Furong Ancient Town

芙蓉镇

Hours

7:30am-6:00pm Mon-Sun, open all the year round

About this place

Furong Town is originally named Wangcun，about 90km away from Zhangjiajie center city. It is an ancient town where Tujia minority live together. Until now, in the town, pavement laid with black flagstones and ancient domestic house ( mainly Diaojiaolou----stilt wooden houses ) 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.” that become famous because of the movie. The scenery in the town has unique bearing. Shops with trap doors are on the both sides of two-kilometer street of black flagstone. Tujia Diaojiaolou (stilted house) are set up against the slope.The simple bearing of Tujia is very charming. historic Xizhou Copper Pillar witness Tujia minority people warring time. Wangcun waterfall which is about 60 meters high and 70 meters wide is an inspiring site.

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Tours That Go to Furong Ancient Town

$1868 Per Day

7 days Zhangjiajie-Fenghuang private tour

DAY 01 ZHANGJIAJIE
Highlights: Arriving---Bao Feng Lake
Arrive in Zhangjiajie at 14:15pm, a warm welcome from your guide and driver, transfer 40 minutes to Baofeng Lake in Wulingyuan scenic area, enjoy a peaceful boat riding in the lake for around one hour to warming up the trip, transfer to the hotel and check in.

DAY 02 ZHANGJIAJIE

Highlights: Yuanjiajie---Tianzi mountain---Shilihualang

DAY 02 ZHANGJIAJIE

Highlights: Yuanjiajie---Tianzi mountain---Shilihualang

Breakfast in the hotel, enter into the national park by taking eco-bus, taking 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, 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. Take cable car down transfer e-co bus to Shilihualang, enjoy the scenerary with mini train, finish the day around 5:00pm.

DAY 03 ZHANGJIAJIE

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

Breakfast in the hotel, transfer to Yellow dragon cave, which 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, 2.5 hours to finish it.

DAY 04 ZHANGJIAJIE

Highlights: Golden whip stream---- Huangshizhai

Breakfast and check out in the morning, transfer to Zhangjiajie national forest park, 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. Take cable car to the top of mountain, get ready for some jaw-dropping panoramic views on your hiking advebtures Huangshizhai, 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. Transfer to Zhangjiajie city centre and check into hotel.

Day 05 ZHANGJIAJIE--FENGHUANG
Highlights: Tianmen Mountain---Tujia Folk park---Fairy Fox show
Check out in the morning, 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 hours sightseeing activies in Tianmen Mountain). Have a visit to Tujia folk park, in which you can have a close contact to local Tujia people and have an understand of Tujia culture. In the evening after fresh up in the hotel, transfer to the out door stage, which is located at the buttom of Tianmen mountain, to enjoy one of the most beautiful show in China----the love story between a fairy fox and a woodman.

Day 06 FENGHUANG--ZHANGJIAJIE
Highlights: Furong ancient town--- Fenghuang Ancient City
Check out from the hotel around 8:00, transfer 2 hours to Furong Ancient town, which is originally named Wangcun, it is an ancient town where Tujia minority live together. The scenery in the town has unique bearing. Shops with trap doors are on the both sides of two-kilometer street of black flagstone. Tujia Diaojiaolou (stilted house) are set up against the slope.The simple bearing of Tujia is very charming. historic Xizhou Copper Pillar witness Tujia minority people warring time. Wangcun waterfall which is about 60 meters high and 70 meters wide is an inspiring site, visit Furong town for 1.5 hours, then transfer to Fenghuang ancient city and check into hotel, you can’t miss the night scenery of Fenghuang, which is amazing beautiful!

Day 07 FENGHUANG---ZHANGJIAJIE

Highlights: Fenghuang---Junsheng sandstone painting gallery

Check out in the morning, enjoy the morning scenery of the ancient town, take a boat riding on Tuo rive, get on the second floor of the rainbow bridge and enjoy a whole scenery of the ancient city, then transfer 3 hour to Zhangjiajie, have a visit to Junsheng Sandstone Painting gallery, enjoy the unique sandstone painting artist style, which is created by a local Tujia people named Junsheng Li, now become very famous and his painting are really popular by a lot of tourists.