there is no other fork in the road. When I passed the Miaoling hall, I met the security guards. They actually knew that I had passed by three times, and greeted me with a smile, and told me that the whole cave has signal coverage, and the road ahead leads directly to the exit. The enthusiasm made us quite embarrassed. I guess there are few tourists who turn back, right?
Go back to the lighthouse and go forward to see Wangshan Lake. The rocks are stacked here, located in the middle of the underground Tiangong tour line, with the theme of "Legend of Zhijin·Underground Tiangong", creating an immersive scene experience space. The lights here are brighter and more dazzling, and it looks magnificent and magnificent.
Walking through Wangshan Lake, there is a wide road, and the top of the cave is densely covered with inverted stone buds, which is a typical landscape of bedrock remnants. The lights were dim, revealing the true colors of the rocks.
There is a tumor-tower-shaped stalagmite in the middle of the road, surrounded by a fence, which may be afraid of tourists accidentally walking and bumping into it. Although the stalagmite is basically not broken, it is very likely to make people immersed in nature. The tourists in the hospital were bloodied. In fact, these are two stalagmites, one is fatter and taller, and the other is shorter and thinner. It is called "Dolphin Leap". I didn’t think of it without looking at the name, but looking at it now, I really think it is very vivid, especially the shape of the top of the stalagmite, which is really similar to the distinctive mouth of a dolphin!
At the end of the road is the Nantian Gate, where you can go down the cave and you will be done. Nantianmen is a huge accumulation formed by the collapse of caves, mainly composed of collapsed stones, stalactites, etc., and is a passage connecting the upper and lower caves.
Nantianmen is actually a man-made gate, which is not worth seeing in itself. But after entering, go up the stairs, the scenery along the way is fascinating.
Not to mention the stalactites of various shapes on the rock wall on the right, the inverted stone buds in this area are of various shapes and shapes, some are sharp and some are round. The promenade of Bangkok on the left and the water town of Zeguo gradually become complete with the height. Under the royal blue light, people can't help but feel the vicissitudes of life.
On the way, there is the "Zhijin Vineyard", which is a sediment of splashing water. The stalactites are densely covered with balls, like bunches of grapes waiting for a good harvest. It is said that it is a vineyard, naturally because of the large scale of this accumulation.
The Lingxiao Temple is named after ancient Chinese myths and stories. The stalagmites, stone pillars, and stone buds are all over the place, which really looks like a scene where immortals gather together.
"Optimus Pillar" is the most slender stone pillar discovered in the world so far, with a height of 37.6 meters and a diameter of only 0.6 to 1.2 meters, which is palm-shaped. In fact, there are many palm-shaped stone pillars in this area, but this one is the only one that presents an amazing slender posture.
Guanghan Palace is full of huge stalagmites and stone pillars, with an area of 30,560 square meters and a volume of more than 1.62 million cubic meters. The palace hall is tall and spacious.
"Ancient banyans competing for glory" is a symbiotic development of palm-shaped stalagmites and spindle-shaped stone pillars. It is said that a banyan tree can form a forest alone, and this group of stalactites is also very vivid. The stone buds on the top hang upside down and hang down, and when they are connected to the stalagmites below, they form stone pillars.
"The Gathering of the Gods" is a group of spindle-shaped stalagmites, which are densely distributed on the slope, as if the gods in the sky are gathering. Or in groups of three or four, or form a small group.
The shape of the "Bawang Helmet" is very strange. It should be a hammer-shaped stalagmite. The lower part looks like a helmet, and the upper part is a pillar higher than the helmet, like a decoration on the helmet. This is the only helmet-shaped stalagmite with the most realistic shape found in the world so far. Under the bright yellow light, it really looks like a domineering man.
There is also a dense distribution of palm-shaped stalagmites, which is called "Stone Flower Fighting Beauty". It may be to fit the name, but the lights here are more colorful.
"Beauty Weaving Gold" is also a group of palm-shaped stalagmites, but the shape is not so monotonous, it really looks like a group of girls walking on the catwalk.
"Iron Tree Blossom" is a pine cone-shaped stalagmite. In fact, I have never seen a thousand-year-old iron tree blooming, so I don't know if this group of stalagmites are similar.
But it really doesn't matter what they look like, a thousand people looking at the same stalagmite may come up with a thousand images. The most amazing thing is the meticulous carving of nature. Every stalagmite and every stone pillar has its own unique posture. What do you think it looks like, what is it, who knows what script nature was holding at the time? The stones in Zhijin Cave seem to be alive, appearing in groups, you can tell a magnificent or poignant story.
The "Jiangshan Duojiao", which is composed of the largest and most spectacular giant wall flow stones discovered in the world so far, makes people linger and forget to return. All kinds of mural stones gather together, presenting a great picture scroll of mountains and rivers.
The "Lady of the Tang Dynasty" is a real image. At first glance, I thought it was an enlarged version of the pot seen in the museum. With high bun and wide sleeves, graceful posture, with one hand resting on his chin, as if thinking about something, this tower-shaped stalagmite is also absolutely perfect.
"Ganoderma lucidum mountain" is a giant palm-shaped stone pillar, and the tall pillars are covered with "Ganoderma lucidum".
"Silent Mountains" is a group of giant tower-shaped stalagmites, their height and diameter are more than 20 meters, and the highest can reach 40 meters. They are tall and thin, or short and fat, and the mountains are solemn.
"Buddha Purdue All Living Beings" is a group of tower-shaped stalagmites. The Buddha stands high on the top of the mountain, preaching scriptures for all living beings, which is still very visual.
The "spiral tree" is a pine-shaped stalagmite so tall that it almost touches the roof of the cave. The tree body is in a spiral shape, the old roots in the lower part are coiled, and the upper part is unique.
The "third-level canopy" is also helmet-shaped, but it is not a stalagmite, but a stone mantle. This is the only three helmet-shaped mantles with similar scales that developed at the same time in the world.
