Tiankeng geoslit scenic area, located in Fengjie County, Chongqing City, is a colorful scroll. The scenic area is a “V”-shaped basin formed by the meeting of Jiupan River and Maze River, 37.5 kilometers long from east to west and 19.5 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 340 square kilometers, and it has five scenic areas, namely, Tiankeng Dirigible, Longqiao River, Maze River, Jiupan River and Maocaoba, which are formed by the upstream wide valley topography, the midstream canyon, the water-absorbing cave and the underground river downstream, and the underground river. geoslit in the middle reaches, and the underground river part in the lower reaches.
Basic Introduction
Tiankeng is a common name for funnels in karst geology in geography. There are so many sinkholes in this area that it is impossible to count them, there is almost one in a few hundred meters, some holes are as small as a teacup, and some are as big as a stadium, and there is a huge sinkhole in Xiaozhai Village, Jingzhu Township, with the largest diameter of the mouth surface of the pit of 626 meters, the depth of the pit of 666.2 meters, and the largest diameter of the bottom of the pit of 522 meters, which is the largest funnel found in the world.
Ground seam, but also let the Chinese and foreign scientists praise a world of wonders. Between the two valleys, the woods shaded a mysterious deep valley, from a distance, as if the earth cracked open a large gap. Within the area of stone forests, peak forests, caves, depressions, natural bridges, water streams, blind valleys, funnels, shafts inclusive of everything, everything. Especially the world’s first small village sinkhole, as well as the strange scene of the mysterious seam, so that the viewers are overwhelmed and impressed, marveling at nature’s ingenious work. At the same time, the clear and blue trickling streams, primitive meadows and luxuriant forests in the lofty mountains and ridges make up an out-of-this-world paradise on earth. At the same time, because of its altitude of more than 1000 meters above sea level, it becomes the best place to avoid the summer heat and enjoy the snow scenery. Moreover, the mountainous countryside here is more like a rich Tujia love song, and its pure and simple folk customs make countless Chinese and foreign travelers forget to return.
Scenic Spots
Longqiao River
Longqiao River is located in the lofty mountains of Longqiao Tujia Township in the southeast of Tiankeng Diqiao Scenic Spot, the source of the river is under the hanging rock of Locked Dragon Pillar, the riverbed is about 1,500 meters above sea level, with a total length of 3.3 kilometers, which is a world-class dark river.
Labyrinth River
The exit of Labyrinth River is called “Chair Flow”, and the two walls are more than 400 meters high, which is called “Dragon Gate”. The source of the river is more than ten kilometers away from the exit of the river, Sagu Creek, Dingxian Creek, and Maocaoba Creek. After the water of the river is hidden underground, it flows through a section of the underground Yinhe River, and then bubbles up to the surface to form the Creek River.
Taoyuan River
Taoyuan River is located in the upper reaches of Jiupan River, which is a deep karst canyon of surface river with a width of 20-600 meters. The canyon is rich in surface water, fast-flowing, dangerous beaches and deep ditches, characterized by danger, seclusion, strangeness and majesty, with a series of canyons and dangerous beaches, rapids and flowers and trees on both sides of the river to form a beautiful natural scenery of mountains and water.
Dry Kui Men
Not far from Xiaozhai Tiankeng, there is a canyon almost identical to the Kui Men of the Three Gorges, locally known as the “Dry Kui Men”, which is still unexplored as the terrain is too steep to enter from the Dry Kui Men.
Transportation
You can take a bus from Chongqing to Fengjie, or take a bus to Wanzhou and then take a speedboat to Fengjie, and then take a bus from Fengjie to Tiankengdidiqi for 1 hour (every hour from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.).
Opening time: 08:00~18:00
Suitable Season: Spring and Autumn
Suggested Playing Time: 5~6 hours
Tourist Attractions Level: 4A
National Scenic Area: 2004
Grade of Heritage List: 2001 (World Heritage Pre-selection)
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