Which Chinese cave is famous for its multicolored stalactites and illuminated tourist paths?

The Chinese cave famous for multicolored stalactites and illuminated tourist paths is Reed Flute Cave.

Reed Flute Cave is a major natural attraction in Guilin, Guangxi, a region renowned for its limestone karst landscapes. Groundwater gradually dissolved the limestone, leaving chambers decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, stone curtains, and other formations. Artificial multicolored lighting now highlights these shapes along the visitor route, creating the cave's theatrical appearance.

The name comes from the reeds growing outside the entrance, which can be made into flutes. Reed Flute Cave is also known as the “Palace of Natural Arts,” a nickname inspired by its elaborate mineral formations. More than 70 ink inscriptions inside the cave record poems and travel accounts; the oldest are dated to 792 AD, during China's Tang dynasty.

Visitors may encounter formations with imaginative names such as Crystal Palace, Fish Tail Peak, and Dragon Pagoda. The cave was rediscovered by refugees in the 1940s, although local people had known of it earlier. It should not be confused with China's many other karst caves, which may be larger but lack Reed Flute Cave's particular tourist presentation and historic inscriptions.