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,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
Jiangyong Nvshu Museum
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.