Lotus flower cave : The wondrous limestone peaks of XingPing comceal another wonder a fairy-land grotto of pools and pillars,wrought over millenia by tiny water droplets.First they delved the cavern from the living rock.Then they dripped from its ceiling,carrying grains of stone to build a magic garden on its floor:a cluster of turrets,each topped by a placid pool-the 'lotus flowers' for which the cave is named.(There are said to be 108 of them-a potent figure in Buddhist numerology,and therefore open to suspicion Count them yourself to verify the sum.)The pools are circled with 'lotus seeds'-small pearl-like guanules-and these in turm are dusted by even smaller sparkling snowflakes of cryst-alline lime.
Stalactites and stalagmites abound as well in the 600-meter-ling cavern,Some are named for their shapes alone;'Primeval Forest','Jade Arm Holding Up The Sky','Two Pigeons Greet Their Guests','Monks Enjoy The Music of A Qin(Chinese Xylophone)'.Others recall tales from Chinese mythology:'Passing Over The FireMountain','Fishing For Dragons In The Lotus Pool','Ju Ba Jie(the porcine demigod) Searches for His Friends'.Sun Wu Kung(the monkey king)Invades The Heavenly Palace.'Thirty-eight meters high at its highest,25 meters wide at its widest,Lotus Flower Cave with its many sub-grottoes can be explored in about an hour-or can well reward a longer stay.
The cave is located 32 kilometers northesst of Yang shuo in Baishan Di('Below the White Mountain')hamlet of XingPing town.You may travel to or overnight at XingPing's recently renovated hotel.Then you can proceed to the cave by minibus or by horse carriage-or(as wealthy Chinese used to do in the bad old days before the revolutions)by coolie-carried sedan chair.(You needn't feel guilty about exploiting the carriers;they will be well recompensed for their labor.)
However you choose to go there,Lotus Flower Cave,will be a memorable Part of your visit to the Yangshuo-Guilin aree For an organized tour,please contact.