Address: Tongzi Village, Shuangpai County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province
Tourist information: Parking 10 yuan, no tickets are needed, and everyone in the scenic spot can eat in 50 yuan.
Indigofera is an ornamental grass, its plant height can reach 90 cm, its flowering period can be from mid-August to mid-10, and its spikes are misty. When flowering, pink-purple spikes come out of the base like hair and look like red clouds from a distance. In recent years, ornamental grass has been widely used in urban landscape shaping, among which pink grass is the new favorite. At present, Tongzi Scenic Area in Shuangpai County has entered the blooming stage. A large pink sea of flowers is like a dream, and the girl's heart will burst. Tongzi Scenic Area, a hundred acres of romantic sea of flowers, clusters of pink plants swaying in the wind, like clouds and fog, fascinating and intoxicating.
In Tongziao Scenic Area, besides Daidai Luanzi Grass, you can also see beautiful ginkgo. The tourist center at the entrance of Tongzi Village, the parking lot here can accommodate 100 cars. It is suggested that tourists who come to see ginkgo trees by car can park their cars here and walk into the village to enjoy the scenery.
There are more than a dozen ginkgo trees densely distributed at the entrance of Tongzi village, which may be because it is located under the hillside and the light is not enough. At present, the yellow one is not obvious. Among them, you can see many birds shuttling through the Woods. The sweet songs of birds, the clatter of leaves and the patter of rain and dew in the morning constitute a touching natural symphony.
Many villagers have started frying ginkgo and wild chestnuts at various intersections in the village, waiting for tourists to buy them. Although there is still a week or so before the best apricot viewing period, many tour groups have come to step on the spot. The villagers said that as soon as the sun comes out and it is warm these days, Ginkgo biloba leaves will turn yellow soon.
The 800-year-old Ginkgo King below is the oldest ginkgo tree in Tongzi Village. If you still don't feel old enough, you can leave Tongzi 'ao on Yong Lian Highway and drive north 1 km to Xinyuanzi Village in Chalin Town, where there are two thousand-year-old ginkgo trees.
From the observation deck along the stone road, the yellow leaves of Ginkgo biloba are more obvious.
Traffic strategy of Hunan province
(1) Changsha direction successively passes through Beijing, Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Ruilin, Yuequan, South, Erguang and Five expressway, and at Yangmingshan exit, Shangyonglian Highway is about two kilometers away from Ningyuan. There is a blue vertical sign on the right side of the road, capitalized as "China Yinxing Village 1", and then you can drive for two kilometers.
(2) In Hengyang direction, pass Quannan-Erguang Expressway in turn, exit at Yangmingshan, and drive for about two kilometers towards Yongyuan Highway. On the right side of the road, there is a blue vertical sign, capitalized as "China Yinxing Village 1", and then drive for two kilometers to get there.
(3) Take the Erguang Expressway in the direction of Huaihua and Shaoyang, get off at the Yangmingshan exit, take the Yonglian Highway to Ningyuan for about two kilometers, and there is a blue vertical sign on the right side of the road, capitalized as "China Ginkgo Village No.1", and then drive for two kilometers.
Guangzhou direction
(1) After entering Yongzhou Blue Mountain from Qingyuan Lianzhou, take Erguang Expressway, get off at Yangmingshan Exit, and take Yong Lian Highway for about two kilometers to Ningyuan. There is a blue vertical sign on the right side of the road, which reads "China Ginkgo No.1 Village" in capital letters, and then drive for two kilometers.
(2) After passing the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao-Xiamen-Guangzhou Expressway, get off at Yangmingshan exit and walk for about two kilometers to Yongyuan Highway. There is a blue vertical sign on the right side of the road, capitalized as "China Ginkgo Village No.1", and then drive for two kilometers.
Guilin has passed Quannan-Erguang Expressway, got off at Yangmingshan exit, and got on Yong Lian Highway for about two kilometers to Ningyuan. On the right side of the road, there is a blue vertical sign, capitalized as "China Yinxing Village 1", and then you can drive two kilometers to get there.
At present, there are more than 10 restaurants in Tongzi village and scenic spot, which provide special dishes such as stewed chicken with ginkgo, steamed chicken with chestnut, pork with vinasse from tea forest, and root rat with blood firecrackers, all of which are very good choices.