Wind Cave is a peculiar cave in the middle of Mingyue Peak. The cave has two entrances, to the north and south respectively. As you walk further down the cave, it becomes narrower and narrower, allowing only one person at a time to walk through the middle. The cave is 20 meters long, with the maximum width of 9.2 and height of 5 meters, and a total area of 140 square meters. The Wind Cave used to be an ancient channel, higher than the areas around it, resembling an hourglass in its shape. In between “Xiang-Gui Corridor” (the long and narrow plain between Hunan and Guangxi Province) and the valley joining Jiaqiao Mountains (Bridge Mountains) and Haiyang Shan (Ocean Mounain), a contra flow is formed. Since towards the middle the cave gets more narrow, the wind speed accelerates and the air from the back comes forward so that the wind blows continuously. The wind varies depending on the season, fresh or cozy, warm or cold. The cave earns the name “Cool World” due to the wind blowing throughout the year. Many poems have been composed by the scholars from the ancient times, portraying different features of the wind they felt in different seasons. Fresh, gentle, and cool gusts blow respectively, in balance. Wind Cave is not only a world of wind but also a treasury of cultural relicts. It is a major attraction in the area of Guilin.
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