Yongzhou Attractions

Yongzhou is a comprehensive tourist resort.It abounds in unusual natural scenes as well as various artificial tourist resources. Apart from the big scenic area of the Nine Puzzling Peaks,it boasts Emperor shun's Mountain Nature Reserve,the 1,000-family-housing Cave Nature Reserve and the Yangming Mountain Nature Reserve.These preservation zones are not only densely afforested but also dotted with historic sites.

Liuzi Temple  

Liuzi Temple in Yongzhou          Liuzi Temple in Yongzhou

Liuzi Temple,located in the Liuzi ancient street by the Bank of Xiao River, is one of the  core attraction in Yongzhou city. It was first built by Yongzhou people in 1056 in the north Song dynasty, and rebuilt in 1877 in Qing dynasty.People built it in the memory of Liuzongyuan, a great writer and thinker in Tang Dynasty. On June 25, 2001, Liuzi temple, as a Qing dynasty ancient building, was approved by the state council to be included in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection list.

 

Shunhuangshan National Forest Park

Yongzhou Shunhuangshan National Forest park, located 27 kilo meters away from Dongan County of Yongzhou city,is  a National Forest Park and a provincial nature reserve with a total area of 14549 hectares and a forest coverage rate of 91.8 %.  The main peak of shunhuangshan national forest park (formerly known as Hongyun mountain) is 1882.4 meters above sea level, more than 300 meters higher than Mount Tai, one of  China's five famous mountains. The history shows that Emperor Shun had paid a visit there , hence it got the name Shunhuangshan.
 

Jiangyong Nvshu Museum

Nvshu in Yongzhou Hunan Province   Nvshu in Yongzhou Hunan Province

Historically,the mysterious characters were popular and passed down among women of Jiangyong county and nearby counties in Hunan province, China.It is the only characters,shaped like long diamond or long foot ants,used for woman that man could never understand a single word.  Nowadays,Nushu is on the verge of extinction and only used by elderly women in some rural areas. According to research, there are more than 1700 basic characters of Nvshu, among which 80% are derived from Mandarin characters, and the rest of 20% are self-created characters without any resource.