An ancient – 3 million years old – ice cave in North China
As befits holiday times, this launch is of one of China's most overlooked tourist attractions: a massive 3 million-year-old ice cave in the Guancen Mountains, part of Mount Luya National Forest Park in northern Shanxi Province . The cave is called 'Wannian Ice Cave' and it costs $20 to enter, but it's well worth it. At first it's like walking into a refrigerator: you feel the cold before you see the ice. And there is ice: on the walls, on the steps, on the railings, it comes down from the ceilings like swords and sprouts from the ground like bamboo shoots. The stairs descend into the cave, which has three levels open to visitors, and then ascend into a world made of ice flowers, white stalactites and stalagmites, bathed in congiant lights that transform the environment into a magical world.
Back in the light of day you can drive 27 kilometers away and, after a half-hour walk, you arrive, still in Mount Luya National Park, at a serene and restful sight: a 400-hectare alpine meadow, which it stretches out in front of Mount Luya, the main attraction of the Park.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2013-08/14/content_16894645.htm
