Jhong Cave is a five-story network of man-made caves that were carved out of the cliffs close to the Tibetan border. Archaeologists estimate that the caves were used as as burial chambers as early as 1000 BC, but they were put to more dramatic use in the 10th century as refuges during a war with Tibet. Later, the locals used the caves for storage and for meditation chambers, likely up until the point when someone realized that tourists would pay good money to go inside. So let’s take a look.

Next: another cave.