Jiudongtian, a product of history!

Jiudongtian Scenic Area, known as the 'Encyclopedia of China's Karst', is located in Dafang County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, 54 kilometers away from Dafang County in Wuya Village, Maochang Town. By boat, visitors can admire the majestic and varied natural landscapes, about 2 kilometers downstream, there are nine subterranean 'cave entrances', known as 'Jiudongtian', each 'cave entrance' is surrounded by unique volcanic landscapes, creating a diverse array of subterranean cave entrance scenery. Touring in the order from the first to the ninth cave entrance, First Cave Entrance—Moon Palace (dry cave), with bizarrely shaped stalactites; Second Cave Entrance—Thunder (waterfall), with rapids as fierce as thunder; Third Cave Entrance—Golden Light (water cave), with shimmering gold light in a sinkhole; Fourth Cave Entrance—Jade Palace (solution cave), where stalagmites and stone pillars form a whole; Fifth Cave Entrance—Gourd (Lake An), narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, shaped like a gourd; Sixth Cave Entrance—Elephant King (natural bridge), with a hundred-meter cave window connected to a natural bridge; Seventh Cave Entrance—Clouds (dry cave), with interconnected caves full of holes; Eighth Cave Entrance—Thread of Sky (underground river), where water and sky form a single line; Ninth Cave Entrance—Grand View (dry cave), home to the second largest natural bridge in a solution cave in China. Transportation: You can take a bus from Guiyang to Bijie or Dafang, and there are direct buses to Maochang Town from the county towns of Bijie and Dafang.