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Tangle Cave is located about 10 kilometers west of Jishou City, also known as "Little Peach Blossom Cave." Legend has it that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Dingyuan, a general under Wu Bayue, once led rebel troops into the cave to forge iron and make weapons, so it was called "Iron Forging Cave." "Iron forging" in the Miao language is "Tangle," hence the name. Tangle Cave consists of one main cave and several branch caves, with three levels in total, about 2,500 meters long, with an average height of about 10 meters, and three ventilation openings. The air in the cave is fresh and the scenery is in a thousand postures. The main attractions include the Welcome Hall, Drum-Dancing Platform, Crouching Lion Flat, Xiangluan Slope, Green Dragon Pool, Moon-Viewing Tower, Dragon-Connecting Bridge, Stone Flower Mountain, Stone Flower Stream, Ancient Stone Zither, and the iron-forging site of the Miao rebel army.
