Question 1

True or false: Reed Flute Cave is the longest cave system in all of China.

Accepted Answer

False. It is only about 240 meters long—far shorter than China's massive cave systems like the Shuanghe Cave.

Question 2

True or false: The cave’s stalactites and stalagmites are made of pure diamond crystal.

Accepted Answer

False. They are composed of calcite and other limestone minerals, not diamonds, though they sparkle under colored lights.

Question 3

True or false: The cave's name comes from the reeds growing at its entrance that are used to make flutes.

Accepted Answer

True. Local people used the reeds at the entrance to make flutes, giving the cave its poetic name.

Question 4

True or false: Some inscriptions inside the cave date back over 1,200 years to the Tang Dynasty.

Accepted Answer

True. Visitors left ink inscriptions on the cave walls as early as 792 AD during the Tang Dynasty.

Question 5

True or false: The cave was originally used as a secret military bunker during the Vietnam War.

Accepted Answer

False. No evidence links the cave to the Vietnam War; it was a tourist attraction long before the conflict began.

Question 6

True or false: Reed Flute Cave was closed to visitors for 50 years due to a curse by a Tang Dynasty poet.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no record of a curse; the cave has been continuously open since its 1940s discovery, except for wartime closures.

Question 7

True or false: Reed Flute Cave is actually an underwater river system that floods every monsoon.

Accepted Answer

True. The cave is a natural limestone karst cave with an underground river, and parts flood seasonally to protect formations.

Question 8

True or false: Reed Flute Cave was discovered by a group of refugees fleeing war in the 1940s.

Accepted Answer

True. The cave was rediscovered in 1940 by refugee families from the Sino-Japanese War, who sought shelter inside.

Reed Flute Cave Trivia Questions