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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to Chongqing! We are on the way to the Tiankeng Difeng Scenic Spot in Fengjie County, and it will take us about 5 hours to get there.

In fengjie county of chongqing, we can appreciate various kinds of karst landforms. And the tiankeng difeng scenic spot, which is located in Fengjie County, is a special canyon landscape that features mountain karst landforms which are magnificent, splendid, dangerous and beautiful. We can say that the karst landforms at TKDF are mysteries that nature created and also a very splendid landscape and colorful painting.

Our today’s scenic spot almost includes all the excellent kinds of karst landforms in the world and is known as a geological museum. We can see various kinds of karst landforms there such as stone forests, the hoodoo, caves, lacunas, natural bridges, blind valleys, funnels, and other landforms.These landforms attract many visitors where they marvel at the beauty of nature. Meanwhile, the clear streams, primitive grasslands, and lush forests compose a magnificent fairyland. There are many attractions there are worth a visit, like Longqiao River, Jiupan River, she Xian cave.

Among them, Xiaozhai Tiankeng, which ranks first in the world, as well as the mysterious TIANJING GORGE Difeng, which has a peculiar scene, is the most representative attractions. And we will appreciate them

today!

XZTK (Heavenly Pit) is a karst depression in Xiaozhai Village. With a depth of 660 meters, it is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is a rarely-seen sight in the world and is called the No. 1 pit under heaven.

Xiaozhai tiankeng was discovered by specialists in 1994 during the search of new exploration site for British cavers in the China Caves Project.

In fact it was well known to local people since ancient times. Next to this sinkhole was located a small village - Xiaozhai. The name of village in translation just means "little village". Already in Chinese classical works frequently are mentioned mysterious and deep ravines - possibly they describe tiankengs.

Xiaozhai tiankeng has incredible size. This hole is 626 m long and 537 m wide. Total depth is 511 - 662 m. Area of opening is 274,000 m², volume - 119.348 million m³.

The landscape there is amazing and perfect. When we get there, I will tell you more.

The tourist resources of the Tiankeng Difeng Scenic Spot have excellent characteristics, and the tourist infrastructure is perfect, helping the scenic spot become the tourism leader in the Three Gorges area. In February 2006, the Tiankeng Difeng Scenic Spot was listed as a “Natural