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About Yeren Cave and Yeren Valley
The pair sits along National Highway 209 in the corridor between Wudangshan to the north and Shennongjia to the south, about 23 kilometres from the county town. The scenic area is centred on Qiaoshang Village, which lies between Guan Mountain and Qinglong Mountain in a gorge roughly 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide. Yeren Cave is cut into Qinglong Mountain: a passage of about 1,980 metres on two levels, with stalactite formations counted locally as fifty-nine named features across five halls and five galleries, and an underground stream that keeps the cave at around 14 degrees Celsius through the year. Yeren Valley lies roughly 9 kilometres north of the cave and holds Huancai Ridge, Yeren Beach, Yeren Mansion and the Longxu Waterfall.
The 'wild man' after which both are named is presented by the county as an unresolved local mystery. Fang County adjoins Shennongjia on its southern side, and accounts of such a creature appear in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Fang County Gazetteer and the Yunyang Prefecture Gazetteer, with modern sighting reports concentrated in the county's Old South Mountains. No evidence for the animal is offered in these records; the name functions as a local cultural theme, and the county has built a tourism identity around it, including the naming of Yerengu Town itself.
What to look for
- Yeren Cave in Qinglong Mountain, a two-level karst passage about 1,980 metres long with an underground stream and a steady temperature near 14 degrees Celsius.
- The gorge at Qiaoshang Village, about 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide between Guan Mountain and Qinglong Mountain.
- Longxu Waterfall in Yeren Valley, about 9 kilometres north of the cave.
- Huancai Ridge and Yeren Beach, the other named features inside Yeren Valley.
Location & getting there
Getting to Yeren Cave and Yeren Valley
Use an authorised visitor route. Cave sections, geological sites and access roads can close independently, so confirm the area that your ticket covers.
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Sources & visit information
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