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Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan Caves 仙人洞、吊桶环遗址Xiānréndòng, Diàotǒnghuán Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Shangrao, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shangrao
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan Caves
Xianrendong is a limestone cave in Dayuan basin, and Diaotonghuan a rock shelter on a hillside about 800 m away; together they hold deposits from roughly 35,000 to 9,000 years ago. Excavations between 1962 and 1999 turned up pottery about 20,000 years old, among the earliest known, and rice phytoliths showing that rice was being cultivated some 12,000 years ago. The site has an exhibition hall and a display area with simulated scenes of Stone Age life, such as threshing grain, fishing and making pottery.
How to get to Xianrendong and Diaotonghuan Caves
In Dayuan town, about 12 km east-north-east of Wannian town; the Shennongyuan cave area is about 8 km further east-south-east.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Shennongyuan (Shennong Palace Cave), Wannian 神农源 (under 10 km), Guaishilin Stone Forest, Leping 怪石林 (under 10 km).
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