Jiuxiang Scenic Spot

Jiuxiang Scenic Spot is 20 sq km in area and includes 5 tourist attractions. The Jiuxiang Karst Cave is famous of its limestone cave group. In 1984, a group composed of geographical and forest scenic experts came to Nine County and discovered this limestone cave group, which is one of the biggest found in the world.

Jiuxiang is known as the "museum of karst caves", which boasts its caves as the largest in scale and number (there are about a hundred karst caves) and has the most wonderful in-cave scenes in China. The caves in Jiuxiang fall into 4 cave clusters: Sanjiao Cave, Dashang Cave, Diehong Cave and Dasha Dam Cave. 66 out of the numerous caves in the area are profitably exploitable and the karst cave cluster is the largest of its kind on Yunnan-Guizhou plateau. The caves in the area are praised for their grandeur, wonder grotesquerie and natural beauty.

Jiuxiang, the birthplace of the aboriginal Yi ethnic people, has a long cultural history, and widely spread old myths and tales. These include Hunting Festival, the Worship of White Dragon Festival, Love Song Contest, Bullfighting, Wrestling, Sanxian Dance (Sanxian is a three-stringed musical instrument) and so on.