There are many scenic spots around Changsha that are suitable for visiting before the May Day holiday. Friends can take advantage of this small holiday to relax. Let's take a look at some recommended scenic spots! 1. Dawei Mountain
If we want to say the most interesting place around Changsha on May 1st, it must be Dawei Mountain in Liuyang. The wild rhododendrons in full bloom of 11,111 mu, like brocade, are spread on Dawei Mountain, burning like a cluster of three and five flowers. From April 21th to May 21th, it was the flowering period of the rhododendron sea in Dawei Mountain, and as many as 111,111 mu of flowers stretched for hundreds of miles, which was so beautiful that it was a foul. 2. Guanshan Ancient Town
Guanshan Scenic Area is a national 4A-level scenic spot and the most attractive leisure village in China. It is 24 kilometers away from Changsha Municipal Government in the east, 11 kilometers away from Ningxiang County in the west, and 8.5 kilometers away from Changzhang Expressway, with convenient transportation. Covering an area of 51 square kilometers, the scenic spot is the nearest rural "tourist pearl" on Changsha-Zhangjiakou Expressway, a golden tourist route in Hunan. 3. Pingxiang
Pingxiang is the "west gate" of Jiangxi, known as the thoroughfare of Hunan and Jiangxi and the throat of Wu Chu, with world-famous historical culture and various natural landscapes. It takes only 27 minutes to get there by high-speed train from Changsha. If you want to travel out of the province at close range, it is very suitable here. During May Day, the clouds and green grass of Wugong Mountain are all beautiful scenery that can't be missed.
Recommended attractions: Nielong Cave, Mt.Yangqi Scenic Resort, Wugong Mountain, Anyuan Road Mine Workers' Movement Memorial Hall, Lotus One Gun Memorial Hall ...
Recommended food: Xiaohe fish in Wugong Mountain, lotus blood duck, spicy duck head, stir-fried pork, stray chicken ... 4, Dongjiang Lake tourist area
Dongjiang Lake. One of the top ten cultural tourism landmarks in Hunan Province, located in Zixing City, Hunan Province, covers an area of 1.61 square kilometers, with vast blue waters, which combines the beauty of mountains and the charm of water. The scenery of Dongjiang Lake is different in each season, and May is the best time to travel in a year. The hazy Dongjiang River is like a fishing song between mountains and rivers, which is fascinating.
Recommended food: Yangmei Dongjiang Fish
Recommended attractions: Fog Man Xiaodongjiang, Dongjiang Dam, Longjing Gorge, Dolby Lingyan and Dongjiang Drifting are distributed among them. 5. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
National 5A must go to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park/Wulingyuan, and it's just the right time to go to Zhangjiajie on May 15th. The daily schedule is not too full, and the walk will be too tiring.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has more than 3,111 peaks with strange shapes rising from the ground, full of greenery. Clouds and waterfalls and streams can be seen everywhere, and the scenery is beautiful. When you visit Tianzi Mountain, you have the opportunity to see four landscapes: clouds, moonlit night, sunny day and winter snow.
Recommended food: Sanxiaguo, fish with sour meat, pig's head, bean curd with preserved blood and fried pepper
Recommended attractions: Huangshizhai, Jin Bianxi, Yuanjiajie, Laowuchang, Yang Jiajie, Tianzishan and Shili Gallery. 6. Fenghuang Ancient Town
Fenghuang Ancient Town was built in the 43rd year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1714). It is 27 kilometers away from Tongren Phoenix Airport, 57 kilometers away from Huaihua Zhijiang Airport and 281 kilometers away from Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport. G219 National Highway and S318 Provincial Highway run through the whole territory, and Zhiliu Railway passes through the territory. Fenghuang Ancient City is adjacent to Dehang Miao Village in Jishou, Mengdong River in Yongshun and Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou, which is the only way between Huaihua, Jishou and Tongren in Guizhou. It is one of the top ten cultural heritages in Hunan. It was praised by the New Zealand writer rewi alley as the most beautiful small town in China, comparable to Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan and Pingyao in Shanxi, and enjoys the name of "Pingyao in the north and Phoenix in the south". It is a national historical and cultural city and a national AAAA-level scenic spot.
Recommended attractions: Tuojiang Tiaoyan, Diaojiaolou, Hongqiao, Wanmingta
Recommended food: blood-soaked duck, Miaojia vegetable tofu, glutinous rice sour and spicy, Xiangxi rice flour, pickled cabbage fried smoked bacon every other year, bean curd boiled in sour soup, Xiangxi Phoenix ginger sugar, Xiangxi Ciba, special homemade fruit wine, rice wine, and so on. It is the prototype of avoiding Qin's desperate situation described in Tao Yuanming, a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Drive from Changsha, take G5513 Changchang Expressway and then turn to G56 Hangrui Expressway. Go straight down to Taohuayuan Interchange and you will see the destination-Taohuayuan in Taoyuan County, Changde. The whole journey only takes more than 2 hours.
Recommended food: Changde salted duck, cabbage and Qin people's tea
Recommended attractions: Qinxi, Qingu, Taohua Mountain, Taoyuan Mountain, Wuliu Lake, Taohuayuan ancient town, and watching the large-scale landscape performance "Peach Blossom Spring".