Linggu Dong

Valley Spirit Cave


Useful Information

Location: Yangmu Tea Farm, 28 km southwest of Yixing.
Open: All year daily 7:30-16:30.
[2010]
Fee: Adults CNY 40.
[2010]
Classification: SpeleologyKarst cave
Light: LightIncandescent Electric Light System
Dimension: Ar=2,400 m², L=347 m.
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Address: Linggu Dong, Tel: +86-, Fax: +86-,
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History


Description

Linggu Dong (Cave of the Valley of the Gods) is the third-largest cave of Yixing. The tour crosses five chambers full of speleothems, stalagmites, stalactites, pillars, and socalled stone flowers. It is visited for centuries and is famous for it graffitties, poems engraved during the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties.