Shihua Cave is located in Fangshan District, Beijing, 46 kilometers from the city center, 15 kilometers from Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway, and 15 kilometers from Liangtuo Road Exit of West Sixth Ring Road. It is a karst cave group sightseeing area of Fangshan World Geopark, a member unit of International Cave, a national scenic spot, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a municipal geological relic nature reserve, and a Beijing popular science education base. It is known as: China's best karst cave wonder. The karst cave resources of Shihua Cave are famous at home and abroad for their typicality, diversity, naturalness, integrity and rarity. The rich resources show the value of Shihua Cave in geological science research, geological science teaching and tourism appreciation. After the inspection, Song Jian, the former director of the State Science and Technology Commission, wrote the inscription "Underground geological wonder, karst cave museum". The body of Shihua Cave is a multi-layered and multi-branched layered structure, divided into seven layers, with the first to sixth layers being karst cave landscapes and the seventh layer being an underground underground river. The layers in Shihua Cave are clearly distributed, the cave sediments are densely distributed, the types are complete, and the quantity is large. There are five types of sediments, namely dripping water, seepage water, flowing water, stagnant water and splashing water, and more than 40 types of sedimentary forms. Shihua Cave is now open to the 1st to 4th floors, with a tour route of 2,500 meters. There are a total of 18 scenic spots, 120 landscapes, 16 halls, ten wonders, and five of the largest karst caves in the country so far. The largest moon milk stone in the cave is the first discovery in China, and the stone flags and stone shields are typical representatives of Chinese cave sediments. The temperature in Shihua Cave is constant at 13℃ throughout the four seasons, and it is like spring all year round. The cave sediments in Shihua Cave record the evolution of the earth and the changes in the sedimentary environment. It is an important information base for studying the changes in the ancient geological environment. The rich karst resources in the cave and the peculiar landforms outside the cave make it an ideal natural classroom for geography teaching and popular science education.
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Interpretation of Shihua Cave from the perspective of Eastern philosophy: Shihua Cave, as a masterpiece carved by nature and time, embodies the core concept of "Tao follows nature" from the perspective of Eastern philosophy. In Taoist philosophy, every phenomenon in nature is a manifestation of "Tao". The formation process of Shihua Cave is the natural effect of water and stone, time and space, showing the natural law of growth and change of all things in the universe. At the same time, the tranquility and depth of Shihua Cave also remind people of the "emptiness" and "stillness" of Zen Buddhism. In the depth of the cave, people can experience a kind of tranquility and emptiness beyond the material world, and achieve spiritual purification and sublimation. Interpretation of Shihua Cave from the perspective of Western philosophy: From the perspective of Western philosophy, Shihua Cave can be interpreted as a combination of natural aesthetics and geology. In Western natural aesthetics, the natural form and structure of Shihua Cave are the embodiment of nature's art. It not only has aesthetic value, but also inspires human exploration and thinking about nature. From a geological perspective, the formation process of Shihua Cave is a witness to the history of the earth. It records the changes of the earth and the evolution of life, and reflects the pursuit of scientific rationality and positivism in Western philosophy. At the same time, the exploration of Shihua Cave also reflects human curiosity and exploration spirit about the unknown world, which is the embodiment of the concept of "curiosity" and "rational exploration" in Western philosophy. In summary, whether from the perspective of "Taoism follows nature" and "Zen meditation" in Eastern philosophy, or "natural aesthetics" and "scientific exploration" in Western philosophy, Shihua Cave has inspired human beings to think deeply and feel about nature, life, and the universe with its unique existence.