Located 20 kilometers away from the downtown area of Chenzhou, this scenic area is a typical karst landform. The red rocks covered with green trees are extraordinarily eye-catching. In addition, this scenic area has thousand-year-old suspended coffins, statue of Buddha on the bank of the river, rock pictures and ancient tombs from the Ming and Qing dynasties.Transport: Take special bus at Chenzhou General Bus StationTel: (86)735-2850333Admission (for reference):RMB70 yuan/adult

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Legend has it that it is a spring bestowed by Heavenly God to the third daughter of Dragon King for her to drink and bathe in.The hot spring is located in Tongkenghu Village, Shijiao Township, Beihu Distric, about five km away from the city center of Chenzhou, and 1.5 km away from national highway No. 107, which provide  convenient transportation. It is a theme park integrating sightseeing, holiday spending, business, leisure, recreation and health care. The spring water is limpid and transparent and rich in mineral resources, which is suitable for drinking or taking a bath and the temperature of it is about 40℃. The spring water has unique therapeutic effects for many diseases.Address: Xianchitang of Tongkenghu Village, Industrial North Road, Chenzhou.Traffic Route:Take No.2, No.3 or No 4 bus directly there, or take a taxi.Tel: (86)735-2328518

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Located at the northeast corner of Chenzhou, this scenic area is 1.5 kilometers away from the downtown area and is famous as the 18th blessing land under heaven.The main scenic spots in this scenery include Suxian Temple, Peach Blossom Chamber, White Deer Cave, Three Forever Stele, Immortal Stone, etc. They are all valuable attractions and destinations. The famous patriotic general Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) was once confined here and his picture and inscriptions are still on display in one of the wing-rooms today. Because of Mount Suxian \'s relations with immortal affairs, every year many tourists pay a visit here to experience the ancient culture and the gorgeous natural sceneries.Transport: Take public bus Nos. 15, 29 and 28 in ChenzhouTel: (86)735-2885797Admission: (for reference): RMB 40 yuan /adultOpening hours: 05:00 -22:00

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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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