Snow Jade Cave

A new wonder has been discovered, now Fengdu Snow Jade Cave is ready to be recorded by Guinness. Snow Jade Cave is a karst landform, one of the 4 bests in the world, housing the Tower Coral & Terra Shield, which has already applied for a Guinness World Record.

A new wonder has been discovered, now Fengdu Snow Jade Cave is ready to be recorded by Guinness. Snow Jade Cave is a karst landform, one of the 4 bests in the world, housing the Tower Coral & Terra Shield, which has already applied for a Guinness World Record.

Snow Jade Cave is a new scenic spot located in the center of the Three Gorges. It is on the same route as the Fengdu Mountains, Dragon River Stream, Southern Lake, and Fairy Mountains. It is 12 km from Fengdu ghost town. From what we can tell, Snow Jade Cave is 1664m long, with 3 full stories – upper, middle, and lower. There are 6 excursion areas, named, Heroes, Heaven, Upstairs, Northern Scene, Palace, and Prosperity. In the cave, there are 100 or more beautiful places, and 4 of them are world class beauties: the biggest is Tower Coral, 8m long Stone Chess, 4m high Terra Shield, and Ice Wonder.

Snow Jade Cave was formed between 100,000 to 3,300 years ago, and it is the youngest member of the karst caves’ family. Furthermore, it is still growing with a very high rate of 33mm every 100 years. It was given an award by the Cave Association of China as the “Base of Cave Research”, and it’s the first cave research base in China.

President of the “Cave Association of China”, who is also an expert of karst caves, said there are three unusual qualities of Snow Jade Cave. First, it is all white like a world of snow; second, she is very young and growing rapidly; third, she is like a “white marble museum”.search base in China.