Feishui Stockaded Village, located in Reshui Town, Rucheng District which is the hometown of hot spring, is famous for waterfalls in primitive forest and alpine meadow in southern land. Having a tour in Feishui Stockaded Village, 60km away from Danxia Mountain, is quite suit for self-drive travel for the flat road and picturesque scenery. In the scenic zone, minor nationality likeYaoand She ethnic group has lived here generation after generation. Walking through the zone, beautiful sceneries like ancient stockaded village of She nationality, sea of bamboos, top-to-sky tree, terraced fields, glacier gorge, and primitive forest give a feast of eye. Then walking along a stream, clear and sweet spring, magic stones, unmeasurable deep pool, flourish bamboos and flowers welcomes you into a fresh and romantic land. Waterfalls in Feishui Village are the grandest one around Danxia Mountain. The most special waterfall counts to the Feishui Village Waterfall. It is of 26-meter width and flies down from 235 meter cliff with thundering water sound.Source water of the grand waterfall is from Alpine Meadow of Southern Land in Wanshi Mountain which is 1600-meter high. The alpine meadow locates in ancient battlefield in Wanshi Mountain near the north of Shaoguan and is 65km away from Danxia Mountain and is 5km from waterfall group in Feishui Village. It is the highest meadow in Chenzhou which is 1600-meter high. Climbing onto the alpine meadow, you will be fascinated by sea of cloud, amazing mist, the morning sun, sun setting, rime, silver thaw, drifting snow, sea of bamboo, red maple. What’s more, visiting here in different season, you will have chance to experience various unique sceneries.By Patricia

Hunan & Other regions 2012-09-29 21:17 View：2321

On September, 19th, 2005, Fenghuang National Geological Park was and set up and nationally authorized. It is located in Xiangxi autonomous prefecture Fenghuang County,Hunan Province, With a gross area of 157 square kilometers. Fenghuang National Geological Park takes gorges, peak forests, platforms, karst caves, waterfall, structural features and many geological relics as its main landscape and takes natural ecology and cultural landscape as supplements. Overall, Fenghuang National Geological Park is a comprehensive geological park that combines scientific values with aesthetic values.In Fenghuang National Geological Park, Typical mesa-canyon karst physiognomy can be seen. What’s more, mesa-canyon karst physiognomy is a peculiar one first discovered in Fenghuang National Geopark. It shares the feature of peak forests and peak clusters grow in platform margin shadowing holes, clints, stone forests, thaw depressions and ponors grow in platforms. Underground, underground rivers and karst caves exist. In total, there are more than 30 gorges with unique forming conditions and complete forming process, including young narrow gorges and prime canyons and old broad valleys.Besides, Fenghuang National Geological Park’s forest coverage rate is above 85%, including 91 precious tree species, 106 old trees and famous wood species, 29 national protected tree species and 28 national protected animals.Translated by Becky

Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-09-29 21:07 View：2304

Fangguang Temple, located in Hengyang City, is a famous temple which was originally built in 503 in Nanchao Dynasty. Although having been through up and down, it has remained a complete look till now. Walking about 5km towards south along Southern Tianmen Mountain, you will be entering into a holy land with flourishing old trees and murmuring silvery spring. Around the Fangguang Temple sit eight mounts which are just like lotus flower and Fangguang Temple is just like lotus nut which is just situated in the center of those eight mounts.Fangguang Temple is not beautiful in its sense of long and deep history but also in its not carved natural beauty. Flaming maples and blackish green cedars make this temple enthusiastic. Streams in ravine jump into bottomless pool. It sounds just like sound of hitting large bell. Down along the stream, many rare plants like horizontal bean fir, silver magpie, Emmenopterys henryi can be seen. Amazingly, a sal tree growing in rock gap should be of several years’ old. Ten miles away from Fangguang Temple hides Yellow Sand Pool, White Sand Pool, Black Sand Pool and other pools. Black Sand Pool, dark black, is too deep to see the bottom and a large waterfall originates from the pool.By Patricia

Changde & Yueyang & Hengyang 2012-09-28 23:51 View：2729

Large House of Shen Family, A historical heritage which is both valuable in architecture and historical relics of Changsha, located in Longfu Town, Liuyang City which is also the world-famous hometown of firework, is a pretty treasurable specimen of southern folk house in late Qing Dynasty left after several ruthless wars.Covering an area of over 10000 square meter, Large House of Shen Family with a plain appearance possesses 17 rooms and over 30 galleries which connects over 20 storeyed buildings and over 200 folk houses. Walking into the large house, you feel just like entering into a maze with overlapped rooms, winding lanes and galleries and courtyard in a tangled mess, which makes you can’t tell west from east.It is said that the first owner, Shen Tuanjiu, originally a cooker, however, showed special preference to reading and learning. Finally, through his and his descendants’ diligent hard work, great property of Shen Family achieved. At the present time, most of the descendant moved away from the old house and only about 10 families stayed. Though having gone through hundred year’s up and down, the house has been well preserved.By Patricia

Changsha & Zhuzhou & Xiangtan 2012-09-28 20:47 View：3793

We visited Hangzhou on one of its hottest days on record,so activity was going to be hot. At least Sudi is 80% in the shade with numerous willows and other trees flanking the path. Not many people ride their bikes along here (At least when I went) and the yellow elongated golf carts are driven with care.From the map it seems very long. But worthwhile to walk across. Many local people walk there for exercise. Also very good view for the lake.It is actually a wide paved bridge across the West Lake. A good place for evening or morning stroll. Try not to go in the afternoon as it could get really hot. And try to go during the weekday as it could get quite congested with people on weekends.Translated by Sophia

Hunan & Other regions 2012-09-20 08:11 View：2491

ZJJ Longfeng Terrace is located in Longfeng Village,Zhangjiajie Yongding Luoshui Town.In Golden Autumn Day, People will be intoxicated by the picturesque idyllic scenery in Longfeng Terraces where more than 3,000 terraced fields row upon row with murmuring of the running water in the creek, some folk houses of primitive simplicity interspersing among them and two or three farmers in the fields. What a fairyland it is! This is what people are familiar with Longfeng Terrace as an important project of leisure agriculture and rural tourism development.In Longfeng Terrace,There is totally different scenery at all seasons when aroma of the rape flowers permeates into your nose in spring, rice shoots dance along with the breezes in summer, the ripe and golden ears of paddy blink in autumn and blowing snow float over the terraces in winter.And all of these natural beauties will not be a privilege only to the local people. In order to let the world to witness its beauty, Government of Yongding District will develop Longfeng Terraces according to 5A criteria by expanding its area to 10.000mu and equipping it with high-standard tourists’ reception facilities in order to create a miracle of leisure agriculture and rural tourism.By Brenda

Yongding District 2012-09-19 23:56 View：4299

Glass Plank Road is located in the top of Zhangjiajie Tianmen mountain，West road, Long 60 meters, The highest elevation 1430 meters. It is another special attractions in tianmenshan scenic area.

Yongding District 2012-09-12 15:43 View：23485

Furong town is a home of Tujia and Miao minorities in the west Hunan. Furong Town has a history of more than 2,000 years, and it an ancient town where people of the Tujia and Miao ethnic people live together. It is originally named as Wangcun until a famous movie entitled “Furong Town” was filmed there in 1986.Furong Ancient Town, Furong (Hibiscus) Town is originally named Wangcun. It is an ancient town where Tujiazu people live together. Until now, in the town, pavement laid with black flagstones and ancient domestic house (mainly Diaojiaolou) are well preserved. The famous movie Furong Town directed by Xiejin is shot here. At Furong Town, you must take the local specialty,“rice tofu”It is said that the most genuine shop is in the vicinity of torii. That shop is the rice tofu shop in the movie.The scenery in the town has unique bearing. Shops with trap doors are on the both sides of five-mile street of black flagstone. Tujia Diaojiaolou (stilted house) are set up against the slope. The simple bearing of Tujiazu is very charming. In the Warring States Period,“Xizhou Copper Pillar” set as a war covenant made between the emperor of Chu, Maxifan and the King of headman remains as before. On “Xizhou Copper Pillar”, key cultural relic under state protection, more than 2300 characters are inscribed, the covenant of dismissing troops and reconciling made between the emperor of Chu, Maxifan and the King of headman in 940 A.D. is recorded. It is a precious object data of studying nation relation in ancient China. Besides, there is Wangcun waterfall which is about 60 meters high and 70 meters wide here. Walking behind the hanging screen of the waterfall is like placing oneself in a crystal palace.Translated by Sophia

Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-08-31 23:03 View：2830