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Yiyuan Rong Cave Group

Coordinates: 36°16′06″N 118°04′14″E / 36.268428°N 118.070669°E / 36.268428; 118.070669
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Entrance to the Thousand-Men Cave

The Yiyuan Rong Cave Group (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yíyuán Róng Dòng Qún) is a cluster of Ordovician limestone caves in the area under the administration of the city of Zibo, Shandong Province, China. Rong Cave proper (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yíyuán Róng Dòng, 36°16′06″N 118°04′14″E / 36.268428°N 118.070669°E / 36.268428; 118.070669) is the namesake of the cave group. It is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the north of the town of Tumen (Chinese: ; pinyin: Tǔmén Zhèn). The cave group contains more than 40 caves in total and is the largest cluster of limestone caves in China north of the Yangtze River. It covers an area of approximately 10 square kilometers.[1] Other major caves in the group are Thousand-Men Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Qiānrén Dòng), Resting Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yǎngshén Dòng), Stone-Dragon Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shílóng Dòng), Xuanyun Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xuányún Dòng), Nine-Skies Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Jiǔtiān Dòng), Coral Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shānhú Dòng), Lingzhi Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Língzhī Dòng, after the Lingzhi mushroom), Shenxian Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Shénxiān Dòng), and Xiaya Cave (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xiàyá Dòng, 36°14′36″N 118°07′28″E / 36.243443°N 118.124399°E / 36.243443; 118.124399). The Thousand-Men Cave was used as an arsenal by the Eighth Route Army from September 1938 to March 1939.[1] Some of the major caves in the group have been made accessible to tourists as they are popular attractions.

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