Representative of the Yi Minority who worship Roosters the hat is representative of the crest.

The cave is shared by Taoism, Bhuddism, and Confucianism (if that's a word!).

Either the birds were too quick to photograph, or the photographer too slow.

This gentleman is a climbing expert.

Sooner he than I.

He'd obviously done the trip many times.

No safety gear. About 50m above the river which is a couple of meters deep.

Had to stretch a bit.

We got to see the first 1km or so.

This formation was referred to as the Sky Stilt.

Massive.

The cave is average width about 35m. Anything up to 90m high.

Souvenirs included a USB perfume jar to plug into your computer.

Built around 1285 AD and rebuilt a couple of times.

This is the Shengy Youzi Arch Gate.

This is the Depei Tiandi Arch Gate.

The forehead is rather large and apparently touching it brings one wisdom.

The forehead is also dimpled from so much touching.

Which is why there are so many wise people in China.

We are here in the tourist off season so very few people around.

Just a thought that occurred to us. The signs and guide commentary were about the buildings, dates, Confucius, and his followers. Nothing about the philosophy.

A rich family that built their large house around 1905 and later got their politics wrong.

Every so often in this circle are tapered bricks.

A later circle was formed by varying the thickness of the mortar as all the bricks were the same size.

A similar inscription on the inside suggests how to behave on the outside.

The carving is intricate. The carvers were paid by weighing the wood they removed.

Unfortunately the water level hasn't recovered from a drought a couple of years ago.

At last that green bit in the middle explains what was being sold on the streets in Cambodia.

Barbequed tofu and potatoes.

The woman kept count of the pieces we ate with dried peas.

Also fried rice.

Also managed some shopping here in between all the culinary delights and sight seeing.

It was rather a heavy day for us.