Miao Village of Miaoren Valley, located in Shanjiang Town,Fenghuang County,Hunan Province, is only 2km away from Shanjiang Town and 18km away from Fenghuang Ancient Town. It is a landmark of pure culture of Miao nationality in Fenghuang.Miaoren Valley consists of several scenic spots like “rafting on flat lake”, “Hmong King Cave”,“Zaogang Hmong Village”and so on. It’s said that the last King of Miao Nationality in western Hunanhad ever lived here. That’s why it is called “Hmong King Cave”. In the cave, three curtain of waterfall falls from the sky with the roaring of breakers. Climing on Hmong King Cave, going through a 200-meter underpass and by second boat, you will arrive the “Zaogang Hmong Village”.Miaoren Valley has been called“the living fossil of Miao nationality” for its perfectly preserved uncanny national scenery and ancient Hmong village, which has been publicly considered by domestic and oversea scholars. Here, you can not only have a taste of western Hunan’s sense of mystery, original folk culture, but also special food of Miao nationality.Besides, beautiful natural scenery makes tourists not wanting of leaving this holy land. Within the narrow and long valley, there is cave hiding behind valley and valley behind cave, which is just like a maze. It’s really a great gift from God for people living in this land. What’s more, all year around, mountain flowers are in blossom, birds are racing in singing and streams are murmuring in the valley. The first mystery here must be the “Invisible Head of Hmong King” that the head of Hmong King can’t be saw by naked eye but can be captured by camera. Standing in the valley, you will definitely be shocked by the tear of earth’s crust ten thousands years ago.By Patricia

Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-07-18 15:06 View：2850

Xiangxi Xifeng lake scenic area is located in the ancient cultural Guzhang county. In 1993, it has the approval for lake scenic area by hunan provincial government. With a total area of 431 square kilometers, the outside of xifeng lake is wide, and the inner lake is circuitous. It has the rich layers, peculiar landform, and ancient and magical ethnic culture and historical sites.Xifeng lake is the largest unitary man-made lake, covering an area of about 167 square kilometers. The average water depth is 30 meters, with dotted island, twisted shoreline. Especially in summer, the lake is full of cool wind, a pleasant climate.Translated by Sophia

Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-07-18 13:26 View：3043

Miaowang city is located in Guizhou province. It is built in song dynasty, and the wall is rammed earth. In Ming dynasty, it has a expansion into today’s masonry walls.It has 39 km distance to the ancient phoenix city, and 10 kilometers to tongren airport. The wall stretches for more than 1200 meters, 4 to 6 m tall. For resisting foreign enemy, the wall is spliced by numerous large bluestone blocks, with observation holes and loopholes. Village is surrounded on three sides by water, which has a potential into a peninsula. The cliff and turbulent flow with wonderful nature constitute to a natural barrier.Translated by Sophia

Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-07-11 13:24 View：2511

ZJJ Jiutian Cave is discovered by Warrior Wang Hai, A mountain cave explorers, in 1987. In 1988 it is was officially open to visitors and listed as provincial scenic area. In the same year, after investigation and evaluation of international cave experts, they agreed that Jiutian large has unique landscape and there are a number of caves that were not developed. So it was suitable for carrying out expedition.Therefore, International Karst Cave Organization formally accepted Jiutian as a member of it and identified Jiutian cave as a base for exploration. After exploration, it is found that there are old trees and other fossil karst cave inside the cave. It is a rare natural landscape and also has high scientific value.Translated by Sophia 

Sangzhi County 2012-07-05 00:37 View：7049

Zhangjiajie old yard is founded in the early years of Qing dynasty. Its architectural style is four damp down wall tujia architecture, an organic whole of tujia garden and tujia condole watchtower. It is a typical bi nazca (Tujia Nationality).It is the most preserved old house which survived in Xiangxi and even the whole country. It is a living fossil of tujia architecture, known as “Tujia first curtilage”. Zhu Rongji, former premier of the state council, once studied here.The old courtyard has a range collection, such as pottery and porcelain, ancient bed, bronze, silver, yarn, calligraphy and painting, which accounted for 14370 pieces. Its value has amounted to 1 billion yuan.Translated by Sophia

Yongding District 2012-07-04 00:43 View：4667

Red rock scenic spot is located in 10 kilometers to the north of Anhua,Hunan Province. In the mountains, there is a real wonderful hole, which named red rock reservoir. It has built red rock scenic spot.Red rock scenic spot, with red crag lake as the center, about more than 50 sites at the neighbor. It can be divided into red crag, xiangyang, small taoyuan and fairy pool scenic area. Each scenic spot has their beautiful legend.Red rock reservoir covers an area of 28.8 square kilometers. The water has the surface of 1.5 square kilometers. The castle peak is around clear water, the ever-flowing quiet environment. It is really a good place for leisure and travel sightseeing.Translated by Sophia

Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-07-03 13:25 View：3239

The Aizhai Grand Suspension Bridge is a key project in the whole Jicha Highway program. With a main span of 1,176 meters and a subgrade width of 24.5 meters, this steel truss suspension bridge has the largest span in gorge throughout our country. The bridge is to be build in accordance with the highway standard of two lanes & four driveways, whose designed speed is 80 kilometers per hour As the bridge is located 335 meters over the Aizhai Town and the traffic below the bridge is heavy, it is proved that pulling the haulage cable by an airship would be the most convenient and safest way to start the project.When it opens in 2012, Aizhai will be the world’s highest tunnel to tunnel bridge and the fourth suspension bridge in China to cross a valley so wide it seems to be connecting two mountain ranges. The first three were the Siduhe, Balinghe and Beipanjiang 2009 bridges. Of the world’s 400 or so highest bridges, none will have a main span as long as Aizhai with a tower to tower distance of 3,858 feet (1,176 mtrs). Located deep in the heart of China’s Hunan Province near the city of Jishou, the suspension bridge is the largest structure on the Jishou to Chadong expressway with a deck 1,083 feet (330 mtrs) above the DeHang Canyon.The two tunnels on either side of the Aizhai bridge allowed the engineers to use the mountain top for the location of one of the towers, reducing its height to just 165 feet (50 mtrs) – unusually short for a bridge with a span nearly as long as the Golden Gate bridge at 3,858 feet (1176 mtrs). In addition to cost savings, the stubby support also allows the bridge to blend more naturally into its surroundings. The taller bridge tower is no less unique with side span cables that soar down the backside of a mountain, making first time visitors quizzical as to what exactly lies ahead. With most of the structure hidden from view, the bridge will come as a jaw-dropping surprise whether you enter the canyon from either tunnel. Due to a gap of approximately 328 feet (100 mtrs) between the last truss suspenders and the tops of the bridge towers, the engineers added some additional ground anchored suspenders to stabilize the two massive suspension cables and reduce any oscillations that could damage other components of the bridge. An overlook and visitors center will offer additional views of the broad valley.

HOT Xiangxi & Fenghuang & Huaihua 2012-06-21 17:46 View：19013

Hunan Xinning Langshan-National-Level Scenic Zone, adjacent to Guilin in the south and next to Zhangjiajie in the north, is located where it is over ten miles away from the south of Xinnig County, covering an area of about 100 km² with 60 scenic spot having been developed.Langshan, the most representative Danxia landform in China, is a resort of elegant water, beautiful mountains and amazing caves. On this land, protuberant rock forest, sophisticated limestone karst caves, mysterious gorge groups and comely Fuyi River weave an amazing picture of green water and red precipice.In this scenic zone, there are 3 natural bridges, 10 thread of sky, to idiomatical caves, 8 rivers and stream penetrating through the whole county, over 20 splendid gorges, many kinds of plants and animals. Five main scenic zones, Zixia Cave, Mount Camel, Octagonal Village, Xiaban Mountain and Fuyi River, lie here.By Patricia

Hunan & Other regions 2012-06-21 01:29 View：4231