Recommended travel routes in early winter in Yongshun County

The third Xiangxi Tourism Development Conference will be held in Yongshun County from November 7 to November 9. Here are some recommended early winter travel routes in Yongshun County.

Travel route of Tujia culture: Furong Town, Laosicheng, and Shuangfeng Village

Furong town, formerly known as “Wangcun Village”, is an ancient town with a history of over 2,000 years. It’s the imperial palace of the Tusi Kingdom, carrying the 818-year glorious history of the kingdom.

Because of a waterfall passing through the town, it’s also known as a millennium-old ancient town hanging on the waterfall. As the ancestral land of Tujia people with a long history, Furong Town preserves many ancient customs and traditions.

The large-scale immersive ethnic performance “The Carnival of Bifzivsar” is staged daily and has been selected as a national boutique tourism performing arts project. The Site of Laosicheng Tusi Domain Scenic Area is located on the banks of Lingxi River, 19.5 kilometers east of Yongshun County. It was the former capital of the Tusi Kingdom of Peng’s family in ancient Xizhou. It was also the political, economic, cultural and military center of ethnic groups in southwestern Wuling Mountain Area during the Tusi period, with a prosperous history of about 818 years.
 
With unique natural scenery, it still preserves a complete layout, and rich relics, making it the most valuable and representative Tusi Site. Shuangfeng Village is located in a depression on the top of Jiulong Mountain in the southwest of Yongshun County. It’s named after the two peaks like a pair of phoenixes spreading their wings and ready to fly.

With less than one thousand residents, the village still preserves a series of intact ancient buildings. The Tujia culture is relatively well preserved. It’s one of the villages with best-preserved Tujia customs in Western Hunan. It’s known as the “first Tujia village in China”. Travel route of a forest park and hot springs: Bu’ermen National Forest Park, and Bu’ermen Hot Spring

Bu’ermen National Forest Park is located on the banks of Mengdong River in the south of Yongshun County, in the middle of Zhangjiajie City and Fenghuang County.

It covers a total area of 5,336 hectares and has a forest coverage rate of 92%. It has a unique natural and cultural landscape at 30 degrees north latitude in China. It’s a geographical landmark where natural craftsmanship and cultural treasures blend together. Bu’ermen Hot Spring is located in Bu’ermen National Forest Park and has a hot spring culture of hundreds of years. It’s known as the first spring in Xiangxi. The hot spring water comes from a depth of 100 meters underground rock layers, and the water temperature keeps at 39.8 to 41 degrees Celsius throughout the year, making it suitable for people at all ages. The hot spring integrates multiple functions including wellness, leisure, entertainment and catering. Travel route of sunrise appreciation at mountaintop: Tusi Campsite Resort

The Tusi Campsite Resort is located in the core area of the Galloping Horses (referring to the mountainous landscape) Scenic Spot of Laosicheng, with an altitude of 850 meters.

With magnificent scenery, profound culture and convenient transportation, it’s a leisure and sightseeing resort that integrates leisure tourism, leisure vacation, characteristic entertainment, and cultural tourism of agriculture in a new era of leisure tourism. Travel route of natural scenery: Xiaoxi National Nature Reserve

Xiaoxi Ecotourism Scenic Spot is located in the Xiaoxi National Nature Reserve, the southeast of Yongshun County, and adjacent to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Mengdong River Scenic Area.

The scenic spot features primitive secondary forests, canyons and peak forests, with a forest coverage rate of 92.5% and high concentration of negative oxygen ions.

The air in the canyon is fresh, and there are waterfalls everywhere. One or two Tujia wooden buildings can be seen in the mountains, escaping from the hustle and bustle of the city. Travel route of Red culture

Tawo Town in Yongshun County was the center of revolutionary bases in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. It was also one of the important revolutionary bases created under the leadership of the older generation of the CPC members, such as Ren Bishi, He Long and Xiao Ke, during the Second Revolutionary Civil War.

Tawo was also the last Red base of the CPC on the south bank of the Yangtze River after the failure of the fifth counter-encirclement and -suppression campaign. Ren Bishi, a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party, called it the most important pillar in the development of the Soviet movement in South China.

Chinese source: rednet