2025 Xiangtan County Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in February)

Changsha Surroundings: Longxing Temple, Xiangtan County 📍Navigation: Longxing Temple, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province (located on Jinxia Mountain). 🚗Transportation: Self-driving is recommended. ⏰Opening hours: 8:00–17:00, recommended to visit before 16:00. 🎫Tickets: Free. 🌟Travel tips: - You can pray for blessings in the temple. - Spend CNY 30 (small) or CNY 60 (large) to buy a wishing card from the laywoman in the hall and hang it on the ancient tree, writing down your wish. - CNY 5 per bag of consecrated tea, suitable for the elderly. - Take photos with the ancient trees and temples, avoiding the messy floor under repair. - Kneel and pray in order from the front hall. ⛩️One-day tour recommended route: Longxing Temple ➡️ Jinxia Mountain hiking ➡️ Tianhu Lake ➡️ Foot of the mountain ➡️ Back to Longxing Temple ➡️ Farmhouse (at the entrance of Jinxia Mountain Scenic Area). 📌Tips: - Keep quiet in the temple and pray devoutly. - You can draw lots, and there is a master to help. - Very suitable for children to sketch, the ancient temple is surrounded by mountains like a painting.

💝 The most beautiful "Tianhu Lake" secret place around Changsha|||Hiking in Changsha, the "Tianhu Lake" secret place in Jinxiashan, Xiangtan, a green jade hidden in the heart of the city👍 The "Tianhu Lake" in Jinxiashan is located at the junction of Xiangtan and Changsha. It is a lake formed by water accumulation in abandoned mine caves. The lake water is rich in mineral elements, making the lake water appear like jade, which looks very spectacular👍 📍Navigation: Hetang Chicken (Jinxiashan Store) 🚗Transportation: Self-driving/cycling (bus transfer required) 🎫Ticket: Free🆓 Parking: Free🆓 ⛰️Distance: 4.8 km (suitable for beginners) 🕐Duration: 3 hours (hiking, photography, rest)

| Youkong Courtyard. Xiangtan Restaurant | Youkong Courtyard 👍 "Explore the poetry and distance of the countryside and meet [Youkong Courtyard]. Here, nature and art intertwine, and food and scenery blend together. Mountain house courtyard, a fine restaurant hidden in the countryside invites you to share a quiet and beautiful time. Deep courtyard, lush greenery 🍃 Step into the courtyard, shaded by green trees and filled with the fragrance of flowers. The ancient bluestone path leads you to explore the mysteries of food. Unique design, ingenuity 💕 The courtyard restaurant combines traditional and modern design elements, simple yet stylish. Every detail reveals the pursuit of a better life. 💗 Drink and enjoy the view 🌹 As the sun sets and night falls, the courtyard is lit up. Drink with friends and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountain village, and enjoy this rare quiet time. Meet the beauty, all in the mountain house courtyard 🏞️ Here, time slows down and the soul finds a place to rest. Let's share a good time in this courtyard restaurant with a sense of design and meet a poetic life. 😘

One-day tour guide for Xiangtan Yaowan Ancient Town: Itinerary: Plan your itinerary in advance and decide on your visiting time and route. Yaowan Ancient Town is small, and one day is enough to visit. It is recommended to arrive in the morning to have enough time to visit. Stroll through the ancient streets: Yaowan Ancient Town has many ancient streets and buildings. You can stroll through them and feel the historical atmosphere of the ancient town. There are many snack stalls and specialty shops on the streets where you can taste local delicacies and buy souvenirs. Visit the cave dwellings: Yaowan is famous for its cave dwellings. You can visit some well-preserved cave dwellings to learn about their history and culture. There are also pottery works and handicraft displays in the cave dwellings. Experience a boat ride: There are small rivers flowing through the area around Yaowan Ancient Town. You can choose to take a boat ride to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the ancient town and feel its tranquility and beauty. Taste the food: Yaowan has special Hunan dishes. It is recommended to taste the food in local restaurants, such as sugar paintings, deep-fried stinky tofu, and other authentic Yaowan snacks. Cultural experience: Yaowan Ancient Town also has folk culture experience programs, such as traditional handicraft making and folk art performances. You can participate in them and experience traditional handicrafts and art forms.

Jinxia Mountain Heavenly Lake is a deep lake formed by the accumulation of water in an abandoned mine. Because it is rich in mineral elements, it also presents a mysterious jade color similar to that of a plateau glacier lake! When you walk in, you will see the green lake, sparkling, like a blue-green gem. Jinxia Mountain Forest Park is located in Xiangtan County, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province. It is not a particularly large forest park. After entering the park, you can see the signs on the road: Tudi Temple-Jinxia Mountain Square-Tianhu-Wu Daqiao. The Tianhu is known as the small Jiuzhaigou in Hunan. It's very beautiful. Location: Jinxia Mountain Forest Park, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province Navigation: Hetang Chicken Transportation: Self-driving/cycling Tickets: Free Tips: Go to the heavenly lake with your friends, don't get too close! Pay attention to safety. Bring some food, mosquito repellent and sunscreen.

Looking forward to the weekend Want to find a fun and interesting place To relax the tense strings of the heart And to have a set of atmospheric photos Key is to avoid the crowds, and it's also nearby Great for couples, friends, and family outings - 🔷 Crazy Animal City Not long after entering, you can see many cute animals Alpacas🦙, raccoons🦝, chinchillas, kangaroos🦘, peacocks, you can feed them, and take close-up photos～ - 🔷 Underwater Tunnel This tunnel is a bit short, there are many devil fish swimming around, their smiling faces are so ugly yet so cute! There are also colorful corals, the lighting here is pretty good, and it's great for taking photos - 🔷 Mermaid Theater The moment the lights go out, all that's left in your eyes is the deep blue canopy Mermaids interact with the fish, the ripples are undulating, paired with the horizontal glass tank, the jellyfish are like dancing spirits, 🪸 graceful and light, instantly captivating ▪️ Show times: Monday to Friday: 11:00/15:00 Saturday to Sunday: 11:00/13:30/15:30 ▪️ Pay attention to the broadcast, they will announce the show times in advance, go a bit earlier to get seated, the middle view is the best - 🔷 Sea Lion Show Two little sea lions, Shuke and Beta, one big and one small, both are silly, it's a performance that children will like～ - 📌 Play tips: It is recommended to wear light-colored clothes, simple style will be more photogenic, the aquarium is quite dark inside, you can bring a fill light - 🔖 Name: Xiangtan Haichang Ocean Park 📍 Location: Tianyi Jiangwan Square, Xiangtan County

Unopened rapeseed 🌱 take a wave first The cloudy day is too photogenic My return to the village standard: the old and fiery Northeastern big flower coat, and the twist braid👧 It's simply a perfect match with the large rapeseed field 📷 Shooting the scenery: You can find a good-looking rapeseed field as the background You can also interact with the dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, and geese at home, it feels more flavorful haha

Hunan's "C" position·Xiangtan🏙, with a long history, outstanding people and beautiful scenery, was known as "Little Nanjing" and "Golden Xiangtan" during the Ming Dynasty🔥. I went there last weekend and regretted coming late! It's really great to visit~ · ✔Luokou Ancient Town The existing old street facilities are complete, the uniform bluestone streets, the staggered wooden stilt houses, the exquisite relief carvings, have a strong simple flavor of the small towns in the south of the Yangtze River🎐. It's very comfortable to blow the wind🍃, take a walk, look at the old houses covered with green vines, and listen to the faint Sanskrit sound of Cihang Pavilion in the quiet riverside town~ ✔Yangmeizhou Come to Xiangtan to see the "sea"🏖~ Yangmeizhou, an island in the river, basically retains the original ecological scenery, surrounded by water on all sides, with beautiful scenery. The trees in the park are lush🌳, the crows are fragrant, and the wild interest is full. There is a large grassy area under the trees on the shore, which is very suitable for camping and picnicking🏕. ✔Abandoned Shipyard Located next to Yangmeizhou Water Park, it is a private shipyard🚢, with two large ships abandoned for more than ten years, like stranded whales on the shore, suitable for creation and shooting here🤳! ✔Yaowan A place with deep cultural heritage in Xiangtan🎏, the environment in the ancient street is beautiful, and the distribution of cultural relics and historic sites is very dense. Walking on the bluestone street, you can feel the collision of history and reality✨. ✔Wanlou The architecture is magnificent and the colors are bright and beautiful. It stands tall and straight, with beautiful eaves, wing corners lifted, and majestic momentum. The pillars in the hall are painted with figures, flowers, birds, and landscapes, with fine painting skills and lifelike🖼. · 📣📣What to eat in Xiangtan? ✔Mao's Braised Pork, ✔Oil Crisp Fire Baked Fish, ✔Rock Sugar Xianglian, ✔Lamp Core Cake, ✔Old Xiangtan Boiled Live Fish · Xiangtan is so good to visit! I will come again next time~