In June, 1992, a villager named Wu Anai, unable to suppress the long-felt curiosity inside him any more, decided to pump the water out in one of the swags to confirm his presumption of a natural water-eroded cave.

Wu called in another three villagers with some money and a water pump. On June 9, 1992, they began their project. At the beginning, Wu pinned high hope on his adventurous program. But after four days and nights of continuous pumping, the mouth of the swag became larger, and the water level fell much slower. The depth of the water still cannot be measured. The only difference was that some steles began to appear on the surface of the water. Wu and his companions began to worry that the water could never be pumped out and their capital would also just flow away with the water without any discovery at all.

However, these steles out of the water surface gave them some hope. Because there were some distinctive carving traces on these steles, which indicated that human being once came to this bottomless swag. Much encouraged by these carvings, Wu and his companions decided to continue to pump with three more water pumps 24 hours a day.

After 17 days, a big black cave appeared in front of them.

A bit scared and surprised, they groped to the bottom of the cave. With the help of the sunshine from the mouth of the cave, a grand and delicately designed grotto gradually came to their sight.

(Author: Jeff)

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