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Tangya Tusi's Golden Cave Scenic Area

Published: 2026-10-20 👁 100 views
Last updated 2026-10-20 — Huangjindong Township is located at the border of Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou, at the junction of Enshi, Lichuan, and Xianfeng counties/cities, covering a total area of 215 square...

Tangya Tusi's Golden Cave Scenic Area

Tangya Tusi's Golden Cave Scenic Area
     Huangjindong Township is situated at the intersection of Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou, serving as the meeting point of Enshi, Lichuan, and Xianfeng counties/cities. It spans a total area of 215 square kilometers with a population of 24,800. The township governs 15 administrative villages (six of which, involving 11 villager groups, are related to tourist attractions), with an average elevation of 1,000 meters. It enjoys a mild winter and cool summer, boasts pleasant scenery, and is rich in resources, with forest coverage reaching 52%. A 60-kilometer stretch of the western tourism golden corridor, which connects National Highways 318 and 209, runs through the area, along which flows the Tangya River—the mother river of Xianfeng County. As a "border trade hub town" and the western gateway of Xianfeng County, Huangjindong Township began developing the "World Wonder: Golden Cave" as early as 1984, making it the county’s first site for tourism development.

     The natural karst cave Golden Cave is located at the lower street entrance of Huangjindong Town, Xianfeng County, Hubei Province, 60 kilometers from the county seat. According to investigations by Chinese and Belgian cave experts, the cave was formed before the Jurassic period and has existed for over 1.5 billion years.

     Golden Cave integrates mountain, water, and cave landscapes, featuring three entrances—upper, middle, and lower—and comprising five main caves and 27 branch caves, all interconnected. With a total length of 20 kilometers and a relative height of 109 meters inside the cave, it includes seven main chambers and four skylights...

  

     Address: Huangjindong Township, Xianfeng County, Enshi Prefecture

     Type: Cave

     Rating: AAAA

     Opening Hours:

     8:30–17:00.

Tangya Tusi's Golden Cave Scenic Area is aAAAA-rated attraction

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