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About Daxiaojing Scenic Area
The area holds a karst cave cluster of nearly a hundred siphon-shaped caves that combine mountain, water and cave together: the hills hold caves, the caves hold water, and the water falls as waterfalls. In October 1996, Chinese and foreign karst-cave specialists who examined the caves were struck by their scenery and, in their survey reports and writings, called the group 'the wonder cave under heaven' and 'the museum of eastern caves.' The county names 19 features open to visitors within the area, among them Biying pool, Yueliang (Moon) cave, Xiangshui cave, the Rongli sinkhole cluster, Pogong stone forest, the Dajing peak cluster, Tiande cave, Shizi (Lion) cave and a stand of old banyan trees.
The Dajing river runs between the villages of Dajing and Xiaojing, and the scenic area also takes in the villages of Dongdang and Luoya. Guizhou Daily's report describes bamboo-raft drifting on the Dajing river, and a boatman going down to the bank early each morning to build a raft out of curved phoenix-tail bamboo. It holds ninety-nine sinkholes and caves in all, one of which Guizhou Daily describes as the largest super-sinkhole discovered anywhere in the world so far. The scenic area has a bridge of its own, the Daxiaojing bridge, on the Pingluo expressway, with a main span of 450 metres and a total length of 1.5 kilometres, which the same newspaper describes as the largest-span upper-deck steel-tube concrete arch bridge built in mountainous terrain anywhere in the world. Village homestays and farm restaurants serve local dishes such as huangdouji, a stir-fry of soybeans and chicken.
What to look for
- Biying pool, one of the 19 named features the county lists within the scenic area.
- Yueliang (Moon) cave and the Xiangshui cave waterfall.
- The nearly hundred-strong cluster of siphon-shaped caves that karst specialists examined in 1996 and called 'the wonder cave under heaven.'
- The Daxiaojing bridge on the Pingluo expressway, a 450-metre-span, 1.5-kilometre steel-tube concrete arch structure.
- The Dajing river between Dajing and Xiaojing villages, and the bamboo rafts a Guizhou Daily report describes being built on its bank from curved phoenix-tail bamboo.
Location & getting there
Getting to Daxiaojing Scenic Area
Confirm the visitor entrance and which boat or walking routes operate on your date. Rainfall, water levels and weather can change access.
- Search for 大小井 with 黔南布依族苗族自治州 and 罗甸县.
Find Daxiaojing Scenic Area
大小井 · 罗甸县
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Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.