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The top ten attractions in Hengyang

The top ten tourist attractions in Hengyang City:

1. Nanyue Hengshan

Nanyue Hengshan is one of the five famous mountains in my country. It is located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province. The two groups of peaks are majestic and majestic. It is famous in the world as "China's longevity mountain", "the most beautiful of the five mountains" and "the civilization's Olympic zone".

2. Shigu Academy

Shigu Academy was founded in the fifth year of Tang Yuanhe (AD 810) and has a history of 1,200 years. The original site was in Shigu Mountain, Hengyang. At that time, Li Kuan, a famous scholar in Hengzhou, settled in a house next to the Seeking Truth Temple in Shigu Mountain to study. In the third year of Zhidao in the Song Dynasty (AD 997), Li Shizhen, a native of Yi, expanded the courtyard and used it as a lecture place for scholars in Hengzhou.

3. Shangfeng Temple on Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue

Shangfeng Temple was named by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty during his southern tour. It is located at the foot of Zhurong Peak, the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain. It has a history of 1,300 years. With a history of more than 100 years, it is one of the earliest ancient temples in Nanyue. Together with Zhusheng, Fuyan, Nantai and Dashan temples, it is one of the five major Buddhist jungles in Nanyue. The upper right of Shangfeng Temple is the Sun Viewing Platform, the upper left is the Zhurong Hall, and behind the temple is the Buyu Rock. There is a huge rock on the rock with its head raised to the top, which is the "Golden Turtle Pilgrimage". You must visit Hengyang to pray for a long life. It must be very spiritual in Shouyue. Of!

4. Cailun Bamboo Sea

Cailun Bamboo Sea Tourist Scenic Area is located in Huangshi Town and Dayi Township, Leiyang City. The planned area is nearly 100 square kilometers, and the central scenic area reaches 66 square kilometers, planned and constructed according to the national 4A level tourist scenic spot. The Cailun Bamboo Sea Scenic Area covers a vast area with a contiguous bamboo forest area of ??160,000 acres. It is the largest contiguous bamboo sea in my country and has the reputation of "Asia's Big Bamboo Sea" and "Natural Oxygen Bar".

5. Xia Minghan’s hometown

Xia Minghan’s former residence is located in Yujia Group, Lizi Village, Hongshi Town, Hengyang County, Hengyang City, also known as "Hejiatang". The former residence was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, more than 270 years ago. It is a typical residential building in southern Hunan in the Qing Dynasty. The courtyard faces south and has an adobe-wood structure. The exterior wall is made of blue bricks except for the north side, which is an adobe wall. The compound has two rooms and six rooms, with 45 rooms and an area of ??2316 square meters.

6. Nanyue Temple?

Nanyue Temple is one of the five sacred temples in my country, located in Nanyue Ancient Town. The large temple faces south, surrounded by red walls, with tall turrets on all four corners, and is magnificent in scale. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was named Sitian Huo Wang Temple. During the Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty, Sima Chengzhen built Nanyue Zhenjun Temple. Nanyue Temple is located on North Street of Nanyue Town. It is one of the largest ancient buildings with the most complete overall layout among the Five Mountains Temples in my country.

7. Cai Lun Memorial Garden

The Cai Lun Memorial Garden in Leiyang City, Hunan Province is an important place built by the Leiyang Municipal Party Committee and Leiyang Municipal People’s Government to commemorate the great inventor of papermaking, Cai Lun. , located beside Caizi Pond on Caihou Road, Leiyang City, covering an area of ??116 acres. It was reopened to the public on August 28, 2001 and is an important national tourist attraction. Paper and papermaking are one of the four great inventions of ancient China.

8. Huiyan Peak

Close to the shore of the Xiangjiang River, near the highway and railway bridge on the Xiangjiang River in Hengyang. Standing on Huiyan Peak, you can not only overlook the bridge, but also have a panoramic view of Hengyang City. Huiyan Peak is the first of the seventy-two peaks of Nanyue. The ancients always believed that the geese coming from the north stopped flying south after flying south here, and only waited for the next spring to fly back to the north, hence the name. Du Fu once wrote, "The wild geese that have traveled thousands of miles to Hengyang will return to the north again this year."

9. Hengyang Cengjing Peak Scenic Area

Chongyang Peak is one of the 72 peaks in Nanyue, including 5 other peaks including Congjing and Leizu. The scenic spot is Kuangfeng National Forest Park, with the main peak at an altitude of 1,131 meters.

The forest scenery here is fascinating, the cultural monuments with a long history are fascinating, and the unique and spectacular meteorological landscapes such as sunrise, clouds, fog, wind, rain, snow (rime) are fascinating. A good place to relax and escape the summer heat. Is this a place you want to go to during summer vacation next year? In fact, it is good in all seasons, so be sure to visit it when you have time!

10. Hengyang Botanical Garden

Hengyang Botanical Garden is located in Wuxing Village, Yanfeng District, Hengyang City, an important town in Central and South China and a famous historical and cultural city. It is adjacent to the Xiangjiang River in the east, Xingfu River in the west, and close to Hengkun Expressway, Second Ring Road South, Zhengyang South Road, and Zhengxiangnan Road. The park is 3.5 kilometers long from north to south and 1 kilometer wide from east to west, with a total area of ??3,136 acres. It is a multi-functional wetland park that integrates scientific research, science popularization, viewing and recreation.