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Three Travellers' Cave 三游洞Sānyóu Dòng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yichang, Hubei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yichang
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Three Travellers' Cave
A limestone cave in a cliff above the Yangtze at the mouth of Xiling Gorge, named for two literary meetings: the poets Bai Juyi, his brother Bai Xingjian and Yuan Zhen explored it in 819, and Su Xun and his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe followed in 1056. The cave is about 30 m deep, and more than 40 inscriptions and steles survive inside and outside it, among them a Ming-dynasty recut of Bai Juyi's preface. Paths lead up to a hilltop pavilion with a view along the river and down to Lu You Spring, a small pool where the Song poet Lu You drew water to make tea in 1169.
How to get to Three Travellers' Cave
On the Yangtze bank at Nanjinguan, about 7 km north-west of central Yichang.
Nearby
- Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 30 km
The Yangtze's mega-dam, seen from hilltop lookouts and a ship lift that raises whole boats
Also within 20 km: Xiling Gorge Mouth Scenic Area, Yichang 西陵峡口风景区 (under 10 km), Three Gorges Tribe 三峡人家 (10 km), Shipai Fortress 石牌要塞 (10 km), Tianran Pagoda 宜昌天然塔 (10 km), Nanjinguan Grand Canyon 南津关大峡谷 (20 km), Yichang Museum 宜昌博物馆 (20 km).
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