Cave Morning Glory

Benxi Water Cave is located in Xiake Mountain, which is the remnant of Changbai Mountain. The mountain is medium low, with a relative height of only 200-300 meters in rolling hills covered with trees. The Prince River flows by 200 meters ahead of the mouth of the cave. The jade belt is clear and meandering, and its lower reach flows into the Liao River and finally into the sea. The mouth of the cave faces north, 13 meters above the surface of the Prince River, and the cave extends into the mountains. Benxi Water Cave is a large aquifer underground river karst cave formed 400,000 years ago (Middle Pleistocene). The proven cave system consists of the Winding Milky Way Cave (main tunnel), Coiled Dragon Cave (dry cave), Silver Wave Cave (water-filled cave) and upstream extending the dark cave. The Benxi Water Cave generally runs from northwest to southeast. The main passage of the cave is completely distributed in the horizontal direction, and most of the sections are in shape of tunnel, hall and corridor. The size of the water cave is huge, and the karst landscape is full of different sceneries. There are more than ninety sites such as "Nine Bends", "Seven Palaces" and "Three Gorges". The Benxi Water Cave is 3650 meters long, covers an area of 49,000 square meters, and has more than 400,000 cubic meters of space. The most open area is 38 meters high and 70 meters wide. The air in the cave is unobstructed and the water flow is inexhaustible all year round. The flow rate is 14,000 cubic meters per day and night, the average water depth is 1.5 meters, the deepest part is 7 meters, and the constant temperature in the cave is 12℃. The river is meandering, and crystal clear. 

 

It was praised as:"The stalactite peaks form thousands of sceneries, and the light boat is sailing on the green water in the picturesque poetry; This wonderful place should be only available in the celestial world, and this cave is unique in the mortal world".