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White Cloud Cave, Mount Kong

崆山白云洞 (KongShan.com)

Overview

DesignationNational Park of China (fourth batch)
ProvinceHebei
LocationLincheng County, Xingtai, Hebei, eastern foot of the Taihang
Latitude, longitude37.0, 114.2 Google Maps
HighlightsKarst cave
Nearby citiesShijiazhuang, Taiyuan
Nearby sitesMount Cangyan, Mount Wutai, Mount Wangwu and Mount Yuntai, Xiangtangshan Grottoes, Wahuang Palace
ThemesCaves

About

The White Cloud Cave of Mount Kong lies in the middle of Lincheng County, Xingtai, Hebei, at the eastern foot of the Taihang, 6 km west of the county seat, 86 km south of Shijiazhuang and 56 km north of Xingtai, near the Beijing–Guangzhou railway, National Highway 107 and the Beijing–Shenzhen expressway.

It is a karst cave with four large explored chambers of 4,000 m² in all, with stalactites, stalagmites, curtains, stone waterfalls and curtain flowers: the net-like curling “branches growing from the joint”, thread-like stone tubes, ox-lung-shaped coloured curtains, and stone grapes and pearls bright as jewels, all extremely rare. The largest column is 4.3 m round, the largest curtain 8 m wide, and the smallest stone needles only a few millimetres across.

The area also has Qishan Lake and the Little Heavenly Pool.

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