Introduction to Yueyang Tourist Attractions Introduction to Yueyang Attractions 1. Yueyang Tower: Yueyang Tower is located on the bank of Dongting Lake in Hunan Province and on the city wall of the west gate of Yueyang City.

The Yueyang Tower is as famous as the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang and the Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, and is also known as the "three famous towers" in the Yangtze River Basin of China.

Climb the tower and overlook Dongting Lake. The water surface is vast and vast, and the water and sky are the same color. It is known as "water is under the sky in Dongting, and water is under the sky in Yueyang".

Yueyang Tower is said to be a military parade platform where Lu Su, a famous general of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period, trained his navy.

In the fourth year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (716), Zhongshu ordered Zhang Shuo to be relegated to Yuezhou and built a pavilion here, which was officially named "Yueyang Tower".

Du Fu, a poet at the same time, wrote a poem "Climbing the Yueyang Tower": "I used to hear about the water in Dongting, and now I go up to the Yueyang Tower. Wu and Chu are in the southeast, and the universe is floating day and night. There are no relatives and friends, and the old and the sick are alone in the boat. The soldiers and horses pass through the north of the mountain, Pingxuan tears Si

flow.".

In the fifth year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty (1045), Teng Zijing rebuilt Yueyang Tower when he was guarding Baling County, and asked Fan Zhongyan to write the eternal masterpiece "The Story of Yueyang Tower".

In the article, Fan not only described the surrounding scenery, morning and evening sunshine and rain, and other various feelings vividly, but also expressed the author's noble concern for the country and the people with the famous line "worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness".

The feelings made it popular at home and abroad, and Yueyang Tower became famous far and wide.

The existing Yueyang Tower was renovated in the sixth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1867). It covers an area of ??240 square meters, has three rooms each in depth and width, three floors and three eaves, with a height of 19.72 meters. It is a wooden structure.

The roof of the building looks like an ancient general's helmet, with yellow glazed tiles, high cornices, various animals decorated on the roof ridge, and a colorful glazed flying phoenix standing at each corner of the building.

2. Junshan, known as Dongting Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain in ancient times, is a small island in the 800-mile Dongting Lake. It is far away from the famous Yueyang Tower. It has a total area of ??0.96 square kilometers and is composed of 72 large and small peaks. It is called "Tao"

"Book" is listed as the eleventh blessed place in the world. It is now a national key scenic spot and a national 4A tourist area.

Junshan has many scenic spots and historic sites and profound cultural heritage.

According to legend, Junshan Island has 5 wells, 4 platforms, 36 pavilions and 48 temples.

The literati of the past dynasties have focused on the "strange", "small", "qiao", "secluded" and "ancient" of Junshan, either writing articles and poems, or inscribing books and carving stones.

Here are the earliest cliff carvings in history discovered in China, the "Nebula Map", Neolithic ruins, and the shocking love testimonies of ghosts and gods - Bamboo, the Tomb of the Second Concubine, Liu Yi Well, the seal of Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty

Shejiotai, Feilai Zhong and Yang Yaozhai of the Song Dynasty peasant uprising, etc.

Every monument is a piece of rich history, and every story is a distant memory.

Especially since the Tang Dynasty, poets and poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Huang Tingjian, Xin Qiji, Zhang Zhidong, etc. have all visited Junshan to express their feelings, leaving countless masterpieces for thousands of years.

" and Liu Yuxi's "Looking at the green mountains and rivers of Dongting in the distance, a green snail in the silver plate" made Junshan even more famous.

The island has towering ancient trees and lush bamboo forests. There are more than 20 kinds of famous bamboos alone. The magical and sentimental spotted bamboo grows around the tomb of the second concubine.

Junshan Tea is a beautiful landscape. The layers of tea gardens are like green jade belts surrounding the hills and mountains. Junshan Silver Needle, one of China's top ten famous teas, is produced here.

What tourist attractions are there in Yueyang? Yueyang tourist attractions: 1. Junshan Island Scenic Area The first thing we recommend to you is Junshan Island Scenic Area.

Junshan Island is located at the southern end of the tourist road in Junshan District, Yueyang City. It was called Dongting Mountain in ancient times and faces Yueyang Tower across the water. It is an important place and display window for Dongting culture; it was selected as a national 5A-level scenic spot in 2011.

The Junshan Island Scenic Area has dense forests, a wide variety of bamboos, beautiful scenery, and historic sites. The main attractions include Liuyi Well, Chuanshu Pavilion, Xiangfei Temple, Dongting Temple, Erfei Tomb, Ambergris Well, Feilai Bell, Xianglu Mountain, and Tongxin Lake

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2. Sheng'an Ancient Temple Sheng'an Ancient Temple is located on Yideng Road, Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and is one of the oldest temples in Yueyang.

The main buildings on the central axis of Sheng'an Ancient Temple are the mountain gate, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Buddha Hall, Guanyin Hall and Ten Thousand Buddhas Pagoda.

Among them, the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Guanyin statue enshrined in the Guanyin Hall is the largest existing Guanyin statue in Hunan and is worth worshiping.

3. Zhang Guying Village Zhang Guying Village is located in Zhang Guying Town, Yueyang County, Yueyang City. It was founded during the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty by Zhang Guying, who moved here from Jiangxi. It is the most complete existing ancient village in Yueyang.

The biggest feature of the architectural layout of Zhang Guying Village is that the houses of every household in the village are actually connected together.

In other words, the whole village of Zhang Guying actually lives in the same house.

The special thing about this very large house is that it is neither "I" shaped, nor "U" shaped, nor "I" shaped, but in the shape of a branch extending from one point.

4. Shiniuzhai National Geopark Shiniuzhai National Geopark is located in Shiniuzhai Town, Pingjiang County, Yueyang City. It is announced as a national geopark due to its Danxia landform.

Shiniuzhai National Geopark features strange peaks, strange rocks and caves as its main landscape, and is described as "ten miles of cliffs and hundreds of miles of Danxia".

Transportation: The transportation from Yueyang City and Pingjiang County to Shiniuzhai is not very convenient. It is recommended to drive there by yourself or charter a car; the recommended tour time is more than 3 hours.