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Zhangjiajie Tianmen Cave,the highest natural mountain karst cave in the world

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Tianmen Cave, located on the main peak of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, is the highest natural mountain karst cave in the world. Occurring the myriads of changes with weather, the unique scenery of the cave places tourists into a fairyland. 

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  • Tianmen cave's Five Miracles

    Tianmen cave's Five Miracles

    In zhangjiajie nationalforest park, thepeakofTianMenmountain, there is a huge cave, this is the world-famous Tianmen cave. In 1999, the pilots fromRussia,United States,Hungary,kazakhstan, theCzech republicandLithuaniapassed through it, creating a new list in Guinness Book of World Records. This hole has the odd characteristics.First of all, majestic and tall appearence. The cave is 131.1 meters tall, 30 meters wide, 37 m deep , which can accommodate 300 people. In other words, it can build a buiding with 16 floor height. In qing dynasty, LiJin stood at the yongding city ,seeing the moon was swallowed half by the cave.Secondly, open and bright feeling. Before and after TianMen mountains, are very low. But the mountain stand brightly. A hole is very empty just like the peaceful water. It only accompanies with the spotless blue sky in addition to the white clouds. As a result, it provides good conditions to 1999 years of the plane through this hole.Thirdly, the rainy day of plum flower. No arrival, no man would believe cliff, a day to night, all the year round, a ticking, landing “plum rain”. It is said that, as long as open to pick up 48 drops, one can become immortal. Here comes a question: where does the plum flower rain come from? It is a mystery, which attracts quite a few scholars and scientists to explore.What is more, bamboo hangs upside down. South eaves of the cave, was covered by green and not tall green bamboo. The root as QiuLong, the leaves like willow clusters, the rows of droop like shade. Screaming with the wind, it commonly known as the LongZhu.The last but not the least, changeable. At TianMen cave, when it is a sunny day, a small cloud with mist wipes weakly. It does not seem to a big trouble. However , if meet the rainy weather, crazy cloud and angry fog chat with the blows of rock. The terrible sound wisphers, the cold wind blows up, which like the dragon jumping and celvin dancing. All of this give a horrible feeling. If meet the sun just after raining, cloud and mist seal, TianMen hides invisiblily, even cannot measure the right direction.With five miracles, they give booming and vigorous vitality to the mountain. If TianMen mountain is the soul of the wuling mountains. Anyway, we cannot deny the fact that the TianMen cave is the soul of TianMen mountain.Translated by Sophia #gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}
    HOT 2017-07-07 16:08 View:4044
  • Tianmenshan cableway,the longest sightseeing passenger ropeway in the world

    Tianmenshan cableway,the longest sightseeing passenger ropeway in the world

    The Tianmen Mountain cableway starts from the downtown garden of Zhangjiajie and ends at the sky garden at the top of Tianmen Mountain. The whole journey takes 28 minutes. Along the way, visitors experience the serenity of sunset, but also feel the majesty of mountains.
    2022-07-13 16:20 View:901
  • Winter tip toes into Zhangjiajie national forest park

    Winter tip toes into Zhangjiajie national forest park

    Tianmen Mountain and Tianzi Mountain in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province welcomed their first snow of the season on Thursday(November 24th,2020). Tree branches are frozen, and the mountains are shrouded in fog. The scenery attracts many visitors.
    2020-11-29 15:55 View:2059
  • Missing female wingsuit flyer found dead in Tianmen mountain

    Missing female wingsuit flyer found dead in Tianmen mountain

    A Chinese female wingsuit flyer was found dead at the Zhangjiajie Mountains in central China's Hunan Province.
    2020-05-31 15:13 View:1482
  • Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain becomes icy wonderland

    Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain becomes icy wonderland

    After several days' rainfall and drop in temperature, the national forest park of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie has been transformed into a dreamlike destination with clouds and icy rime.
    2020-03-05 15:51 View:2181
  • Motorized paragliders to compete at Tianmen Mountain

    Motorized paragliders to compete at Tianmen Mountain

    A contestant in a competition for motorized paragliders at Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan province, trains on June 26, two days before the competition begins.
    2019-06-30 15:50 View:1452
  • Rescue workers put through their paces in Tianmen Mountain

    Rescue workers put through their paces in Tianmen Mountain

    Rescue workers carry out a cableway emergency rescue exercise at Tianmen Mountain scenic spot in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, April 18, 2019
    2019-04-20 15:01 View:1145
  • Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain Road

    Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain Road

    The Most Spectacular Road in China–Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mount is the highest mountain in Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, with a main peak of 1518.6 meters. It is just 8 kilometers away from Zhangjiajie urban area. Tianmen Mount is famous for its natural wonder Tianmen Cave. In ancient times, Tianmen Mount was called Songliang Mount and was the earliest famous mountain written into annals of history.In May, 2005, Tianmen Mount sky way was completed finally. This sky way which is called heaven-linking avenue has 99 turns, directly drifting into sky. Thus “The most spectacular road” turned out splendidly. In September, the world’s longest mountain cableway—Tianmen Mount sightseeing cableway was also completed. This cableway has a length of 7455 meters and has an altitude difference of 1279 meters. It straightly gets to the top from downtown, just like a rainbow.Generally, heaven-linking avenue is dangerous. It crookedly passes through mountains and cliffs. After walking through this heaven-linking avenue, senior vice chairman of Chinese Calligraphy Association Shen Peng joyfully inscribed four words for it, which integrates with amazingTianmen Mount Road.Translated by Becky
    2014-07-31 12:00 View:9076
  • Tianmenshan Garden in the air

    Tianmenshan Garden in the air

    Tianmen Mountain  is an integrated synclinal geological unit which has the landform of middle-mountain karst platform with peak groups and canyons. The top of Tianmen mountain is a cliff sight of karst platform. The karst hillocks and karrens spread wildly to form wonders of stone forests in the air. Moreover, with moss spreading all over the ground, wild vines twining and twisting, what come into sight are natural bonsais like grand gardens which were as if created by the immortals. The tourists can relish the natural wonders and feel the miracles of the Creator to their hearts\' content.  
    2013-03-01 15:22 View:5078