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Shanjuan Cave 善卷洞Shànjuàn Dòng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Shanjuan Cave
A karst cave in Luoyan Hill near Zhangzhu, the first of Yixing's 'three wonders' among its caves, with upper, middle and lower chambers full of stalactites and a water cave where boats follow an underground river. The scenic area is tied to the Butterfly Lovers legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, with a Tang inscription marking 'Zhu Yingtai's study', and nearby at the foot of Guoshan stands the Guoshan Stele, a cylindrical stone carved in seal script in 276 to record the sacrifices to heaven and earth held there for the Wu ruler Sun Hao.
How to get to Shanjuan Cave
Near Zhangzhu town about 20 km south-west of central Yixing, by road; a sightseeing cable car runs up the hill.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Yunhu Lake Scenic Area, Yixing 宜兴云湖 (10 km), Longbeishan Forest Park 龙背山森林公园 (10 km), Taozu Shengjing Scenic Area 陶祖圣境 (10 km), Tuanjiu Lake Scenic Area 团氿 (20 km), Yixing Bamboo Sea 宜兴竹海 (20 km), Zhouwang Temple (Yixing Stele Museum) 周王庙 (20 km).
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