Reed Flute Cave

What to see in the Reed Flute Cave

The cave contains an overwhelming abundance of speleothems, lighted in a typical Chinese manner with colored lights.
When you enter the Reed Flute Cave, your eyes will be feasted with a large display of stone formations, such as stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone flowers, stone curtains, stone mushroom and so forth. If you look at each one with your imagination, you will surprisingly find every stone has its equivalence in the real life. Some are like the human figures, some resemble the animals, some are similar to the famous flowers, and some look like the fruit and vegetables. What is more, pagodas, forest, fish, waterfall, canyon, peanut, carrot are all available here.

The formation called Red Silk Mosquito Net is a huge drapery. A massive pillar consisting of a huge stalagmite and a rather small conic stalactite is called Fish Tail Peak because of its shape. The stalagmites are of the type Palm Trunc Stalagmite which is only formed in huge chambers as those of this cave. Beautiful details are some Rimstone Pools surrounded by a forest of small stalactites in one corner of a huge chamber. They are called Mountain City or Pastoral Scenery. Rather funny is sometimes the English translation of poetic Chinese names on the English language tours. There is a formation called A Bumper Harvest of Melons and other speleothems are called Listening to Flute Music From a Secluded Place. Even the artists and craftsmen dare not to say they outmatch the nature in making the fine works of art. It is no wonder Reed Flute Cave is reputed as ‘The Palace of the Natural Arts’.

History - Reed Flute Cave
According to the Chinese famous novel ‘Journey to thee stone pillar in the cave. Taken the advantage of being covered by the verdant reed in lushness at the entrance of the cave, it was used as a hideout for many centuries by the people in the nearby area. During World War II and Sino-Japanese War, the cave served as a war refuge for lots of people. Newspaper, hospitals, printing companies all settled in the karst caves.

Opened to the public in 1962, there were actually visits of the cave in Tang Dynasty. The inscriptions on the wall have been existed since then. Reed Flute Cave is much more charming if put your imagination and vision together.