List of caves in China

This is an incomplete list of caves in China. It includes natural caves and rock cut grottoes.

Natural cave
Calcite accretion at Seven Stars Cave.
Man-made cave
Majishan Grottoes
China is notable for its natural and man-made caves

Natural caves

Name Depth (m) Length (m) Geology Remarks
Benxi Water Caves Liaoning Province
Binghu Cave 120 m (390 ft) karst Zhejiang Province
Crown Cave Guilin Prefecture-level city
Furong Cave 2,846 m (9,337 ft) karst Chongqing Municipality
Fu Yuan Dong 1,000 m (3,300 ft) near Daluo village, Guangxi province[1][2]
Hongqingsi Grottoes Yima, Henan
Huanglong Cave 15 m (49 ft) karst Hunan Province
Jiangzhou Cave System 150 m (490 ft) 53,070 m (174,110 ft) Guangxi Province
Kizil Caves Xinjiang Province
Longgu Cave 120 m (390 ft) Hubei Province
Luobi Cave karst Hainan Province
Macaque Cave karst Hainan Province
Reed Flute Cave Guangxi Province
Seven-star Cave karst Guangxi Province
Shanjuan Cave Jiangsu Province
Shuanglong Cave 33 m (108 ft) karst Zhejiang Province
Shuanghedong 912 m (2,992 ft) 400.7 km (1,315,000 ft) gypsum and dolomite Guizhou Province
Tenglong Cave 52,800 m (173,200 ft) karst Hubei Province
Taiji Cave 54,000 m (177,000 ft) karst Anhui Province
Tianyuan Cave Beijing Municipality
Xianren Cave 14 metres (46 ft) Jiangxi Province
Xueyu Cave 1,644 m (5,394 ft) karst Chongqing Municipality
Yiyuan Rong Cave Group karst Zibo, Shandong Province
Yilong Cave 4,200 m (13,800 ft) karst Jiangxi Province
Zhijin Cave 13,500 m (44,300 ft) karst Guizhou Province
Zhoukoudian karst Beijing Municipality. Site of the discovery of Peking Man, (Wade–Giles: Choukoutien).

Buddhist grottoes

Name Depth Length Geology Remarks
Bhaisajyaraja
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
Bingling Temple
Binyang Middle
Binyang North
Binyang South
Dazu Rock Carvings
Hidden Stream Temple Cave
Kizil Caves
Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves
Lingyin Temple
Longmen Grottoes
Maijishan Grottoes Located in Gansu Province.
Mogao Caves Located in Gansu Province.
Tuoshan
Western Thousand Buddha Caves Located in Gansu Province.
Yulin Caves Located in Gansu Province.
Yungang Grottoes

See also

References

  1. "Chinese Village Finds Alien-Fish in Cave". Weird Asia News. Feb 11, 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  2. "Villagers catch 'alien-looking' fish from lake 1,000m below ground in local cave, Daluo village, Bam..." Rex USA. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
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