The top ten must-visit attractions in Changde are as follows:
1. Peach Blossom Spring Scenic Area.
Taohuayuan Scenic Area is located near the water stream 15 kilometers southwest of Taoyuan County, Hunan Province. The Taohuayuan Scenic Area is built around the lake, with mountains on both sides. It has a beautiful environment, the air on the mountain is particularly good, there are small streams and waterfalls, peach blossoms There are also many suggestions for trees. You can go for an outing in spring when the flowers are blooming. You will see more flowers. The Peach Blossom Spring large-scale stream roaming real-life performance is highly recommended. Customers can watch it on a boat and follow along, and the plot of the performance on both sides of the river will also follow. , a very wonderful and vivid depiction of a peach blossom garden scene.
2. Liuye Lake.
Liuye Lake is named after its surface resembles a willow leaf. It is a natural lake formed 50,000 years ago and is part of West Dongting Lake. Located in the northeast of the ancient city of Changde, Hunan, it borders Dongting Lake to the east, Yuanjiang River to the south, Wuling Mountain to the west, and Taiyang Mountain to the north. It has a total area of ??169 square kilometers, including 21.8 square kilometers of water area. It is an integration of mountains, water, countryside, and city. A complex tourist resort, it is known as "the first lake in Chinese cities" and "a water paradise surrounded by the city".
3. Jiashan Temple.
Jiashan Temple, also known as Lingquan Temple, is located in Jiashan National Forest Park, Shimen County, Hunan Province. It is the core attraction of Jiashan Scenic Area, 8 kilometers away from Shimen County. The temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. In the 11th year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty (AD 870), the great monk Shanhui was given the gift to lead the monks to open a mountain and build a temple. It enjoys the high reputation of "the imperial cultivator of three dynasties" and is known as the "horse gate to pass the mountain" on a large scale. Another reason why Jiashan Temple is famous all over the world is that Biyan Zen Buddhism originated from this temple.
4. West Dongting Lake Wetland Ecological Tourism Scenic Area.
The West Dongting Lake Wetland Park is located in the West Dongting Lake Wetland Park in the eastern area of ??Hanshou County, Hunan Province. It covers an area of ??about 36,000 square kilometers. The West Dongting Lake Wetland Park is formed by the gathering of the Yuan and Li rivers. Dongting Lake connects the mountains and swallows up the Xiangjiang River. It has vast expanse of blue waves and endless horizon, so it is spectacular and famous far and wide.
5. Changde Poetry Wall Park.
China Changde Poetry Wall is located outside the Yuanshui Flood Control Wall in Changde City. It is the main landscape of the Yuanjiang Scenic Belt of "Three Mountains and Three Rivers", covering an area of ??about 14,000 square meters. The Poetry Wall is a collection of poems, calligraphy and fine arts by famous contemporary Chinese artists engraved on one wall. It is known as the world’s longest wall of poems, calligraphy, paintings and engravings, and has been awarded the “Guinness Award”.
6. Hupingshan Ecological Tourism Scenic Area.
Huping Mountain is one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of New Xiaoxiang" and one of the top ten mountain landscapes in Hunan. Located at the northern end of Hupingshan Town, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, it is the boundary mountain of the extreme north of Hunan, with the mysterious 30 degrees north latitude passing through it. Huping Mountain is the ancestor of all mountains in Shimen, Hunan, Wufeng, Songzi, Zhijiang, Yidu and other counties in Hubei.
7. Huayanxi National Forest Park.
Huayanxi Scenic Area is located 60 kilometers south of Changde, close to the Peach Blossom Spring, covering an area of ??45 square kilometers. The junction is a national AAA tourist resort and was approved as a national forest park in 1997.
8. Chengtoushan ruins.
The ancient city of Chengtoushan was built on a low plain on the north side of Lishui River in Li County, Changde. Archaeologists began to conduct anatomical research on the walls of the ancient city in the 1990s. The research found that Chengtoushan The city wall has been built four times, layer by layer, from phase one to phase four, which were built about 6100, 5800, and 5000 years ago respectively. Buildings and courtyards were gradually built within the city walls. Some buildings had multiple suites, multiple groups of houses, and multiple stoves. The houses were arranged in an orderly manner, including fully functional living areas, sacrificial areas, and tomb areas. Experts infer that Chengtoushan has been the political center of the ruling party as early as 6,000 years ago. It is the earliest ancient city discovered in China and is known as the "ancestor of cities".
9. Sun Mountain Forest Park.
Taiyangshan Forest Park is located in the north of Changde City, Hunan Province, about 15 kilometers away from Wuling District in the center of Changde. It is one of the famous scenic spots in central China. The main peak of Taiyangshan is the last eastward extension of the Wuling Mountains. peak. Sun Mountain stands on the north bank of Liuye Lake. Since the Song Dynasty, this place has been a popular Buddhist holy place. The scenery here is beautiful. Zhou Bi, the great poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote when he visited Yangshan Mountain, "Hanren Mountain beside Qinren River, thousands of trees towering into the sky, it is cold in June. I wrote it in Tang Xiu's poetry collection, and the old monk wanted to draw a picture to see it."
10. Taifu Mountain.
Taifu Mountain, also known as Dufu Mountain and Zhanglong Mountain, is a battleground for military strategists. According to legend, Fu Qiuzi practiced Taoism here in the Han Dynasty and became famous throughout the world, so it was renamed Taifu Mountain. It is located 12 kilometers southwest of Linli County and about 30 kilometers southeast of Shimen County. It stretches at the junction of Shimen, Linli, Taoyuan and Dingcheng counties. It is known as the "Four Cock Counties".