What are the tourist attractions in Jishou?

Jishou, located in the northwest border of Hunan, is in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain. The tourism resources here are mainly distributed in Jishou City and three small scenic spots, namely Ganzhou, Dehang and Aizhai. Jishou City is a concentrated reflection of Miao history and culture, including National Museum, Children's Palace for Nationalities, National Culture Palace, Tongmutan Ancient Military Camp, Donghe Park, Xixi Academy and Xixi National Garden Pavilion for the Elderly. The scenic spots in Ganzhou, Dehang and Aizhai are distributed along Dongjiang River and Wanrong River, with ancient Miao Village, strange canyons, caves and waterfalls as the main scenery. Phoenix is an ancient mountain city in western Hunan. It is surrounded by mountains, lush trees and a bay of green water. On both sides of the Tuojiang River, Miao people's diaojiao buildings are row upon row, which is very simple and handsome. Phoenix Mountain City, once surrounded by city walls, now has its north gate and east gate, and still preserves its original appearance. There are ancient buildings such as Wanshou Palace, Confucius Temple, Emperor Temple and Sangong Pavilion in the city. 26 kilometers away from the city, it is the famous Huangsiqiao ancient castle and the Qiugang beacon tower stretching for hundreds of miles. Qiliang Cave near the mountain city has two floors, winding and fascinating.

Tourist landscape-lava cave

It is located in Huo Yan Township, Longshan County, and consists of nearly 100 caves. Among them, Ruomi Cave has 18 hall, which is magnificent. There are rhinoceros fossils from 300,000 to 400,000 years ago and a wide variety of stalagmites, stone forests and stone curtains. In addition, the silver carp cave, Hufei cave and wind tunnel in the lava cave group are also unique. The silver carp cave is winding and confusing, and bats are swarming, so you need to go in by raft. There are more than 10 Milky Way in Hufei Cave, and the cave is unpredictable. The beautiful blind fish in the Milky Way has horizontal fins like island wings, white head and tail as milk, transparent trunk, and pink internal organs are clearly visible. Wind tunnel, the hole is flat, and the wind blows all year round, which is very strange.

Tourism Landscape-Ancient City of Ganzhou

Also known as Gancheng, it was once a fortress in Miaojiang. Outside the city, there is a circle of Shicheng city wall winding about 2 kilometers, and there are three gates, namely "Sunward Gate", "Hong Wen Gate" and "Xuanhua Gate". It is said that during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it was once the base camp of the "Miao defense" of the rulers, and a border town of nearly 200 kilometers was built around the city to stop the uprising and resistance of the Miao people. The ancient city is well protected, and pavilions are faintly visible. The main attractions are the ancient city street, Guanyin Pavilion, Confucian Temple, Wenchang Pavilion, Bijiashan, Xiaoqiao Yu Yan, the former site of Wu Wang, and the ancient battlefield of Miao Uprising.

Tourism Landscape-Cave River

Originated in the mountains of western Hunan, with a total length of 120 km. Standing on both sides of the river, overlooking the peaks, jade is about to drip, blue as jade; Not far away, a row of hanging stilts stood by the mountains and water. In front of the village and behind the house, terraces, ancient gondolas and stone mills slowly turn, as if they were in ancient times. Downstream, you can enjoy Hexi Ancient Town, Baxian Lake, Lion Mountain, Tianmen Mountain, Tianjianfeng, Dalongdong Waterfall, Xiaolongdong Waterfall and other attractions.

Tourism landscape-Aizhai

Located in the west of Jishou city 15km. Its northern slope is surrounded by steep and towering mountains, with a vertical height of 440 meters and a slope of 70 ~ 90 degrees. From the bottom of the slope to the top of the slope, the car spirals up and needs to turn 13 big bends. People can get on the bus and have a panoramic view. Aizhai is the most dangerous checkpoint of Xiangchuan Highway, which was built in 1930s. 1987, the local government erected a bronze statue of "Pioneer" at the top of the mountain, 5.7 meters high and weighing nearly one ton, in memory of the migrant workers who died in road construction. Under the hillside of Aizhai, there is a unique Miao village in western Hunan. There are rows of grey tiled diaojiao buildings and green stone roads in the village, which are very harmonious, unified, comfortable and quiet.

Tourism landscape-tangled cave