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Taohuajian and the General Cliff Petroglyphs 桃花涧·将军崖岩画Táohuājiàn · Jiāngjūnyá Yánhuà
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Lianyungang, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Lianyungang
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Taohuajian and the General Cliff Petroglyphs
A wooded valley on the southern slopes of Jinping Mountain, south-west of Haizhou, with a stream, pools and paths up to a summit viewpoint; its western part holds the General Cliff petroglyphs. Carved into a sloping rock face, they show human faces linked to plant-like lines, star symbols and animals, and archaeologists read them as a prehistoric farming ritual site of the Dongyi people. Micro-erosion dating suggests the carvings were made over a long span, between about 10,000 and 3,000 years ago.
How to get to Taohuajian and the General Cliff Petroglyphs
In Jinping town about 14 km south-west of central Lianyungang, around 30 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Kongwang Mountain 孔望山 (under 10 km), Lianyungang Museum 连云港市博物馆 (10 km), Lianyungang Revolutionary Memorial Hall 连云港市革命纪念馆 (10 km), Mount Huaguo 花果山 (20 km), Haiqing Temple Pagoda 海清寺塔 (20 km).
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