Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes, a cure for acrophobia

🌟Highlights: Maijishan is one of the four major grottoes in China. It is recommended to go in the morning. According to previous guides, many people mentioned that it takes 2 hours to queue up the mountain, the management is somewhat chaotic, and the queuing and cutting in line routes are unreasonable. When we went in the morning, we didn't have to queue for long, and the weather was nice, not too hot. Otherwise, queuing for several hours in the hot weather would probably kill all interest. When we were coming down, we noticed a long queue had already formed on the way up. There is no way back throughout the journey, but there isn't much time to take photos either because people behind keep moving forward, and staff keep urging you along the way. You can only take a quick look. Besides some that can be seen directly from the outside, many are behind iron nets, making them hard to see clearly. On the way, we heard other tourists say that compared to Longmen and Dunhuang, it falls a bit short. 👍Most recommended: Pay special attention to Cave 4, which has murals. Then you can walk to Xiaoyoudongtian. It is said that it has a better atmosphere on rainy days, with misty rain over Maiji, but we didn't see it. 👎Least recommended: Be careful of the photo traps. A few photos cost 20 yuan, which is not worth it, especially since the photos are not well taken.