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Ancient A'lu Cave
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Ancient A'lu Cave, reputed as "the
most wonderful cave in Yunnan", is
located in the southeast part of the province
and is a group of Karst limestone caves
in large scale. In the Song and Yuan Dynasty,
one of thirty-seven old wild tribes called
" Alu" once lived in the caves,
hence the name "the Ancient A'lu Cave",
in which is full of various kinds of unique,
natural, wonderful scenes. The cave has
many specific and strange characteristics,
like spring running out of cave, deep river
flowing in the cave, long tunnel zigzagging
along the cave, sky seeing through the cave.
It is a spectacular lime form cave with
3000-metre-long passage accessible to the
tourist, including Alu Origin Cave, Jade
Pillar Cave, Green Jade Cave and Jade Stalagmite
River as well.
Melted with the traditions and
customs of Yi nationality, the stalactite
in fantastic shapes and colors makes the
tourists feel like entering a fairyland.
Of these marvelous spectacles, the best
are "Roaring Lion", "Lotus
Flower Hanging up Side Down", "Flying
Dragon Teasing Water Fall", "
An Ancient Turtle Looking at Moon",
" Crocodile in the air", "Rhinoceros
Getting out of See". "Natural
Fresco". "King Wei Reviewing His
Troops". "Jade Pillar supports
Heaven". "Nine Dragons Jumping
out of Water". "A-xi Dance in
the Moon", etc. These vivid and beautiful
sights in the huge cave show the great interest
of lively nature and bring tourists imagination
to the fullest play. In the 800-metre-long
jade Stalagmite River, the transparent fish
and the strange " stalagmite in the
water" add the mysterious color to
the ancient cave. And the traditional dance
performance of Yi gives you a lot of enjoyment
while visiting the cave.
Now the Ancient A'lu Cave is
opening her warm arms to welcome the guests
from all over the world.
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