Beiliu Gouloudong Cave Scenic and Historic Interes

Gouloudong has a long history, lot's of writers and poets, officers and soldiers were attracted by this beautiful place. Also left a lot of poetry for this beautiful scenic spot. There are more than 120 calligraphic inscriptions on the Gouloudong until now.

Among them, the famous thinker Wang Fu of the Eastern Han Dynasty once visited the Gouloudong and play the zither in the cave to unburden his heart.

At that time Beiliu City magistrate Ge Hong, a famous medical scientist, chemist and Taoist scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once practiced Chinese alchemy in the cave and wrote books. Tang Dynasty General Li Jing, visited and write down the Book of the 《Presented to Xiyue》.

Xu Xiake, a famous geographer, traveler and writer of the Ming Dynasty, wrote 6,000 words of travel notes during his exploration in the cave.

Li Shaofang, a famous scholar from Beiliu in the Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, called himself the man of the Goulou Mountain.

Guo Moruo, a contemporary literary giant, vice chairman of the National People's Congress. He and his wife named the cave and left a poem of praise.

Why are there so many famous people visiting this place and leaving their precious poems? As the saying goes, Renowned is a mountain not for its height but for the immortal who lives in it.

It is also precisely because Ge Hong came to be the city magistrate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and practice Chinese alchemy training in the cave to become an immortal.