京东大溶洞

Jing Dong Da Rong Dong - Capitol East Grand Cavern - Jingdong Karst Cave

Useful Information

Location:	Village of Hei Dou Yu Cun (Black Bean Gorge Village), in Ping Gu Xian (Ping Gu County), Beijing Province. East side of Heidouyu Village, Huangsongyu Township. About 100 km from the capital Beijing [Peking :-) ] Signposted. (40.214034, 117.251117)
Open:	All year daily 8-18:30. [2023]
Fee:	Adults CNY 85. [2023]
Classification:	Karst cave
Light:	Incandescent Electric Light System Coloured Light
Dimension:	L=2,500 m, T=12 °C.
Guided tours:	D=90 min.
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Accessibility:
Bibliography:	Dan Hoyt (2001): China - A Show Cave in Beijing, Speleo Digest 2001 National Speleological Society, 484 pp illus., pp 268. Dan Hoyt (2001): A Show Cave in Beijing, The Massachusetts Caver, January-February 2001, Vol. XX, No.1, pp 6-7.
Address:	Jingdong Great Dissolving Cave Scenic Area, Beijing, Pinggu District, 015 County Rd, : 101201, Tel: +86-10-6097-1708. Jing Dong Da Rong Dong, Hei Dou Yu Cun, Tel: +86-60971708. Complaints, Tel: +86-89991622.
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History

1966	discovered.
1998	opened to the public.

Description

京东大溶洞 (Jing Dong Da Rong Dong, Jingdong Great Limestone Cave) is named after its location: located 90 km east of Beijing city proper its name literally means “Grand Cave East of Beijing”. The cave is entered through a 140 m long artificial tunnel. The tour includes eight chambers and a 100 m boat trip. The number eight seems to be some magic number, so they are extremely proud for having eight chambers. The chambers have, quite common for China, really kitschy names like “Fairyland in Penglai”, “Spring Rain in Southern China”, “Water Curtain Cave”, “Heavenly Torch” and so on. Also, it has the mandatory coloured light. More interesting for geologically interested visitors are the flinstone nodules in the soft limestone walls. They are weathered from the rock and look like ginger roots.

Recently they opened a new spectacular sight called the Leisure Cave. This seems to be an underground café, which offers tea and wine and other beverages. For reasons which are completely unclear to us, it also has educational plates about volcanism intended for middle school students. This cave is a karst cave, and there is definitely no volcanism at all.