Xianqiao Underground River, named after the folklore ‘Xianqiao’, is located in the northern part of Guangdong Province, 138 kilometers away from Guangzhou and 18 kilometers from the city of Yingde. Formed 250 million years ago, the river spans a total length of 30,000 meters, consisting of two underground sections connected by a surface section. The first underground section is 300 meters long, the surface section is 2,500 meters long, and the second underground section is 27,000 meters long (with 1,300 meters developed), making it one of the longer underground rivers in Asia.
The Xianqiao Underground River is formed by two underground sections and a middle surface section, with a total length of approximately 13 kilometers. It flows from west to east with a calm river surface, offering visitors a boat tour that takes about 2 hours, making it a very mysterious natural wonder.
The morning sunlight bathes the Xianhe Campsite. At Xianhe Campsite, you can fully appreciate the beauty of nature and the leisure of life, with fresh air cleansing your weekly fatigue! The mysterious underground river, endless acres of tea gardens, and vast mulberry fields, combined with the rich rural scenery and clear Jiuqu Stream, give one a feeling of returning to nature and being in a paradise, making it an ideal place for rest and recuperation.
Visitors can take a boat tour for about 1.5 hours, experiencing the natural wonders, which naturally form a wonderful poem, a beautiful painting, a dreamy legend, and a thrilling adventure. The river’s creature, described as ‘seemingly immortal yet not immortal’, ‘not immortal yet seemingly immortal’, leaves tourists in awe, praising it as ‘divine and perilous’, ‘astounding to behold’.
The external view of the underground river – Xianqiao, is located 5 kilometers south of the Xianqiao Underground River scenic area. It is a legendary Ming Dynasty bridge known as ‘Xianqiao’. The bridge runs from north to south, is 28 meters long, 3.5 meters wide, and 7 meters high, with three piers and two arches. The entire bridge is built with stones, without any lime or mortar, yet it has withstood centuries of mountain floods and remains a vital local transportation route. Folklore says it was built by immortals, hence the name ‘Xianqiao’.
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