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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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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In the east of Yuanjiang City and southwest of Dongting Lake, the wetland has the geomorphologic features of marshland, and is the largest area growing reed-like perennial herbs in the world. It is home to over 10 species under first-class state protection. The South Dongting Lake Wetland contains over 20 natural scenic spots, such as grasslands on the water, a willow forest that stretches over 100 miles, a vast marsh as well as Petal Mountain.Transport: Mini buses from Ziyang Bus Station in Yiyang City to Yuanjiang County can reach the scenic spots. 

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Jiuyi Mountain National Forest Park, located in Ningyuan County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, is a large integrated multi-functional national forest park where various demands for forest tour, entertainment and leisure, heat-escape and recuperation, archaeology, practice teaching, scientific investigation, preservation of natural resources can be met. Please follow me to appreciate classical scenic spots in Jiuyi Mountain National Forest Park.Great Emperor Shun Temple  It is traditionally deemed that Emperor Shun (a very famous emperor in China’s very remote ancient time) was buried here. In very ancient time, emperors preferred to bury themselves under mountain after they demised. Now, Shun’s Tomb is just a rough position. The Great Emperor Shun Temple in front of Shun’s Tomb is built for convenience of memorizing Emperor Shun.Mount Shunyuan Mount Shunyuan, as the highest mount in Jiuyi Mountain, is as high as over 650m. On the peak, there is a large auld-stone fir which can only be hugged around by two persons. At the summit, there is also a pavilion for sight view and rest. Standing on the peak and see as far as you can, you can see that endless mountain tops are leaning toward Mount Shunyuan that a great vision of “mountains forwarding Jiuyi mountain” will definitely shock you.Ningyuan Confucian Temple   Ningyuan Confucian Temple, a lofty palatial architecture, is an important culture relic protection site as well as an important human landscape. It had been great thinker and educationist Confucian;A temple and an official school in ancient time. It had been an educational institution with temple and school combing together. It had been a holy shrine for broadcasting Confucianism.Purple Light Rock  The Purple Light Rock was an early developed underground carst cave. What’s make it different from other caves is that on the cave wall left inscription since Song and Tang Dynasty. The whole tour path is as long as 1550m. At present, 1500m has been developed. Inside the cave, its space is exceptional large that it can hold thousands of people.Yongfu TempleYongfu Temple, situated in the north-west of Emperor Shun Temple, was built in guard of Shun’s Tomb. It covers an area of 900000 square meters. Over 20 buildings are built here along the landform of mountain, which make the temple natural and beautiful.Jiuyi Mountain National Forest Park, a great land for exploration of China’s ancient culture which is the root of Chinese and has influenced ages of Chinese. Come! It won’t be let you down.By Patricia

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Location: Feitian Mountain, situated in Qiaokou Town, Suxian District, Chenzhou City, is about 20km away from downtown of Chenzhou City where traffic is convenient and Dongjiang River and Chenjiang River converge here. Characteristics: Nine stockade villages, four walls, three temples, two rivers and one village make a heaven on earth. Natural scenery like red hills and blue water, green mountain and hilly stockade village, bizarre rock and odd cave, historical visions like villages and allies, stone Buddha and temples, tombs and suspending coffins and human landscape like holiday villa, Mongolia custom and water park make the Feitian Mountain scenic zone a charming tourism resort, which has given a laudatory title “Bright Pearl in Chenzhou, Guilin in Southern Hunan”. Charging Items: Entrance fee is 30RMB/each. If fishing, 30RMB/each is charged. If guide needed, 50RMB will be charged. If partner tent, 40RMB. If barbecue, 8RMB.If through ticket (including ticket and boating ticket), 70RMB. There are also two policies for preferential ticket. Ticket for children under 1.2m and military officers is free. Preferential ticket price for children between 1.2m to 1.4m and aged people over 65 years old with an older certificate is 15RMB. Traffic: You can take scheduled bus at South Bus Station of Chenzhou City to Qiankou Town. The departure interval of regular bus is usually 20 minutes. Opening Time: 8：00—18：00 By Patricia

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Hunan Meishan Dragon Palace, situated in Xinhua County, is a underground karst cave group, which comprises of nine-layer cave and thousands of holes. The ascertained length of the cave is 2876m and current developed area is 58600m2 with 1696m route within which there is a rare 466-meter underground river being available to tourists.In the cave, numerous flow stones with various shape, exquisitely carved stone bamboo shoots, stalactites and protean fracture surface make this cave a mysterious and amazing land. Here six scenic spots are: dragon palace welcoming guest, lotus palace, genesis of heaven and earth, fairy yard, Meishan scenery and dragon and phoenix bringing prosperity.By Patricia

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