Longyou Caves — Attraction in Quzhou

The Longyou caves were found in the 1990s when farmers drained water from the area and discovered steps going down. Eventually 24 massive chambers were found. Each cavern is near 11,000 sq ft. In total the structures cover 320,000 sq.ft. (5 football fields) The carvings look recent but were carved when the caves were built. There are no records of who carved out these caves, but it's believed to have been built during the Warring States period which occurred over 2,000 years ago. Amazing...

ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING..THESE CAVE'S WERE ONCE FULL OF WATER AND FULL OF FISH UNTIL THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER WAS..AND WHERE THE SOURCE OF WATER CAME FROM..AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WITH LENGTHS OF BAMBOO.. THEY SENT DIVER'S TO INVESTIGATE BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE BOTTOM..SO THEY HAD AN IDEA TO DRAIN THE WATER OUT AND WHICH THEY DID AND FOUND ELABORATE UNIMAGINABLE CAVES ALL CARVED OUT WITH THE HIGHEST PRECISION...HOW AND WHY DID THEY DO THAT ITS A WEIRD WORLD 🌎 AND...

El misterio de las cuevas de Longyou: 2.000 años de historia y seguimos sin saber nada de ellas

China alberga en el subsuelo de la provincia de Zhejiang, situada al sureste del país, las cuevas de Longyou. Se trata de un yacimiento artificial cuya dimensión sobrepasa los 30.000 metros cuadrados y que, sorprendentemente, fue descubierto gracias a la curiosidad de los habitantes del propio Estado que llevaban años preguntándose por qué los estanques de la aldea de Shiyan Beicun eran tan profundos. En 1992, uno de los agricultores propuso drenar el agua de uno de los estanques con una bomba hidráulica. Como resultado y tras 17 días de bombeo, quedó al descubierto toda una civilización arquitectónica situada a 30 metros de profundidad respecto a la colina de Fenghuang. Posteriormente y a tenor de los resultados, bombearon el resto de los estanques descubriendo un total...