In Macheng in spring, azaleas bloom all over the mountains, and colorful colors collide into a beautiful town. After turning over the chapter of the season, Macheng has reached a bright summer, with verdant mountains and clear lakes. Summer is long, so you can take a few days, not too much, just three days and two nights. Let's go to Macheng with "Chu Xiaoyou"!

Route arrangement of three-day tour in Macheng

D1: Xiaogan Township Cultural Park-Longteng Ecological Park-Dinner Accommodation: Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area

D2: Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area-Ancient Xiaogan Township Resort-Dinner Accommodation: Ancient Xiaogan Township Resort

D3: Huang Baishan Lion Peak Scenic Area-Return trip

D1

Xiaogan Township Cultural Park- Located in the center of Macheng City, the Cultural Park has convenient transportation and covers an area of more than 1,211 mu. It is a large-scale leisure and creative park integrating food, housing, transportation, sightseeing, shopping, entertainment and sports. Here, you can not only taste the delicious food from all over Macheng, but also appreciate the unique regional culture and folk customs of Macheng, which is a place that best represents the characteristics of Macheng city.

The overall architectural design of the Cultural Park is an antique architectural style in eastern Hubei during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with dignified eaves and upturned corners, and the Sichuan-Chongqing symbol was incorporated into the construction, which is quite unique, forming a pattern of "one ring, three axes, five districts and ten views". Among them, the cultural axis of immigrants, the cultural axis of imperial examinations, the cultural axis of filial piety and the cultural town of Baijia surname are the main framework of the park, while the scenic spots such as seeking roots and ancestors, homesickness and nostalgia, and finding fun in the valley constitute another landscape of the park.

Longteng Ecological Park

After the visit to Xiaogan Township Cultural Park, it's time for the joyful picking of Longteng Ecological Park. Longteng Ecological Park is located in Shiqiaohuan Village, Yanjiahe Town, Macheng City. It is a leisure agricultural industrial park integrating agricultural product planting, deep processing and rural tourism, and also an important site for Macheng tourism.

there is a grape planting base in the park, where fine fruits and vegetables such as cantaloupe and strawberry are interplanted in rotation, and fresh fruits and vegetables can be picked in the park in all seasons. There are also amusement areas such as horseback riding and archery in the park. Nowadays, grapes and peaches are on the market, fresh and full, fragrant and sweet, and friends can experience the fun of picking in the countryside.

Because the next day's itinerary is arranged in Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area, we will arrive at Guifeng Mountain on the first day. The hotels and homestays in the scenic area are very distinctive, so friends can rest here for one night and feel the cool breeze blowing in Guifeng Mountain and the summer night when frogs sing cicadas.

D2

Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area-Guxiaogan Township Resort-Dinner Accommodation: Guxiaogan Township Resort

Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area

Guifeng Mountain in Macheng is named after its mountain looks like a giant tortoise, which is mainly composed of nine peaks, such as a strange turtle head, a majestic turtle back and a vivid turtle tail. It is called a geological miracle in the world and praised as "the first turtle in the world" It is said that the most beautiful season of Guifeng Mountain is in the spring when the azalea is full of mountains, but in summer, Guifeng Mountain also has a beautiful scene.

The average elevation of Guifeng Mountain is 811 meters, the forest coverage rate is over 95%, the average temperature in summer is 23℃, and the highest temperature is no more than 28℃. The towering old trees and lush trees interweave one shady and cool path after another, walking among the forest greenways, which is cool and refreshing. There is also a lake in the mountains, surrounded by high and low mountains, as clear as a pearl. The wind blows from the lake and the summer heat disappears in an instant.

Guxiaogan Township Resort

Guxiaogan Township Resort is located in Shenjiazhuang, Gulou, Macheng City. Relying on the unique topography and natural landscape of Shenjiazhuang, it has preserved the traditional features of Hubei villages and is well worth visiting. The houses with white walls and tiles are hidden among the mountains, with clear water and drooping green willows, just like a "paradise".

In the ancient Xiaogan Xiangdu Resort, life and entertainment will be very substantial. There are many amusement projects such as cruise ships, air zip lines and rainbow suspension bridges, and fresh vegetables and seasonal fruits can be picked in the park, which are fresh, healthy and delicious. In particular, the glass bridge is recommended. Walking on the glass bridge during the day is thrilling and exciting. At night, the glass bridge lights up and walks on it, just like walking on colorful neon.

There are fine homestays and high-end leisure hotels in the resort, and you will stay in the park on the second night of your trip. By the way, the food and beverage outlets here are also worth a try. Macheng's special hanging pot, flavor roast whole sheep, delicious barbecue ... have a meal in summer night, two words, "satisfaction"!

D3

Huang Baishan Lion Peak Scenic Area

Huang Baishan Lion Peak

Huang Baishan Lion Peak Scenic Area has a special geographical position, which is located at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces, and is also the watershed of the Jianghuai River system. Therefore, the Huangbai Mountain Scenic Area is compatible with the scenic spots in the north and south, and is known as "the northern country south of the Yangtze River and the northern country south of the Yangtze River". In the scenic area, there are deep canyons, numerous ponds and waterfalls, dense forests, forest coverage rate as high as 97% and more than 2,111 species of plants, which are praised by experts as "the kingdom of natural animals and plants".

In Huang Baishan in midsummer, the green hills are green, and the bright sunshine makes the four fields of the mountain plain rich and colorful, which is full of vitality. Walking between the mountains and the water, watching the clouds and clouds all over the sky by the lake, listening to the morning bell and dusk drums coming from Fayan Temple, standing under the waterfall and listening to the surging water, the summer in Huang Baishan is quiet and bright.

The mirror of the sky at Lion Peak can't be missed! The mirror of the sky was built on the top of the "Hydrangea Mountain" under the main peak of Lion Peak. The whole glass observation deck is round, made of toughened glass with high transparency, transparent as a mirror, with a vertical height of more than 211 meters. Standing on the viewing platform, you can enjoy a panoramic view of Dabie Mountain in 361 degrees, and the mountains are hanging on the walls, which is beautiful.

Welcome the gentle summer breeze

Embrace the whole summer in Macheng.

Editor/Chu Xiaoyou

Review/Guo Weijun

Picture/Macheng Tourism Association, various scenic spots, etc.

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