Yongzhou City is a very beautiful ancient city. Due to the natural mountain topography, the entire city forms the shape of an eagle spreading its wings. The legendary Xiaoshui River passes through the city. The tourist area is on the south side of the west bank of Xiaoshui River. There are Liuzi Temple, Lingling Confucian Temple, Chaoyang Rock, Xiangling Mountain, Lvtian Temple, Huilong Pagoda, Gaoshan Temple and other places of interest, as well as Chaoyang Rising Sun, Pingzhou Spring Rise, Yuxi Tiaoxue , Huilong sunset, Xiangling misty rain and other stunning scenery.
Yongzhou is famous for its beautiful mountains and rivers. In addition to various scenic spots in the city, Ningyuan Jiuyi Mountain and Qiyang Wuxi, there are also many tourist places in the entire Yongzhou (Lingling) area. Among the more well-known ones are Dong'an Shunhuang Mountain, Shuangpai Yangmingshan, Jianghua Yanghuayan, Jiangyong Longhu Pass, etc.
Shunhuang Rock is located in the west of Dong'an County, at the junction of the belly of Yuecheng Ridge and the tail of Xuefeng Mountain. There are more than 100 large and small peaks. It can really be said that there are many peaks, ancient trees, and temples in the mountains. Stone carvings are everywhere, full of legend. Yangmingshan is a high mountain with an altitude of more than 1,600 meters in the east corner of Shuangpai County. It has a radius of dozens of miles, with high mountains and beautiful waters, lush forests and deep forests, and the scenery is very charming.
Yanghua Rock is located under Huilong Mountain in Zhuyuanzhai, 5 kilometers southeast of Jianghua County. The mountain faces the sun and is as steep as a cut. There is a stone chime in the middle and a cold spring below. Regarding the scenery here, Yuan Jie, the governor of Daozhou in the Tang Dynasty, made the following comments in "The Order of Yanghua Rock Inscriptions": "I have been traveling in the mountains and forests for more than thirty years, and I have never seen springs and rocks as different and commendable as Yanghua. ”
Jianghua Longhu Pass is located at the junction of the Hunan-Guangxi border at the southwest end. It is said to be a pass. There is no city wall here. It is just a pass in the Wuling Mountains, but it is very dangerous: the north of the pass is the cliffs of Dupan Mountain, and the south of the pass is the peaks of the Mengzhu Mountains. The Taoshui River in Jiangyong County flows west through the Guan Guan. The river has rugged rocks, fast currents, dense whirlpools, and abrupt stone peaks on both sides. It has the potential of "one man can guard the pass, but ten thousand people can't open it". Therefore, it has been favored by military strategists of all ages. There are many traces.
Wuxi is also an ancient Chinese cultural tourist area comparable to Yongzhou. "Wuxi is the most beautiful place in the world, the most majestic in the three Hunan provinces", which shows its position as a scenic spot and historic site in Hunan's cultural tourism landscape.
Wuxi is a small stream originating from Yangmingshan in Shuangpai County. It flows through the Qiyang Basin and flows into the Xiangjiang River at an ancient ferry 2 kilometers south of the county. The stone peaks on both sides of the stream and the south bank of the Xiangjiang River are steep and ancient trees are lush. Whether they are catalpa trees from the Tang Dynasty, cypress trees from the Song Dynasty, or pine and sandalwood trees from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, they are all lush and green.
The mountains in Wuxi are covered with strange-shaped rocks, and the landscape is very strange.
Wuxi was originally just an unknown stream, and the peaks were also nameless stone mountains. In the second year of Guangde of Tang Dynasty (764 AD), the famous essayist and poet Yuan Ji came to Daozhou (today's Daoxian County) to take up a post. When he was a governor, he took a boat to the west of the Xiangjiang River and passed through Qiyang County. He found that the strange rocks were protruding and the gurgling stream was very quiet and quiet. He ordered people to build houses and pavilions, and named the stream "Wuxi". ".
Later, Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, passed by Qiyang. Yuanji took this opportunity and invited him to write his "Ode to the Great Tang Zhongxing" on the bank of the Xiangjiang River. On a cliff, a skilled stonemason was asked to carve it. The stele is 3 meters long and 3.2 meters wide, with 332 words and a word diameter of 15 centimeters. In this way, Yuan Song, Yan Shu, together with the cliffs created by heaven's workmanship, the strange literature, the strange characters, and the strange stones, can be called the "three wonders" of the Wuxi cliffs. From then on, "the three Wus and the five mountains and the four mountains stand side by side endlessly." Later generations praised this monument as "a hundred worshippers cannot stop". Its rubbings are "heirlooms of every family", even the emperor is no exception.
According to relevant historical records, more than 30 pavilions, pavilions, pavilions and courtyards were built in Wuxi in the more than 1,100 years from the original creation of "Sanwu" by Yuanji of Tang Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty, leaving a lasting legacy for Wuxi. More than 250 prime ministers, generals, celebrities, bachelors and calligraphers were commemorated. After the Song Dynasty, all famous calligraphers and poets usually visited here. He has written more than 400 poems, inscriptions, poems and notes. In addition to the eroded and lost inscriptions, there are more than 380 inscriptions in existence.
The larger one is 9.6 square meters, the smaller one is 0.9 square meters, the larger one is 300 centimeters in diameter, and the smaller one is only 0.5 centimeters. Wuxi has formed a unique open-air forest of steles that "no inscriptions are carved on the cliffs, and poems are written on the stones". The study of Chinese history, literature, characters, and calligraphy provides extremely precious information.
Jiangyong County is located on the south side of Dupang Ridge in Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. It is a little-known remote county. It is located in the upper reaches of the Xiaoshui River in the Li River. It is no more than a three-hour drive from Longhu Pass (the junction of Hunan and Guangxi) to the southwest of Guilin and Yangshuo. Therefore, the landform is similar to the Lianhua Rock area near Xingping in Yangshuo, with Pingchou wilderness sandwiched by karst. It is dominated by limestone peaks and has beautiful scenery. The county is a place where Han and Yao ethnic groups live together, with charming humanities and customs. It has specialty products such as fragrant rice, fragrant pomelo, fragrant taro, fragrant ginger, and shiitake mushrooms. It is the "Hometown of Chinese Fragrant Pomelo" and "The Hometown of Chinese Fragrant Taro" named by the state.
What to visit in Jiangyong:
1. The thousand-year-old village Shang Gantang and the ancient Yao village Lanxi Huangcun. Both villages are ancient villages excavated in the local area in recent years. Except for a few travel friends, there are currently no tourist groups going there. Shanggantang Village, located by the Xiemu River, has the "Eight Scenes of Gantang" in ancient times. The ancient stone bridges from the Han and Song Dynasties, the remnant pavilions from the Ming Dynasty, cliff carvings and ancient dwellings are the highlights. The Huangcun Yao Village is pleasing to the eye with its natural scenery and mountain style. The approximately 7-kilometer ancient post road from Shanggantang to Huangcun can be a hiking route with Tianyuan scenery.
2. Qianjiadong is one of the former capitals and ancestral residences of King Pan of the Yao ethnic group. It was bloodbathed by the government since the Yuan Dynasty and its fate is unknown. It was discovered during excavations and textual research in Jiangyong County in the 1980s. The place is a gourd-shaped basin surrounded by mountains, divided into upper, middle and lower caves. Inside the cave are criss-crossed streets, water as green as jade, thousands of mountains, and thousands of trees. The main places to visit are the Dabo Waterfall, which is more than 100 meters high at the source of Xiaoshui River (it takes about 45 minutes to climb the mountain), the Fairy Flower Waterfall, which is more than 100 meters wide, the ancient willow trees along the Xiaoshui Bridge, and the lower cave entrance through the rock forest. Village. The scenery of Shangdong Basin is particularly beautiful, and it can also be used as a hiking route to Fairy Sanhua Waterfall.
3. The female calligraphy of Pumei Village in Shangjiangwei. Nüshu is a phonetic writing symbol that has been passed down among local women for thousands of years. There are still many mysteries about its origin, spread and use in local folk customs. There is a new Nüshu Museum and school in Pumei Village. The village is located on the bank of Xiaoshui River, and the scenery is very charming. It is recommended to cross the Nantou Bridge from Shangjiangwei and go north along the West Bank Trail to explore the rural scenery. Finally, the newly built suspension bridge leads from the museum to the north end of Shangjiangwei and returns.
Accommodation: Jiangyong is a county in Yongzhou, but Jiangyong has beautiful scenery and attracts many tourists. Therefore, we will introduce the accommodation situation in Jiangyong.
Price in Jiangyong is relatively low. For better accommodation, you can book a hotel at Yaojia Hotel near the Beitou Highway Toll Station in the county. The price for a standard room for two or three people is about 100 yuan per day. There are many guest houses in the county, and the accommodation fee is about 10-20 yuan/person.
There is currently no accommodation in Huangcun, but the folk customs are simple and honest. You can ask the village party secretary to help you stay in a farmhouse. The Xiemu River in Shanggantang and the stage forest in Shangshang Village in Huangcun are both good places to set up tents and spend the night.
Food: Jiangyong is a county in Yongzhou. Due to its beautiful scenery, Jiangyong attracts many tourists. So we introduce Jiangyong’s diet.
You can stay at Zhou Shiwu's house in Shanggantang (tel: 0746-5811576), and the room and board fee for one day (three meals and one night) is 18 yuan.
Jiangyong’s delicacies combine the flavors of Han and Yao families in Hunan and Guangxi. You must try the three fresh rice noodles, salty and sweet wormwood rake cakes and camellia from the Yao family. You can also try the small fish and shrimp from Xiaoshui and the native chicken from Qianjiadong according to the local flavor.
Transportation: Jiangyong is a county in Yongzhou, due to its beautiful scenery. Therefore, we introduce the traffic situation in Jiangyong.
How to get to Jiangyong:
1. Departing from Changsha, take the sleeper bus at 3:10 pm and arrive at 2:10 pm the next day. The journey took 11 hours of driving. There is one bus every day, and the fare is about 90 yuan.
2. Take trains from various places to Guilin, Liuzhou, and Nanning in Guangxi, get off at Yongzhou Station, and transfer to the Iveco minibus to Jiangyong. The journey takes about 5 hours. There is one bus every hour and the fare is 35 yuan.
3. Take the shuttle bus from Yangshuo from Guilin to Gongcheng, which runs every hour. The journey takes about one hour and the fare is about 10 yuan. From Gongcheng, transfer to the shuttle bus to Jiangyong, which runs every half hour and costs about 5.5 yuan. Currently, due to road construction on the Guangxi side from Longhu Pass to Jiahui, the journey takes about 3 hours.
Among the three routes, it is recommended to take this route from Yangshuo north. As an extension of your trip to Yangshuo, it not only saves time and money, but is also particularly suitable for arrangements during May Day and the 7-day national holiday.
Transportation from Jiangyong to the scenic spot:
1. To save time, it is recommended to charter a car. The most suitable package in the local area is a double-cab agricultural vehicle, which costs about 100 yuan/day. The cab can accommodate 4 people, and the rear cargo box can accommodate 6 people. The schedule of the chartered bus is that on the first day, we will go south from the county town to Gantang and Huang Village, return to the county town, and then walk north to Jiangwei Pumei Village. The next day we chartered a car to visit Qianjiadong.
2. If you have to walk for a while, you can take a shuttle bus. Take the shuttle bus to Taochuan and get off at Shanggantang intersection. You can walk 2 kilometers into the village. You can stay in the village or walk along the post road to Huangcun. Huangcun is about 8 kilometers away from Taochuan Highway. You can walk to the intersection to catch a bus.
3. There are minibuses to go to the gate of Qianjiadong Zhongdong or Daboshui Waterfall, and the fare is about 1-2 yuan. But to go to Shangdong, you need to rent a motorcycle or hike in the town. There are also buses and minibuses to go to Shangjiangwei, and then walk across the bridge from the south end of the town and take the Pumei Xiaoshui Line