Tao Gu Labyrinth, also known as Dongya Cave, is located in Dushu Town, Guangde County, 28 kilometers away from the county seat. It features twelve major attractions, including Tao Gu Welcoming Guests, Flowing Clouds and Waterfall, Peach Pond Moonlight, Cave Mountain Tower Shadow, Gathering Immortals View Painting, Auspicious Grass Sunset Glow, Mysterious Door and Secluded Gorge, Fortune and Longevity Peach, Suspension Bridge Bird’s Eye View, Song Ink Legacy, Ten Thousand Buddhas Facing Heaven, and Heaven’s Gate. The cave covers an area of 80,000 square meters with a tour route of 1,800 meters inside, currently open to 16 palace halls, 53 doors, 24 gorges, and over 200 scenic spots.
With a long history dating back to the Han and Tang dynasties, Tao Gu Labyrinth has attracted countless literati and scholars, becoming a popular tourist destination. Su Shi and Yue Fei left stone carvings here, and when Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty stayed in Guangde, he praised it as ‘the most spiritual and beautiful under heaven’. The scenery of Tao Gu Labyrinth is valued for its natural beauty, with flowing clouds, strange rocks, mysterious doors, and secluded gorges, forming a unique natural landscape filled with a magical hue. Inside the cave, there are rugged rocks, deep and confusing, integrating antiquity, spirituality, elegance, and strangeness, like a fantasy realm, attracting visitors. On the mountain stands the majestic ‘Hidden Gold Tower’, and at the foot of the mountain is the clear ‘Peach Blossom Pond’, with a statue of the Peach Blossom Fairy on the lake’s island, ‘Dressing Pavilion’ to the left, and ‘Gathering Immortals Pavilion’ to the right. A poem by Zhu Lin, the Guangde Prefect of the Ming Dynasty, praises it: ‘After rain in the outskirts of Tongshui, when the weather clears, I leisurely visit and see the five horses neighing. The spring shirt is wet at the mouth of the cloud cave, and the sound of the peach blossom stream can be heard from the other side of the cliff.’
Opening hours are all year round from 08:00 to 16:00. Preferential policy for children: those with a height of 1.1 meters (inclusive) to 1.3 meters (exclusive) enjoy discounts.
Tao Gu Labyrinth
Tao Gu Labyrinth, also known as Dongya Cave, is located in Dushu Town, Guangde County, 28 kilometers[...]
