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    Lingshan Cave is located in the southwest of Hangzhou city, with a distance to the downtown area of 19 km. It is at the junction of Qiantang River and Fuchun River. It is at the edge of West Lake and it is easy accessible.

    This scenic attraction collects "tallness, bigness, surprises and adventure" in one cave and integrates "wind, water, air and waterfall". It is also called Lingshan Fairyland. It has a long history of more than 1,500 years and an area of over 4,000 square meters. It was once called "Yunquan Cave".

Sights
    Lingshan Cave is one of the biggest water and land caves in China. The cave has many stalactites of different shapes. You will see a huge stone bamboo "Tianzhu Peak" with a height of 24.5 meters, and a large stalactite called "Jade Lotus Waterfall". The "Nine-sky Flying-Dragon" limestone wall with a height of 116 meters is considered by experts as the number one Nine-Dragon Wall in the world. The "Wind and Water Cave" is more than 1,200 meters long. Its area is about 9,200 square meters.

    The sightseeing route through the cave is a zigzag. On this route, you will see more than 40 limestone features, such as "Breaking Vale", "Yunba Waterfall", "Jade Wall", "Stone Clothes Snow Lotus" and "Nine-sky Flying Dragon", as well as thousands of stone flowers, stone pearls and stone balls . The interior cave waterfall, with a height of more than 20 meters, is quite rare in China. Finally, you can take the only electric water train in the country along the 320 meter long underground river.