Yuhua Cave in Jiangle

Yuhua Cave in Jiangle

Yuhua Cave is a national key scenic area and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

The Yuhua Cave National Key Scenic Area is located 7 kilometers south of Jiangle County in Fujian Province, covering an area of 43 square kilometers. It is world-renowned for its unique karst landforms and pristine subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest landscapes. After years of development and construction, it has now evolved into a multifunctional tourist area that integrates sightseeing, educational trips, leisure, and vacation.

With a history of over 1,700 years of visitation, Yuhua Cave became widely known for its magical and beautiful scenery after the exploration by the famous Ming Dynasty traveler Xu Xiake. Its wonders spread through the circulation of Xu Xiake’s Travel Diaries. The cave stretches 10 Chinese li (approximately 5 kilometers) and features six branch caves: Canghe (Hidden Grain), Leigong (Thunder God), Guozhi (Fruit), Huangni (Yellow Mud), Xiyuan (Stream Source), and Baiyun (White Cloud). There are over 160 scenic spots including Yifeng (One Fan), Xiianren Tian (Immortal’s Farm), Shuoguo Leguo (Bountiful Harvest), Qingtianzhu (Sky-Supporting Pillar), Yaochi Yunv (Jade Maiden of the Jade Pool), Longgong (Dragon Palace), Wanjia Denghuo (Lights of Ten Thousand Homes), Jinji Changxiao (Rooster’s Dawn Call), and Wugeng Tian (Five Watches of the Night). “Renowned for its wind, distinguished by its water, unique in its stones, and marvelous in its clouds” are the distinctive features of Yuhua Cave.

Since 1987, continuous renovations have been carried out, with stone steps built along slopes, bridges erected over streams, and main viewing areas made flat and spacious, all equipped with colored lighting for scenic illumination.

After being discovered in the early Han Dynasty, Yuhua Cave has seen a continuous stream of visitors. During the Song Dynasty, scholars such as Yang Shi and Li Gang visited the cave. After his exploration, Xu Xiake of the Ming Dynasty praised the cave as being “vastly encompassing wonders, dazzling in ingenuity, and rich in secluded marvels.” The cave’s entrance and exit cliffs preserve many cliff inscriptions dating from the Song Dynasty onward. During the Ming Dynasty’s Wanli era (1573–1619), Liao Jiufeng compiled a seven-volume record of Yuhua Cave, and in the Qing Dynasty’s Kangxi era (1662–1722), the local scholar Liao Yunyou revised the Yuhua Cave Records.

About 1 kilometer from the cave lies a village where a round well with a diameter of 1 meter sits. Water from a small underground river gushes out here, with water droplets spraying in the shape of plum blossoms, hence the name “Plum Blossom Well.”

A cement road leads directly to the cave entrance, where a bronze statue of Xu Xiake is placed. There are also tourist facilities such as a Lei Tea House, an Animal World Specimen Museum, and a lotus pond.

Address: Meihua Village, Jiangle County, Sanming City

Type: National Park & Cave

Recommended Visiting Time: 2–3 hours

Opening Hours:

8:00-16:30

Ticket

Yuhua Cave ticket: 105 RMB. No discounts for guests from Fujian Province. Free admission for children under 1.2 meters.

Guyong Town: Guyong Town is located in the central part of Jiangle County and serves as the county’s political, economic, cultural, and transportation hub. Covering a total area of 220 square kilometers, the town government is situated on the north bank of the Jinxi River in the county seat, making it the political, economic, and cultural center of Jiangle County.

In the third year of the Tiande era of the Min Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (964 AD), when Jiangle was elevated from a county to a prefecture, a mountain called Xitai Shan to the west of the county seat resembled an upside-down bell, leading to the name “Yongzhou.” It was later renamed “Guyong” due to its long history.

In August 1991, Shanmen and Yangfang villages resumed their status as administrative villages. In 2005, the town governed 3 community committees and 1... More detailed information about Guyong Town++

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of National Key Scenic Areas