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2024 Nanzhang Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in September)
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Walk into the Spring and Autumn Village in Nanzhang to experience the ancient village style and see the perfect integration of history and nature!
🚩The scenic area is not small, 🚡 taking the cable car to see the scenery is a good choice, ⛰ the view from the top is good.
The combination of mountains and water is quite spectacular, with natural scenery and historical anecdotes. 👆 The ancient village wall and the large bronze statue of Guan Yu on the mountain top are indeed good places for military training. 👍 Although it is now in ruins, one can still imagine the prosperous scene of the past. ☑️ The green vegetation is very dense, ⬆️ the air is fresh, and sitting on a bamboo raft down the river is also very beautiful. Bringing children here for a visit is very educational. ✔️ It is a good place for a weekend getaway, walking, and stopping‼️
📍Scenic spot address: Luping Village, Donggong Town, Nanzhang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province
Opening hours:
👉 Summer
08:30-17:30 Open (16:30 stop entry)
👉 Winter
09:00-17:00 Open (16:00 stop entry)
🎟️ Ticket information:
✅ Adult ticket: 65 yuan
👉 Student/Child/Elderly 🎫 ticket: 35 yuan
👉 Round-trip cable car 87 yuan, Via Ferrata climbing 54 yuan
👉 Children under 1.2 meters, elderly over 70 years old free of charge. Hubei Tourism Beneficiary Card can waive the ticket.
👏 Package ticket: Ticket + boat (one way) + cable car (one way) 99 yuan
👏 Ticket + round-trip boat 88 yuan
👏 Ticket + round-trip cable car 99 yuan
🚗 Scenic spot transportation:
🚌 Take the shuttle bus from Nanzhang Bus Station to Donggong, you can directly reach Luping Village where the Spring and Autumn Village is located.
It is recommended to drive 🚙, it takes about two hours from Wuhan, and parking is convenient.
🗓 Itinerary:
Take the cable car 🚡 to Wangyue Mountain → Horse riding and archery at the training ground → Picking garden → Spring and Autumn Building → Glass slide → Boat → Kayak → Museum → Ancient village (enter from the north gate, exit from the south gate) → You can stay at the ancient village inn ↗️
🌟 Highlights:
✔️ The terrain of the village is unique, it was built by ancient people to avoid wars, surrounded by water on three sides 💦, and facing water on one side.
💁 Guan Yu once trained soldiers and read the Spring and Autumn Annals here. It is the most well-preserved ancient military village in Hubei Province.
✔️ The stone houses built along the mountain ridge are lined up in rows, ⏮ looking far away, 👆 it looks like a section of the Great Wall lying on the mountain top. 👀 It fully reflects the settlement form that integrates defense and residence.
👍️ Must-visit attractions:
✔️ The scenic area has a museum, cable car, boat dock, sightseeing corridor, viewing platform, visitor center, etc. It is a comprehensive tourist attraction integrating "mountains, water, forests, cliffs, and villages".
The ancient village 💁 ruins are well preserved, ✅ on the ridge of Liyu Mountain at an altitude of 270 meters, less than 300 meters, it is ⛰ "easy to defend and hard to attack", with a clever design, paying attention to feng shui, 🚩 only setting up village walls at key points to meet needs, it is a typical stone village with 153 houses, each with different functions, having gone through vicissitudes.
Nanzhang Ancient Village Cultural Museum 👏 uses models, videos, and modern technology such as sound, light, and electricity to comprehensively display the cultural landscape of Nanzhang Ancient Village, 💓 introducing the important roles of ancient villages in the Jingchu area in 👇 politics, economy, society, military, religion, and architecture.
The beacon tower 👆 was an important facility for transmitting military information in ancient times. Standing on the beacon tower, 👀 you can overlook the entire Spring and Autumn Village.
The Spring and Autumn Building 💁 is famous because Guan Yu read the Spring and Autumn Annals at night. Inside the building, there are sculptures of Guan Yu reading the Spring and Autumn Annals at night and a temple of loyalty and righteousness. ✔️ The existing building is from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The cliff 🔰 on the west and 👍 north sides of the village is like a cliff cut by a knife and axe. ⏬ Walking along the small road on the edge of the cliff from the top of the mountain, ↘️ you can feel the mystery of "one man guards the pass, ten thousand cannot open it".
The watchtower 👏 was built to defend against foreign enemies. Standing on the watchtower, you can overlook the entire village and the surrounding scenery.
The city gate ⏮ is the only passage into the village. ☑️ There are defensive facilities on the city gate to resist attacks from foreign enemies.
Wangyue Mountain 🚩 You can take the sightseeing cable car to the top of Wangyue Mountain, overlooking the entire Spring and Autumn Village across the river, 💓 feeling its magnificent scenery.
There are also some other special landscapes and activities, ↗️ such as special performances at the military training ground, ↗️ bonfire parties, ↗️ mountain music festivals, ↗️ parent-child activities like horse riding and archery, ⛺️ tent camping, etc.
✅ Must experience:
The sightseeing cable car 👍 allows you to see the entire scenic area from a high place. The cable car 🚡 has no glass, 💁 the view is very open, and the statue of Guan Yu in the distance is very clear.
Boat ride 👏 After going down the mountain to the dock, 👆 the time is not long, it is an electric motorboat, 👀 you can see the beautiful scenery of the entire village.
Slide 🈶 S-shaped transparent glass slide, 👏 the whole process takes about 3 minutes, safe and exciting, ✅ children can also play. It slides very fast, and there will be no situation where it cannot slide.
💗 Other tips:
✅ Fresh graduates are exempt from tickets until August 31.
✅ It is a bit far from the city, half of the road is mountain road, winding and narrow, be sure to drive safely.
✅ There are no supply points on the mountain, you can bring your own water and dry food to replenish your energy.
✅ You can take the cable car to the top of Wangyue Mountain, and take the cable car or slide down the mountain and transfer to a boat on the way back. Walking and climbing are not much, friendly to the elderly and children.
✅ For hiking, you can choose to go up from the south gate, go down the gentle slope from the north gate, and return to the visitor center along the small road by Maoping River.
Qicai Villa | A Chinese courtyard homestay nestled by the mountains and rivers
| A Chinese courtyard homestay nestled by the mountains and rivers. Enjoy the enchanting scenery, stay in a delicate Huizhou-style small villa, and indulge in a free and leisurely life away from the world. Qicai Villa is located in the Xiangshui River Scenic Area. During the day, you can visit the Xiangshui River and then directly check into Qicai Villa. This villa is built against the mountain and has a distinctive Jingchu regional style. Entering the homestay feels like stepping into a resort. The different accommodation areas are named after plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, lotus, crape myrtle, and peony. Among them, the Lotus Courtyard homestay is decorated in a very rustic style, with white walls and black tiles, exuding simplicity and tranquility. When we visited, it was drizzling, adding a touch of Jiangnan charm to the experience!
Here, you will find leisurely and simple quadrangles, cozy and elegant courtyards, and luxurious villas. It is fully equipped with multifunctional conference rooms and entertainment rooms, making it the best choice for tour groups and small to medium-sized meetings.
The rooms are decorated in a simple and grand style, warm and comfortable. There are different room types to meet various needs. The exit parking lot also has a tourist restaurant and a tourist goods supermarket, making the entire area a comprehensive tourist service place that integrates eating, lodging, transportation, touring, shopping, and entertainment.
There is also a summer 388-value cooling package: 1 night in a homestay + scenic area ticket + breakfast, great value for money.
Address: Qicai Villa, Xiangshui River, Xiangyang
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