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Zhuzhou

Zhuzhou (Chinese: 株洲; pinyin: Zhūzhōu), formerly Jianning, is a prefecture-level city of HunanProvince, China, straddling the Xiang Riversoutheast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is par...

Zhuzhou (Chinese: 株洲; pinyin: Zhūzhōu), formerly Jianning, is a prefecture-level city of HunanProvince, China, straddling the Xiang Riversoutheast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the "Changzhutan Golden Triangle" (comprising the cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan). The city has jurisdiction over 5 counties (Yanling, Chaling, Youxian, Liling, Zhuzhou) and four districts (Hetang, Lusong, Shifeng and Tianyuan, a high-tech industrial development zone), and covers an area of 11,420 km2 (4,410 sq mi).

China Power Valley

China Power Valley is situated in Zhuzhou, a city in the south China Hunan province.

A series of core technology from Zhuzhou like China's first commercial operation of the medium and low speed maglev train, China's first fully self-developed, advanced turboshaft engine-"Yulong" with intell...

China Power Valley is situated in Zhuzhou, a city in the south China Hunan province.

A series of core technology from Zhuzhou like China's first commercial operation of the medium and low speed maglev train, China's first fully self-developed, advanced turboshaft engine-"Yulong" with intellectual property rights and China's first 8 inch IGBT professional chip production line, have filled the gap in our country.

A lot of products from Zhuzhou like the world's first Autonomous Rail Transit (ART), the world's largest power electric locomotive and the world's first battery electric locomotive, have topped world market.

In recent years, Zhuzhou further promote the construction of China’s power valley. It becomes again the focus of the world with its innovative capability.

There are three meanings on the definition of China’s Power Valley:‘China’ stands for the quality level of the state;‘Power’ represents industrial features;and valley refers to the ecological environment of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Yueyang Pavilion

Yueyang tower, with a total area of over 1,300 square kilometers, is a state-level key scenic spot announced by the state council.

It takes yueyang tower as its core, including nine scenic spots, including the ancient city, junshan, nanhu, tuan lake, bajiao lake, gengluo river, iron mountai...

Yueyang tower, with a total area of over 1,300 square kilometers, is a state-level key scenic spot announced by the state council.

It takes yueyang tower as its core, including nine scenic spots, including the ancient city, junshan, nanhu, tuan lake, bajiao lake, gengluo river, iron mountain reservoir, fushou mountain and huanggehu lake.

The famous poem "yue yanglou ji" by fan zhongyan of the northern song dynasty made the famous building on the lake of dongting become a household name.

The roof form of yueyang tower is very unique. It adopts the top style structure of the ancient general's helmet, which is also unique in the history of ancient Chinese architecture.

Now, when you climb the top of the three-storey building, and look out at you, you can see the water of the eight hundred li dongting lake in the sky.

Hunan University

Hunan university is located in changsha, hunan province xiangjiang river west bank of the capital city of national 5 a grade scenic spot, with a long history and reputation as a famous university, is directly under the ministry of education of "211 project", "985 project" key construction of coll...

Hunan university is located in changsha, hunan province xiangjiang river west bank of the capital city of national 5 a grade scenic spot, with a long history and reputation as a famous university, is directly under the ministry of education of "211 project", "985 project" key construction of colleges and universities. Hunan university enjoys the reputation of "the millennium institution, the century-old school", which is not only the higher learning institution of China, but also the famous tourist attraction of changsha

Xiangxiu Museum

This is a professional museum showing the history and craftsmanship of xiang embroidery.

Collection of more than 1200 pieces, by the historical origins of the xiang embroidery, the rise of the "xiang", "contemporary hunan embroidery XieYing" three themes such as the exhibition hall, ...

This is a professional museum showing the history and craftsmanship of xiang embroidery.

Collection of more than 1200 pieces, by the historical origins of the xiang embroidery, the rise of the "xiang", "contemporary hunan embroidery XieYing" three themes such as the exhibition hall, the evolution of the exhibits vividly the weaving technique and older artists superb, vividly introduced the weaving process of development and the contemporary exquisite works, to show the new embroidery art. The biggest bright spot is that you can witness the scene of the artist's field work.

There are also attached stores, such as silk scarves, double wall embroidery and so on, variety, price range from 20 yuan to millions of yuan.

Aiwan Pavilion

Love later three sides of the mountains, all four sides of the maple forest, one to the deep autumn is everywhere dyed red, so take the du mu poem "parking in love fenglin late, the frost leaf red in February flowers" the name of the meaning.

The pavilion is ancient and elegant, with...

Love later three sides of the mountains, all four sides of the maple forest, one to the deep autumn is everywhere dyed red, so take the du mu poem "parking in love fenglin late, the frost leaf red in February flowers" the name of the meaning.

The pavilion is ancient and elegant, with the inside of the pavilion, the four wings are high and covered with green glazed tiles. This scenic spot is also the place where comrade MAO zedong was engaged in revolutionary activities in his early years.

Best time to enjoy the season and photography in late autumn, overflow hill maple red, really is "CengLinJinRan", now stop passing, let a person casually speak out "parking sit love maple's woods night", then settled down to feel, don't mean something different.

Hunan Provincial Museum

This is hunan province's largest comprehensive history art museum, the museum collection of cultural relics of the rich, especially in the writing of cultural relics, chow tai bronze ware, chu cultural relics, all previous dynasties and modern cultural relics such as pottery and porcelain, painti...

This is hunan province's largest comprehensive history art museum, the museum collection of cultural relics of the rich, especially in the writing of cultural relics, chow tai bronze ware, chu cultural relics, all previous dynasties and modern cultural relics such as pottery and porcelain, painting and calligraphy and the most characteristic.

There are more than 3,000 unearthed relics unearthed in three han tombs, and the vast majority of them are well preserved. There is a piece of plain cloth, thin as cicadas, 1.28 meters long, and has long sleeves, only 49g weight, weaving technique is very high. More than 100, 000 words of silk and lost books have been unearthed from tomb 3. The map rendering technique of the second tomb unearthed in han dynasty is roughly similar to that of the modern map, and the evaluation is extremely high.

However, the body of the female body found in the tomb of mawangdui no. 1 is complete, full of body moist, some joints can be active, soft tissue has elasticity, is a miracle of anticorrosive science.

I came to changsha to visit the splendid civilization of the past two thousand years ago.

Yuelu Academy

Yuelu academy located in yuelu mountain scenic area is one of the four famous colleges in the history of China. It was founded in the nine years of kaibao (976) in the northern song dynasty. More than a thousand years old, it is the rare "millennium institution".

The main axis of the...

Yuelu academy located in yuelu mountain scenic area is one of the four famous colleges in the history of China. It was founded in the nine years of kaibao (976) in the northern song dynasty. More than a thousand years old, it is the rare "millennium institution".

The main axis of the college is the front door, the hexi stage, the gate, the two doors, the lecture hall, the building. The main body of the building is the wenmiao temple, the right is baiquan xuan and the garden architecture, the gate is on both sides.

The most striking thing is the couplet on the gate of the college gate, which says, "it is to the people that you can help them." The idea is that the people of chu will get together here. In the qing dynasty, yuan obsidian, who was the dean of yuelu academy in the qing dynasty, was the author of zhang zhonglian, one of the students of the college, which was written by zuo zhuan and the analects of Confucius. In the war of resistance, the pair was blown up by the Japanese machine, which is now suspended in 1984 based on historical photographs.

Yuelu Mount

Yuelu mountain is one of the 72 peaks of hengshan in south yue, and in the west of downtown changsha, the area is about 8 square kilometers east of the xiangjiang river. The ancients praised it for its "green zhangping and zhuzhu".

The foothill mountain view is famous for the yuelu a...

Yuelu mountain is one of the 72 peaks of hengshan in south yue, and in the west of downtown changsha, the area is about 8 square kilometers east of the xiangjiang river. The ancients praised it for its "green zhangping and zhuzhu".

The foothill mountain view is famous for the yuelu academy, the evening pavilion, the lushan temple, the cloud foot palace, the new democracy society, etc. There are also famous people such as huang xing and CAI Chen. Yuelu mountain spring full of lush green, cuckoo (city flower) angry; Cool and cool in summer; Autumn maple leaves, the forest is dyed; Longwinter jade tree qiongzhi, silver binding. Every season has its own beauty.

In addition, another classic scenic spot, the orange chau head scenic spot, south of the orange chau head, north to bichau fandu memorial, there are the main ten thousand orange competition show garden and the romantic park.

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Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival (Chinese:元宵节), or Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese, falls on the 15th day of the lunar New Year, which is also the last day but the peak of the Spring Festival. Lantern Festival can be traced back to Western Han Dynasty (207BC- 25AD), about 2000 years ago....

Lantern Festival (Chinese:元宵节), or Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese, falls on the 15th day of the lunar New Year, which is also the last day but the peak of the Spring Festival. Lantern Festival can be traced back to Western Han Dynasty (207BC- 25AD), about 2000 years ago. The customs of Lantern Festival may slightly different across the country, but generally, eat Yuan Xiao, enjoy festive lanterns, guess lantern riddles, set off firecrackers and fireworks, watch dragon dancing and lion dancing are the main activities.

Yuan Xiao (Chinese:元宵) is a traditional food for Lantern Festival, which is also called as Tang Yuan (Chinese:汤圆) in southern areas. It is a kind of dessert made of glutinous rice flour; fillings are normally the sesame and peanuts, sometimes also the vegetable or meat. It is made into round as round symbolizes the wholeness and unity in Chinese.

Just as its name implies, lanterns are the most featured items for Lantern Festivals. Red lanterns and colorful lanterns are hanged everywhere on windows, gates, shops, trees and the streets. In the evening of the fesival, people carry their own lanterns through the streets to join in the carnival with kinds of performances such as lion dance and dragon dance, and fireworks. In the past, people made lanterns themselves in various shapes and colors; and popular patterns are butterflies, dragons, flowers and birds, with the dominant common red spherical lanterns. Today, most people do not make lanterns themselves, as a variety of lanterns can be found in the market. Guessing lantern riddles is a popular and interesting game; it is indispensable that lantern owners past their riddles on lanterns, and people who can get the right answers will be reward with a little gift. As a matter of fact, Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese Valentine’s Day from the start of its celebration; it is because that young people are the main force of the lanterns’ night and romances happen frequently during the festival; and those have lovers also secretly met each other at this populous night as free love is often forbidden in ancient Chinese families.

Popular Family Dishes in China

1. Scrambled egg with tomato
Materials: two median-size tomatoes, two eggs, shallot, oil, salt, sugar, chicken powder.
Cooking Procedures:...

1. Scrambled egg with tomato
Materials: two median-size tomatoes, two eggs, shallot, oil, salt, sugar, chicken powder.
Cooking Procedures:
a. Cut the tomatoes into slices, break up the eggs and stir it in a bowl with a little salt (add a little bit water will make the egg more tender), cut the shallot into short sections.
b. Heat the pan until it gets try and put some oil in it, fry the egg liquid before the oil seethes and smash the egg into pieces.
c. Then fry the tomatoes pieces with the egg, add some salt, continue to fry for a while and add some sugar.
d. When the tomatoes pieces are cooked, add some chicken powder and stir it well. Remove the cooked food into the plate. Spread the cut shallot one on the dish.

2. Fried Kidney Bean
Materials: kidney beans, several garlic cloves, two dry red peppers, salt, chicken powder.
Cooking Procedures:
a. Peel off the skin of the skin of the garlic cloves and cut up the garlic cloves.
b. Heat the pan until it gets try and put some oil in it, fry the mashed garlic before the oil seethes, put the kidney beans into the pan and fry with the garlic, add some salt and fry for a while, lid the pan (you can add a little water to avoid it chars) for some 5 minutes.
c. When the surface of the kidney beans gets wrinkled, add some chicken powder and fry for less than one minute. Remove the cooked food into the plate.

3. Sweet and Sour Spareribs
Materials: half a kg of spareribs, ginger, garlic, shallot, salt, sugar, vinegar, cooking wine.
Cooking Procedures:
a. Heat the pan until it gets try and put enough oil in it, deep-fry the chopped spareribs with ginger slices when the oil gets hot, stir the spareribs from time to time.
b. Remove the spareribs out of the pan when they get golden, pick out the ginger slices and leave a little oil in the pan, fry the diced garlic, salt, sugar and cooking wine together for a while, then put the fried spareribs into the pan and continue to fry.
c. After some 2 minutes, add a little vinegar and stir for several times, then add some chicken powder and continue to stir for a while.
d. Remove the cooked food into the plate and spread cut shallot on it.

4. Sour Shredded Potatoes
Materials: 2 median-size potatoes (for 4-6 people), a red pepper and a green pepper (spicy both), a garlic clove, salt, vinegar, chicken powder.
Cooking Procedures:
a. Shred the potatoes and the peppers, soak the shred potatoes, peel off of skin of the garlic clove and cut it up.
b. Heat the pan until it gets try and put enough oil in it, quick-fry the mashed garlic when the oil gets hot, then fry the shredded potatoes together, add some salt and continue to fry for one minute, and then add the shredded pepper.
c. Keep frying it for about 5 minutes and add some vinegar, stir it well, then add dome chicken powder and remove the food into the plate.

5. Spicy Cola Chicken Wings
Materials: some pairs of chicken wings, cola, aniseed, salt, chicken powder, soy sauce, cooking wine, shallot, ginger, garlic.
Cooking Procedures:
a. make some cuts on the surface of the wings for seasoning, then pickle the wings in a bowl with soy sauce and cooking wine for some one hour.
b. Heat the pan until it gets try and put enough oil in it, fry the cut ginger and garlic when the oil get hot, then turn down the heat and put the wings (without the pickled liquid) into the pan and fry them, stir them from time to time.
c. When both sides of the wings get golden, turn the heat down and remove the oil out, then add enough coca to cover the wings, add some salt and aniseed. Lid the pan with moderate heat.
d. When all of the coca in the pan evaporates, add chicken powder and cut shallot. Remove the cooked food into the plate.

Recommended tourist attractions in hunan (13) AngTianHu scenic area

AngTianHu scenic area is located in nanling blueprinted ride Tian Ling mountains on the top of the central area, with a total area of 40 square kilometers, is called "prairie" closest to the guangzhou....

AngTianHu scenic area is located in nanling blueprinted ride Tian Ling mountains on the top of the central area, with a total area of 40 square kilometers, is called "prairie" closest to the guangzhou. AngTianHu for quaternary glacial gift of a dead crater, its natural water margin area of 20 mu, either altitude 1350 meters, is hung on the changjiang and zhujiang river watershed and the beijing-zhuhai expressway cross intersection near a shinning pearl. Traveler writer for freedom also known as "the earth (the source of beijiang river) of a drop of tears.

Top Hunan Province Tours

$310 Per Day

3- Day Popular Tour In Zhangjiajie

Day 1    Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Full day trip to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,take Bailong Elevator up Yuanjiajie,Bailong Elevator is the said to be the worlds tallest full-exposure outdoor lift,double-deck sightseeing elevator.Yuanjiajie is the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in AVATAR , Where you will also find the aptly named First Bridge under Heaven, Lover Peaks and so on.
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Day 1    Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Full day trip to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,take Bailong Elevator up Yuanjiajie,Bailong Elevator is the said to be the worlds tallest full-exposure outdoor lift,double-deck sightseeing elevator.Yuanjiajie is the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in AVATAR , Where you will also find the aptly named First Bridge under Heaven, Lover Peaks and so on.

Continuing to Tianzi Mountain, it takes you 40 minuts from Yuanjiajie to Tianzi Mountain by public bus, after arriving in Tianzi Mountain, you will have a bird’s-eye view of all the mountains and valleys of the Wuling Mountains. Visit Western Sea, Helong Park, Viewing Terrace etc.Take Tianzi cablecar down and check in hotel for a rest.
Accommodation: Wulingyuan Downtown

Day 2    Baofeng Lake & Glass Bridge

After breaking in the hotel, we head to Baofeng Lake where is the masterpiece of nature and human beings’wisdom. Baofeng Lake is pure just like a big crystal among Bao feng mountain Range.When you cruise, you can hear authentic song from Tujia minority people,you can fully understand the harmony and peace between human beings and nature.

Transfer to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, have a walking on the Glass Bridge, Glass Bridge is the highlight of Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, located in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge is the highest and longest transparent glass bridge with a length 430 meters and a width 6 meters. It is 300 meters above the ground level and it can bear 800 persons standing on it at the same time. (need to book the tickets in advance)
Accommodation: Wulingyuan Downtown

Day 3    Tianmen Mountain

Full day to explore Tianmen Mountain,take the longest cablecar in the world up Tianmen Mountain,have a walk on the mountain plank road built along the face of cliffs. You will feel like walking in a fairy land when the mist is still heavy.The must-visit scenic spots are: Tianmen Cave, Glass Road, Tianme Temple.

See you off in the airport and looking forward to seeing you again in Zhangjiajie.

Location(s)
Zhangjiajie
Hunan Province
China
$558 Per Day

5-Day Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang Ancient Town Classic Tour

Day 1: Zhangjiajie Arrival

After meeting with the tour guide, he/she will take you by private van and driver to your hotel for a good rest.

Accommodation: Best Western Grand Hotel in Zhangjiajie(Superior Class)/Sunshine Hotel & Resort Zhangjiajie(Deluxe Class)

Day 2: Zhangjiajie national forest park: Huangshi Fort, Golden Whip Brook

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Day 1: Zhangjiajie Arrival

After meeting with the tour guide, he/she will take you by private van and driver to your hotel for a good rest.

Accommodation: Best Western Grand Hotel in Zhangjiajie(Superior Class)/Sunshine Hotel & Resort Zhangjiajie(Deluxe Class)

Day 2: Zhangjiajie national forest park: Huangshi Fort, Golden Whip Brook

After breakfast, you will take the cable car to Huangshi Fort which is 1092 meters above sea level. It is the biggest sightseeing platform to view the spectacular scenery in the national park. Later, explore the famous Golden Whip Brook which covers a distance of 7.5 km winding across mountains and valleys. 

Accommodation:  Wulingyuan Hotel(Superior Class)/Pullman Hotel & Resort(Deluxe Class)

Day 3: Wulingyuan scenic area: Tianzi mountain, Yuanjiajie and Baofeng Lake

After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up  and take you to Wulingyuaun Scenic Area to visit its two most classic and popular attractions. Take a cable car up to Tianzi mountain, and you will see large area of grotesque peaks thrusting up below. Walking along the steps, spectacular views unfold in front of you from different angels. In the afternoon, ride the public shuttle bus to Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, whose mountains are said to be the inspiration for Avatar's Hallelujah Mountain, and then take the shuttle bus for the Bailong elevator down the mountain. This glass elevator was built on the side of a cliff, and it claims to be the world's highest and fastest outdoor sightseeing elevator which takes only 1.5 minutes with 326 meters as the height.

After that, go to Baofeng lake that is a basin created by the terrain in the middle of this mountainous area. It is a leisurely experience as you boat on the clear water, see the hills of various shapes, and enjoy entertainment by the local minority people as they sing their traditional songs.

Accommodation:  Wulingyuan Hotel(Superior Class)/Pullman Hotel & Resort(Deluxe Class)

Day 4: Tianmen Mountain, drive to Fenghuang Ancient Town

After breakfast, take the longest cable car up to the top of Tianmen Mountain which got the name because of Tianmen hole(literally "heaven's gate) is a 131-meter-high hole formed naturally in the mountain like a doorway, well-known for being glided through by a world-class stuntman in a wing suit. To reach the hole, you can climb for about half an hour up the "stairway to heaven". Coming up to Tianmen mountain, Your heart will beat faster at on the world's longest cable car, the suspended glass walkway almost a mile(1,430 meters) above the ground, and the winding road with 99 curves.
    In the afternoon, 4 hours drive to Fenghuang Ancient Town, enjoy the night view in the town with all lights and lanterns on.

Accommodation: Government Hotel(Superior Class)/Phoenix Grand Hotel(Deluxe Class)

 Day 5: Fenghuan Ancient Town, Dehang Miao Village, Back to the next destination

After breakfast, wondering around in the ancient town with the cement pavements and characteristic wooden buildings (Diaojiaolou). 

In the afternoon, drive back to Zhangjiajie while on the way back, explore Dehang Miao Village which refers to "beautiful valley" to get an interactive with local Miao-minority people in person.

    End of service for 5-Day Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang Ancient Town Classic Tour, and you will be transferred to the airport/train station/bus station for your next destination.

Location(s)
Hunan Province
FengHuang
China
Duration
3 to 5 days
$1592 Per Day

10 days deep explore in Hunan province

Day 1  

Arriving Changsha at 11:05 am, Pickup by driver and transfer 4 hours to Zhangjiajie, check into the hotel in Wulingyuan scenic area.

Day 2

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Day 1  

Arriving Changsha at 11:05 am, Pickup by driver and transfer 4 hours to Zhangjiajie, check into the hotel in Wulingyuan scenic area.

Day 2

Highlights: Huangshizhai---Golden Whip Stream---Charming Western Hunan Folk Show 

Breakfast around 8:00 in the early morning, transfer to Zhangjiajie national forest park, which is famous for its pillar-like peaks and exquisite forests. Get ready for some jaw-dropping panoramic views on your hiking advebtures Huangshizhai, in English Yellow stone stronghold. It’s the largest summit platform in the park, there are numerous lookout points for stunning views, from which you can see nearly half of the peaks of Zhangjiajie, there is a popular saying goes like that if you don't visit Huangshizhai, you can't claim that you have come to Zhangjiajie. Have a brief lunch on the top of mountain. In the afternoon, enjoy a beautiful hiking along the golden whip stream. With a length of 7.5km, Golden Whip Stream is famous for its pristine water, its verdant mountains, its steep cliffs and its serene valley, and it was reputed as one ‘of the most beautiful valleys’ in the world, walking along the stream for 2.5 hours. Finish the day around 5:00pm.Dinner will be arranged in local restaurant, the guide will help you to order the food according to your request.  After dinner and fresh up in the hotel, you can enjoy the famous folk show----Charming Western Hunan, which has been staged on the Spring Festival Gala hold by CCTV in 2012.

Day 3

Highlights: Yuanjiajie---Tianzi mountain—Shilihualang

Departure around 8:00 in the morning, enter into the national park by taking eco-bus, take elevator up to Yuanjiajie scenic area, which is now famous for the shooting place of the fantastic movie---Avata. We can see the floating Avata-Hallelujah mountain, No.1 nature bridge and Mihun platform and so on. Simple lunch on the top of mountain, then visit Tujia Folk Village, from which you can have a brief understanding of the ancient hunting life-style of Tujia nationality, then take the eco-bus to Tianzi Mountain, known as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', where is a perfect location to have a panoramic view of the nature reserve, you can enjoy He long park, western peak forest sea. Finish the day around 5:00pm.Dinner will be arranged in local restaurant.

Day 4

Highlights: Yellow Dragon Cave---- Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon  

Breakfast in the hotel, transfer to Yellow dragon cave. It is the longest one in Asia; it is an incomparable realm of gigantic subterranean chambers, fantastic cave formations, and extraordinary features. After the cave transfer to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Situated in Sanguansi, cili county Zhangjiajie city, 10 km east to Wulingyuan world natural heritage site, the canyon is a new discovered spots in Zhangjiajie, which is well-known for the fresh air and crystal waterfall, 3 hours to finish it.

Day 5

Highlights:  Baofeng lake---Tujia folk park---Old Yard---Sandstone painting gallery


Check out from the hotel around 8:00, enjoy a peaceful boat riding on the beautiful Baofeng lake. Being located high up in the mountains, the lake catches some of the first and purest runoff water from the mountain peaks. Its height also guarantees an air freshness, Baofeng Lake is supported by lush green trees and shrub-clad stone peaks of various shapes that enclose the lake and give it a fairytale-like atmosphere.  Transfer back to Zhangjiajie, have visit to Tujia folk park and the Old yard, which has more than 300 hundred years history, enjoy the history and the  traditional life of Tujia nationality. After that, we can have a visit to Junsheng sandstone paiting gallery to enjoy the unique artist work----sandstone painting, which is created by a local Tujia painter named Li junsheng.  Check into the hotel.

Day 6

Highlights: Tianmen Mountain---Fairy fox show

Arriving in Zhangjiajie in the morning, a warm welcome from your guide and driver, transfer to Tianmen Mountain, take half an hour riding on the longest cable-car in the world (about 7.5 km) directly reach the top of Tianmen mountain. Have a breathless walking along the glass plank-road against the cliff.  Tianmen cave, the natural mountain-penetrating karst cave with the highest elevation in the world, hangs on the towering cliff. There are many graceful trees, karts hillocks and medicinal herbs and plants on the mountain. (about 5-6 hours sightseeing activies in Tianmen Mountain). Fresh up in the hotel, get ready for the beautiful and moving night show.

Day 7

Highlights: Furong town----Red Stone Forest----Zuolongxia Gorge 

Check out from the hotel in the morning, transfer 1.5 hours to Furong town, Furong Town is originally named Wangcun, about 90km away from Zhangjiajie center city. It is an ancient town where Tujia minority live together.The famous movie Furong Town directed by Xiejin is shot here. After the we finish Furong town, transfer to the Red Stone Forest, which is famous for its distinctive rock formation, lovely personal image of the rocks, full of astonishments. Zuolongxia gorge is a adventure spot testing your gut, the plank road built in the in-depth valley against cliff, challenging but not dangerous, but you have to go all out to get along with iron rope chain, listening to the roaring water below the stream , marvel at spectacutar scenery.  Transfer to the hotel in Jishou city.

Day 8

Highlights:   Dehang Miao village---Fenghuang ancient city  

Check out the hotel in the morning, transfer half an hour to Dehang. Dehang is a Miao language means “beautiful valley”, because of the unique landscape with highly straight cliffs and overlapped peaks, Dehang become a beautiful valley with lots of peaks, waterfalls and an area of virgin forest, with some rivers staggered in the region, owned a pleasant climate and rich of flora and fauna. On the way there, you can marvel at the world most breathtaking bridge, Aizhai tunnel to tunnel suspension bridge, which is newly completed. Hiking along the farm road of the Miao village, reach the highest waterfall in the world----Liusha waterfall, experience the true life of Miao people. Hiking in the valley around 3 hours. Transfer to Fenghuang ancient city. 

Day 9

Highlights:   South China Great Wall------Changsha   

Check out form the hotel, transfer 30 minutes to the South China Great Wall. South China great wall locates in Xiangxi Tujia & Miao people autonomous prefecture, it become famous because it is only military defence wall in south China, it spans 190km long over the mountain ridge, it start in Fenghuang county, span most part in Fenghuang and end in Tingzi pass Guizhou province.it was built in Ming dynasty with the investment of central government to seperate Miao people,it was dicovered in year 2000 after many year of isolation. Transfer 6 hours to Changsha, check inton the hotel in Changsha.

 

Day 10 

Highlights: Yuelu Academy    

Check out in the morning, transfer to Yuelu Academy----“one-thousand-year-old academy” which was established in Northern Song dynasty and has witnessed a history of more than one thousand years without a break.  Visit the academy 1.5 hours, then transfer to Huanghua airport, finish the pleasant trip in Hunan.

 

Location(s)
China
Hunan Province
Duration
7 or more days
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