The route passes through the urban area of Chenzhou City, the Xiaobu Ecological Agriculture Sightseeing Park, the Tiantang Hot Spring Manor, the Nashan Nashui Yunxiju Villa, and Liuhuawan Scenic Area.

 

Tourists are suggested to spend two to three day on the route.

 

 

The Xiaobu Ecological Agriculture Sightseeing Park, located in Beihu District of Chenzhou City, covers an area of about 4,000 mu (about 266.67 hectares). It includes Xiaobu Village in Baohe Yao Township of Beihu District and Yangshan Ancient Village in Guiyang County. It has been awarded the titles of National Leisure Agriculture and Rural Tourism Demonstration Site, National 3A-level Tourist Attraction, National Resort Community, Five Star Leisure Agriculture Manor in Hunan Province, and Beautiful Leisure Countryside in China. 

 

 

There is an ancient village from the Ming and Qing dynasties with a long history and profound culture, the only pure ecological golf course near the airport and high-speed railway station in China, a children’s nature exploration park that integrates parent-child play and science education, and leisure tourism projects such as homemade kiwi fruit wine in the park. 

 

It is a leisure place that integrates sightseeing, vacation, agricultural production, agricultural product processing, fruit picking, agricultural culture and traditional culture experience, amusement for children, sports, and outdoor expansion.

 

 

The Tiantang Hot Spring Manor, located within the Tiantang Hot Spring Resort, covers an area of approximately 8,000 mu (about 533.33 hectares). It is a nationally renowned 4A-level hot spring tourist attraction and is known as the first hot spring in Chenzhou. It was originally a physical rehabilitation base for the Chinese women’s volleyball team.

 

 

It’s a vacation destination that integrates hot spring tourism, villa leisure, catering and entertainment, and wellness. The hotel is hidden among the bamboo forests. Walking in the sea of bamboo, tourists will feel relieved and peaceful. 

 

 

The hot spring water is rich in various beneficial mineral trace elements such as lithium, zinc, strontium, and silicic acid for human health, with the temperature of 52 degrees Celsius. It has precious medicinal baths with auxiliary medical effects such as angelica sinensis bath, ginseng bath, mugwort bath, and mint bath, as well as more than 20 special hot spring baths like aloe vera and flower baths. 

 

The Nashan Nashui Yunxiju Villa, located in Heping Village, Feitianshan Town, Suxian District, Chenzhou City, is 16 kilometers away from the urban area, with convenient transportation. It covers an area of more than 80 mu (about 5.33 hectares). With a high terrain, it has beautiful scenery, which makes tourists feel relaxed and happy.

 

 

The villa is backed by primitive forests, away from pollution. It provides diners with delicious food made from natural ingredients produced by the villa or nearby farmers. According to seasons, the main activities such as making bean jelly and wrapping Zongzi are held, so that tourists can feel the charm of culture. 

 

The campsite has a barbecue and dining area, a forest cinema area, starry sky concerts, an outdoor swimming pool, and an entertainment area. 

 

 

The villa has been rated as a “National Beautiful Rural Demonstration Homestay Inn”, “Provincial-level Four-star Tourist Area”, “Four-star Farm”, and “Vice President Unit of Chenzhou Homestay Inn Association”. It has won the highest awards for homestay inn rating in the first session in Chenzhou City, namely “Platinum Homestay Inn” and “Five-star Farm”.

 

The Liuhuawan Scenic Area, located in the western part of Sandu Town, Zixing City, is adjacent to Dongjiang Lake Tourist Area and Feitian Mountain Tourist Area. It belongs to the Luoxiao Peak Mountain Range landform, with an average altitude of about 200 meters. It covers an area of 10,000 mu (about 666.67 hectares). It’s a national 3A-level tourist attraction. 

 

 

It’s surrounded by a small river. There are towering ancient trees, ancient houses and bridges with unique craftsmanship, a thousand-mu (about 6.67 hectares) lotus pond, With a long history and profound culture, 375 well-preserved ancient residential buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, which are the most well-preserved ancient residential community in southern Hunan, and more than 120 cultural sites like stilted buildings, Qingshi Bridge, Former Site Zixing Soviet Government, Former Site Chengangling Academy, and Anti-Japanese Trenches. 

 

 

Among them, the Former Site of the Zixing Soviet Government has been listed as a provincial protected cultural relic unit in Hunan Province, and the “Touchun Festival” in Liuhuawan has been included among intangible cultural heritage projects of Zixing City. 

 

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