Furong Cave

Furong Cave opens on the Furong River about 20 kilometres from the Wulong district centre, near where the Furong meets the Wu. Local farmers found it in 1993 and it opened to visitors the following year. It is 2,846 metres long and between 30 and 50 metres wide, and more than 70 kinds of cave deposit have been counted inside, from a giant stone waterfall to coral-like growths and gypsum flowers. Around it, in an area of roughly 20 square kilometres, stand more than 50 vertical shafts deeper than 100 metres, the deepest being the Steam Shaft at 920 metres. It was the first cave in China inscribed as a World Natural Heritage site.