The caves that karst a magic spell

At the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), a couple was to get married. On the wedding day they passed over a plank road above Luoshui River valley. The bride was carried on a sedan and the bridegroom, carrying a water heater, followed the procession.

The bride reached the bridegroom's home, but the bridegroom failed to arrive. People returned to the plank road above the valley and found a cloth shoe he wore that day－a shoe the bride had made. It was clear that he had accidentally fallen into the valley. Overwrought, the bride jumped over the cliff, joining her lover in death.

The story underlines how precipitous the cliff is and how dangerous it is to walk on the plank road, said Wang Bo, an information officer with the Tongjiang county information office.