The unique landscape and fantastic culture make Yongzhou a wonderful place to visit in Hunan Province.Linking Hunan Province with various coastal cities in Southern China, Yongzhou is famous for many sites of historic and cultural interest, including Mount Jiuyi where Emperor Shun died during his southern trip, Liuzhi Temple built in memory of the distinguished writer Liu Zhongyuan (773 AD-819AD) of the Tang Dynasty, and the Wuxi Park where hundreds of stone carvings have been left by many celebrities across history.The city’s unique landscape and fantastic culture make Yongzhou a wonderful place to visit in Hunan Province. Mount Jiuyi, Mount Emperor Shun and Mount Yangming all have amazing scenery. The King Pan Hall is a holy place for the Yao people to worship their ancestors. The ancient battlefield in Qianjia Cave exhibits the Yao people\'s unconquerable spirit. Female scripts in Jiangyong County, a unique writing system only learned and used by local women, show the diversity of human culture. All these splendid scenes and rich cultures have attracted many tourists from home and abroad.

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Located in the northeast of Shuangpai County, Yangming Mountain National Forest Park is a natural tourist resort with high mountains, clear water, dense trees and fascinated scenery. On mountain top, you may find undulant mountains penetrate into the clouds and unique hillside trees.At the peak of Yangming Mountain, there are numerous wild azalea. It is known as the best azalea in China. At May, the azaleas are seen booming here.Yangming Mountain in Shuangpai has always been known as a famous mountain since ancient times, enjoying unique sceneries featuring \"ancient, rare, smart, and elegant\", a long-standing \"harmony\" culture tradition, as well as a profound Buddhism origin.The Mountain has long been known as the blessing land and honored as the most harmonious Mountain by overseas guests. It is said that Wangshou Temple on the mountain is the place where the seventh Buddha died. It has been attracting many people from all over the world for hundreds of years. There are also many spectacular wonders and fantastic scenic spots in Yangming Mountain National Forest Park. As one of the eight recommended new tourist attractions in Hunan, Yangming Mountain is a good place for sightseeing.Yangming Mountain in Hunan Province shares the same name and has profound historical ties with the other Yangming Mountain in Taiwan. In 2006, Yangming Mountain on the mainland established the brotherhood relationship with Yangming Mountain in Taiwan. By now the Mountains have become platforms for promoting harmonious cross-strait ties.

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Qianjiadong is a natural scenic area integrating limpid water, beautiful waterfalls, and spectacular caves, green mountains in thousands of postures and hot springs.Qianjiadong comprises of three basins, including the upper and the middle basin, with an area of 200 square kilometers. In the language of the Yao nationality, Qianjiadong of Jiangyong means a valley where thousands of households live. Inside the area, there are 80,000 mu of primitive forests and 28 kinds of rare and precious animals under state’s key protection. It is celebrated as the gene pool of flora and fauna resources of South China. Qianjiadong Scenic Area was ranked into the list of the provincial scenic area in the year 1998.According to historical records, the ancestors of the Yao nationality inhabited Qianjiadong, living and working in peace and contentment. There was only one stone cavern entrance to the cavern. The cavern was embosomed by mountains all around, with fantastic rock peaks, pouring waterfalls and dense forests. Inside the cavern, the earth is fertile and there are wide fields, with a river going through it.

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Located in the northwestern part of Dong\'an County, Mount Emperor Shun National Forest Park was once called Jinfeng Mountain and later it acquired its present name from Emperor Shun who died during a hunting trip here. The park covers an area of 14553.6 hectares with forest coverage of 91.8 percent. In this park, the beautiful mountains, elegant lakes, amazing stones and vast forests constitute beautiful scenery. Also it is called \"the gene bank\" for various plants and wild animals and \"a natural oxygen bar\". Therefore the park is praised as paradise on earth and it is an attractive destination for tourists to be close to nature.Transport: Take public buses in Dong\'an County to Taimiaokou and then take a taxi to the destinationTel: (86)746-4611229Admission(for reference): RMB 218 yuan/adultOpening hours: 7:30-18:00

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Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, is a famous ancient city with a history of 3,500 years. It used to be a place of strategic importance in the Kingdom of Chu, and a famous prefecture of the Qin Dynasty (221BC-207BC). Now Changsha is an important city with historical and cultural relics, and an ideal destination of tourists in Hunan province.Though 3,500 years have elapsed after the founding of Changsha city, people can still feel the past prosperity of the ancient city from a great number of historical remains in the city. A woman corpse that has been well preserved for more than 2,000 years astonished the world along with the discovery of over 3,000 precious cultural relics which were excavated from the Han tombs in Mangwangdui, making people in the world gasp in admiration at the ancient civilization created by the ancient Chinese people. Yuelu Academy, one of the four most famous academies in China, is widely accepted to be among the oldest academies in the world.Changsha is closely related to a great number of celebrities, including Qu Yuan, Jia Yi, Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi, to name just a few; and Hunan First Normal College, the meeting venue of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, Qingshui Pool and other historic sites remind tourists of the old stories.There are also many natural scenic spots, including the Mount Yuelu which is pregnant with beauty and vitality, the Xiangjiang River that flows through the whole city from south to north with the picturesque Orange Isle quietly lying in it. All these jointly compose a melodious song.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A traffic hub, a cradle of China\\\'s electric locomotive, a center of pottery and porcelain art or a Mecca for Chinese people to seek ancestors, no matter what way you look at the city, you will fall in love with it.Zhuzhou, which borders Changsha in the north and Mount Hengshan in the south, is the eastern gateway of Hunan Province. Legend has it that Emperor Yan (Shennong in Chinese) once grew crops, tasted all kind of herbal medicines, taught people to plough the fields, and created farming culture - the source of Chinese civilization - in this area. Now Emperor Yan\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mausoleum still exists here for Chinese people to worship. Yanling County, known as the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"first mausoleum of the divine land\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", is a Mecca for Chinese people to seek ancestors. The wonderful Danxia landform in Chaling County, the karst caves in the Jiubujiang National Geopark and the ancient biological fossils are all time-honored gifts of great nature. The Xiannong Altar, Lujiang Academy and the former residence of Li Lisan (1899.3-1967.6) remind people of Zhuzhou\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s revolutionary enthusiasm in the past.Zhuzhou is also the cradle of electric locomotives, as well as the base of aero-generators, lead and zinc in China. Pottery and porcelain wares produced in Liling County enjoy a high reputation throughout the world, crowned the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"top of pottery and porcelain art in the East\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Pop into the town – you’re welcome to visit – and take home a unique piece of art or pottery. Thanks to long-term development, a Hongguan Kiln tour in Liling as the representative of this industry has become a highlight of any visit to Zhuzhou.

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Maxi Stream, a branch of Zijiang River, originated from the north Daxiong Mountain. Its length is 40 kilometers. The Dongshi Village is just around the Maxi Stream, located in the southeast of Anhua County, 120 kilometers from the urban area of Yiyang. The Dongshi Ancient Street was lined with shops and stores during its ancient days of prosperity. It used to be a center of trade and business, where merchants gathered. Over more than 1,000 years, the traditional buildings are still well preserved. A long flagstone street extends in the town. The native residents live peacefully in their old houses, just like their ancestors did long time ago. Strolling on the street, you can have an original taste of ancient town and enjoy its serenity.

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