Zaoyang travel

Baishui Temple Scenic Area: Located in Wudian Town, south of Zaoyang15km, Hubei Province, it is the hometown of Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the "Top Ten Famous Kings" in China history. Zhang Heng, a famous scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, praised it as the holy land of "Dragonfly White Water, Pine Nuts Approved by God" and the birthplace of Guangxu Zhongxing.

Baizhuyuan Scenic Area: It is a provincial forest park, located 45 kilometers north of Zaoyang, belonging to Tongbai Mountain Range. It is a tourist attraction with Buddhist culture as the main body and integrating mountains, forests, rocks and temples. The forest coverage rate of the scenic spot is 88%. According to research, the "Bamboo Garden Zen Forest" temple was built during the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a history of 1900 years. Despite repeated destruction, there are still tall and ancient buildings such as Buddhist temples, stone statues, inscriptions, ancient wells, ancient bridges and other cultural relics left over. Guanyin cave is really a trick. "Purple bamboo lotus stands are strict, and green trees are pure bottles of kindness."

Jiuliandun Chu Tomb Scenic Area: located in Zhaohu Village, Wudian Town, 25 kilometers southeast of Zaoyang City. There are still nine sealed mounds in the cemetery, numbered 1-9 from south to north. Looking from the east to the west, we can see that nine raised mounds stand on the mountain ridge from south to north, undulating continuously for 3 kilometers, commonly known as "Jiuliandun" locally.

Jiuliandun Cemetery was discovered during the first cultural relics survey in 1958. 1984 was listed as a key cultural relics protection unit in Xiangfan city, and 1992 was upgraded to a key cultural relics protection unit in Hubei province. At the end of 2002, because Xiaoxiang expressway passed through this place, the Provincial Museum of Cultural Relics organized some well-known experts from all over the country and inside and outside the province to carry out archaeological excavations on Jiuliandun, and a large number of exquisite cultural relics unearthed attracted worldwide attention. In 2006, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Diaolongbei Site: Located 25 kilometers northeast of Zaoyang City. The natural environment here is beautiful, and rivers, mountains and plains provide good conditions for ancient humans to engage in fishing, hunting and farming.

Tangzi Mountain Scenic Area: There are four legends in Zaoyang, which are: "Tangzi Mountain stands tall, the lotus weir is nine and a half hectares, the Hongsha River is forty-eight miles wide, and the Kuixing Building is still half in the sky." The first three legends are all in Tangzi Mountain Scenic Area.

Hexiong Scenic Area: located 28 kilometers southwest of Zaoyang City, with Dahongshan in the south and Qingfeng foothills in the north, 80,000 mu of mountains are surrounded by water, intercepting rolling rivers and baby water, and collecting water from thousands of springs. The planned area of the scenic spot is 68.42 square kilometers, and the peripheral protection control zone is 26.79 square kilometers.