Longgong, located 27 kilometers southwest of Anshun City, Guizhou Province,more than 30 kilometers away from Huangguoshu waterfall, belongs to LongtanVillage, Matou Township, Anshun county. The Dragon Palace was discovered in1980. It is called a strange cave in the dark lake. Boating on the lake can beused as the midstream of the cave.
The Dragon Palace is more than 3000 meters long and consists of five groupsof caves connected by an underground river. The masses used to call it "WujinDragon Palace". The first entrance to the Dragon Palace is from the gate to bengKe Yan, the second from Beng Ke Yan to Hua Yu Tang, the third from Hua Yu Tangto Qing Yu Dong, the fourth from Qing Yu Dong to Feng Shu Dong, and the fifthfrom Xuantang to xiaocaihua lake. The deepest part of the dark river is 28meters, the widest part is more than 30 meters, and the narrowest part can onlyaccommodate a small boat.
In front of the Dragon Palace is an open deep pool, named "Tianchi", alsoknown as "Longtan". It is a small high mountain lake, covering an area of morethan 10000 square meters, with clear water and a depth of 43 meters. On the edgeof the pool, there are cliffs and rocks, which are covered by ancient trees andvines. When you enter the palace gate, you will be faced with a group ofdragons. More than ten stalactites hang down from the Green Cave top, whichlooks like a dragon. The underground river is stable and dignified, deep andunpredictable, and the water port is tortuous and confusing.
Dragon Palace is different from ordinary dry cave, it is immersed in a poolof blue water. Boating through the caves is like boating in the Dragon KingCrystal Palace.
In the Longgong scenic area, which covers an area of about 8 squarekilometers, there are more than 20 large and small dry caves formed by karstdevelopment, including Xinzhai cave, Longqi cave, Tianjian cave and Huxue cave.Among the four caves, Xinzhai cave is the largest, also known as "Yuzhu cave".The cave is about one kilometer deep, with seven cave halls and colorful karstlandscape. Yuzhu cave, Longqi cave and Tianjian cave are named for theirpeculiar stone pillars, stone curtains and stalagmites, which are similar inshape to Yuzhu, Longqi and Baojian. Tiger cave is named because there is amountain nearby that looks like a fierce tiger.
The scenic spots outside the Dragon Palace include Longmen waterfall,bengyan flying swallow, Huayu Taoyuan, Yunshan stone forest, Wolong pool,Bashang bridge, etc. Longmen waterfall is near the gate of the Dragon Palace. Itis formed by the water from the Tianchi Lake pouring down through the cavewindow. The waterfall is about 25 meters wide and 34 meters high. The sound ofthe waterfall is like avalanche and thunder. The width and height of thewaterfall in the cave are rare. Local people call this scene "white dragon outof nest". There is a stone forest park on the mountain behind Tianchi.
Xuantang is located near Qingshui cave, which is called "sijinlonggong". Itis a pond name, and it is the name of the village. The diameter of the whirlpoolis 120 meters. The water in the pond rotates all the year round from the edge tothe center of the pond. The reason for the continuous rotation is that there isa water dissipation pit in the center of the pond, and the water is rapidlydiving, forming a unique landscape. There are two beautiful stone mountains inthe stockade. The mountains, water and stockade are picturesque.
"Flying swallow of clam shell" is located in clam shell rock. The clamshellrock is a huge partial rock, the upper part of which inclines forward and lookslike a clamshell. There are caves, big and small, in which swallows nest. Thereare thousands of swallows competing up and down. At the foot of bengke mountain,a "tiger cave" is opened, in which there are many landscapes, such as "heavymountains", "panoramic scenery", "shangyaotai" and so on.
Longgong Longgong is a national scenic spot, 27 kilometers away from AnshunCity, the western tourism center of Guizhou Province. There is a high-gradehighway directly to the scenic spot.
The Longgong scenic spot is mainly composed of karst caves. It alsointegrates karst caves, waterfalls, canyons, peaks, cliffs, lakes, rivers,ethnic customs and religious culture, forming a picture of a wonderland onearth.
Longgong scenic spot is famous for its wonderful scenery, especially thewater cave in the central scenic spot is the longest in the country, thewaterfall in the cave is the highest in the country, and the natural radiationrate is the lowest in the country, which is called the "three best" by expertsand tourists in China. The adjacent Xuantang scenic area is also famous for its"three wonders", namely, the wonder of Xuanshui, the number of short rivers andthe size of the Buddha Hall in the cave. Stepping into the Dragon Palace is likeentering a fairyland and a paradise, which makes people forget to returnhome.