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Reed Flute Cave 芦笛岩Lúdí Yán
4A scenic area · Guilin, Guangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guilin
- Region
- Guangxi
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Reed Flute Cave
A show cave in Guangming Hill on the north-western edge of Guilin, named after the reeds at its mouth that were used to make flutes, with a path of about 500 m through chambers of stalactites, stalagmites and columns lit in bright colours. More than 70 ink inscriptions left by visitors since the year 792 survive on its walls, and the cave was opened to tourists in 1962.
How to get to Reed Flute Cave
On the Taohua River about 5 km north-west of central Guilin, roughly 15 minutes by taxi or city bus.
Nearby
- Longji Rice Terraces 龙脊梯田 50 km
Rice paddies stacked up the mountains like the scales on a dragon's back
Also within 20 km: West Hill Park 西山公园 (under 10 km), Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden 刘三姐大观园 (under 10 km), Osmanthus Commune 桂花公社 (under 10 km), Song City Wall of Guilin (Dongzhen Gate) 桂林静江府城墙 (under 10 km), Guilin Office of the Eighth Route Army 八路军桂林办事处旧址 (under 10 km), Former Guangxi Provincial Art Hall 广西省立艺术馆旧址 (under 10 km).
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