That's Chishui River. Because the river turns red in rainy days, the locals also call it "Chishui River". It originated in the north of Zhenxiong, Yunnan, and is a tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, located at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces.
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Causes of discoloration of Chishui River
Why does Chishui River change color?
This is because there is a place west of Chishui River called Hongshiye Valley. There is a 200-meter-long ditch in the valley, which is made of extremely bright red sandstone. These red sandstones are very soft and easily weathered.
Coupled with the accumulation of wind and rain, every rainy day, the rain washes the red fine sand on the surface of gravel into the Chishui River, and the river turns blood red, forming a red dragon-like spectacle in Chishui.
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Legend has it that the three provinces in the cave are connected.
The mysterious cave we are going to talk about today is located in Chishui River Basin. Because the cave is dark and boundless, it is called "big black hole" straightforwardly and vividly.
It is said that the big black hole connects Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, which can be reached by walking from the underground river in the cave.
However, due to the remote terrain, complex cave environment, multi-hole communication and deep twists and turns, it is still unclear how long and deep this cave is.
Someone once strayed into the cave, drifted in the cave for several days and nights, and came out of the cave in a county town at the border of Sichuan and Yunnan.
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The black legend of the big black hole
The big black hole has always been full of "stories of killing bandits", because it was a large natural cave occupied by bandits in those years, and it was not until the end of the 1990s that bandits were completely eliminated.
In those days, bandits gathered here, leaving behind the remains of activities in caves such as watchtowers, conference rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and toilets, as well as wooden sticks and cookstoves for sleeping and making beds, and caves for storing food and articles.
In the third year of the Republic of China, a mature era appeared in the local area. Because his eyebrows are thick and different from ordinary people, he is called "Chen Da Mao Mei".
Chen Damei lives by hunting and is very familiar with the surrounding mountains. Once, he was resting in a big black hole and suddenly wanted to explore deeper, only to find that all the torches had been burned out and he couldn't go to the end.
This experience enabled Chen Meimei to find a "road to entrepreneurship". Hunting is hard, but it's dangerous anyway. It is better to raise the banner and be a bandit!
Facts have proved that Chen Da is really a "good hand" as a bandit in the United States and Europe. Under his leadership, the team has been growing, with thousands of bandits under his command, and his influence has been entrenched here for 12 years.
Later, Chen Mei died in the chaos of the land battle, and the gang he founded also fell apart.
But the bandits in old China were like poisonous mushrooms planted in the mountains. One is pulled out, and the other is still growing quietly.
After Chen's eyebrows were raised, the big black hole ushered in a "new owner"-Hu Ziqing.
In the early days of liberation, the People's Liberation Army launched a large-scale anti-bandit activity in southern Sichuan. On the way, several bandits fled to the vicinity of the big black hole and were taken in by local bricklayer Hu Ziqing.
Several bandits were very grateful to Hu Ziqing and encouraged him to stand on his own feet. But it didn't take long for this newly established small gang to be wiped out by the PLA.
Then, in the early 1990s, Chen Faqing, a native of Guizhou, set up a cult organization called "West Buddha Alliance" and moved its headquarters to a hidden big black hole.
The organization has set up more than 30 departments in the cave, with thousands of members at its peak. Later, he was captured by the armed police.
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Today's big black hole has become a tourist attraction.
Today's big black hole has been developed into a scenic spot, and the development part is located in tuanjie village, a Miao nationality township in Gulin County, Sichuan Province.
The unique secret karst landform in the cave is changeable, colorful and mysterious.
However, what we see now is only a few kilometers away from the hole where the big black hole is developed, and there are more unknown mysteries hidden in the depths of the cave.
I hope that one day we can solve the mystery and let us know where it leads to Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.