Location: |
Fengshan County, Hechi, Guangxi 547699.
(24.5527336, 107.0416159) |
Open: |
No restrictions. Museum: All year daily 10-16. [2025] |
Fee: |
free. Museum: Adults CNY 40, Children (1.1-1.5 m) CNY 25, Children (<1.1 m) free, Students CNY 20, Seniors (70+) CNY 20. [2025] |
Classification: |
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Light: | bring torch |
Dimension: | L=372 m, W=96-140 m, H=35-47 m. |
Guided tours: | |
Photography: | allowed |
Accessibility: | yes |
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Address: | Chuanlong Dong, Fengshan County, Hechi, Guangxi 547699, Tel: +86-. |
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2010 | China Leye-Fengshan World Geopark officially included in the UNESCO World Geopark Network List. |
穿龙洞 (Chuanlong Dong, Piercing Dragon Cave) is a huge through cave and one of half a dozen spots where Guanyin River runs underground. But this cave has three spectacular specialties, which make this cave quite unique. First: it is located in the middle of Fengcheng city, Guangxi. Actually the city is limited to the north by the vertical walls of this karst tower named 穿龙岩 (Chuān lóng yán, Piercing Dragon Rock). The second is more impressive: a road runs through this huge cave and uses it as a natural tunnel. The number of such caves with a road is quite low. But then there is the third, the cave has an underground museum inside.
The 乐业-凤山世界地质公园博物馆 (Lè yè-fèng shān shìjiè dì zhì gōngyuán bówùguǎn, Leye-Fengshan World Geopark Museum) is located in the vast cave chamber at the road. The undergound geological museum is one of two museums of the UNESCO World Geopark. To reach it follow Guanyin Road north, you may park along the road in front of the cave, then it’s a 350 m walk along the road through the cave, and the museum is halfway. As a museum it has walls and a gate and open hours, unlike the cave and tunnel which are open 24/7 and free. And it has a ceiling full of stalactites which is about 100 m high. It is quite spacious with 41,500 m² and has five exhibition areas, multimedia displays, physical exhibition, science demonstration, table model of the geopark, and a presentation of the geosites. The formations like stalagmites are part of the exhibition, they are presented like museum pieces.
Chinese dragons differ from western dragons, they look like winding snakes, normally without wings, they wind their way through the air. This is quite similar to a winding river with meanders, and of course the winding cave piercing the rock. This is the reason why this cave reminded the people of a winding dragon piercing a hole through the rock, hence the name.