Yichang Scenic Area 1: Xiakou Scenic
Area Located in the western suburbs of Yichang City, Xiakou Scenic Area is one of the first batch of national key scenic spots in China that is dominated by canyon wonders and features Bachu Culture, the Three Gorges Dam and the Gezhouba Project. AAAA level tourist area. There are no peaks here that are not majestic, no beaches that are not dangerous, no caves that are not strange, no valleys that are not secluded, no place that cannot be written into poetry, and no place that cannot be painted. Chinese and foreign tourists praise it as “Landscape Gallery” and “Living Ba Feng Chu Charm”.
The main attractions include Xiling Scenic Spot Leizu Temple, Taoyuan Spring Peach Blossom Village, World Wonder Baima Cave, Tianzhong Shenxiu Xialao Stream, Underground Mystery Palace Longquan Cave, Wizard of Oz Fairy Stream, Recreation, Fitness and Entertainment Park, Thrilling Yangtze River Cableway, etc. The contrast is so beautiful.
Yichang Scenic Area 2: Chexi Folk Scenic Area
Chexi Folk Scenic Area is located in Tucheng Township, Dianjun District, Yichang City. It has the theme of “Hometown in Dreams” and features folk culture and pastoral scenery. Its characteristics can be described as “one, two, three, four”. “To summarize, that is, one theme positioning (home in the dream), two natural wonders (plant wonders, geological wonders), three cultural characteristics (folk song and dance appreciation, farming crops display, ancient workshop performance), four tourism characteristics ( Folk customs tour, leisure experience tour, popular science investigation tour, adventure tour).
Chexi Tourist Area consists of eight major scenic spots: Shixian Valley, Bachu Homeland Garden, Wintersweet Gorge, Farmhouse Museum, Pagoda Valley, Tianlongyun Grottoes, Wind Cave, and Wangyou Valley. It includes Sleeping Eagle Falls, Bachu Hometown Park, Farmhouse Museum, Rare botanical gardens, thousands of acres of wild wintersweet, water curtain cave, lotus pond, wind cave, Taigong cave and other major landscapes. Leave the hustle and bustle of the city, forget about the worries of work, and plunge into the green mountains and green waters of Chexi. You will truly feel the meaning of life and nature being close, and appreciate the endless fun of returning to nature.
Yichang Scenic Area 3: Sanxia Renjia Scenic Area
Sanxia Renjia Scenic Area is located in the hinterland of Xiling Gorge, between the Three Gorges Dam and Gezhou Dam. It is the center of the “Two Dams and One Gorge” tourist route. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has picturesque scenery. .
The total area of the Sanxia Renjia Scenic Area is about 14 square kilometers. It is famous for its “quick bays, strange rocks, secluded valleys, unique caves, and sweet springs”. It is divided into Sanxia Renjia, Longjin River, the Fourth Spring in the World, Dengying Cave, There are
seven major . Among them, Three Gorges Houses are composed of Mountain Houses, Water Houses, Streamside Houses, and Today’s Houses.
There are many strange landscapes in the scenic area such as the famous “China’s No. 1 Divine Sign”, “The No. 1 Stone in the Yangtze River”, “The No. 1 Bay of the Three Gorges”, “The No. 1 Cave in Xiling”, etc.; there is also the famous “The No. 1 Pavilion of the Anti-Japanese War”, And the “Yichang First
Rafting in the Three Gorges”, which is full of military overtones, is the “Yangjiaxi Rafting”.
Yichang Scenic Area 4: Jiuwan River Rafting Adventure Tourism Area
Jiuwan River Rafting Adventure Tourism Area is located in the west of Zigui New County, 20 kilometers away from the Three Gorges Dam, integrating adventure, leisure and sightseeing. Jiuwan River was once the place where the patriotic poet Qu Yuan gave lectures and planted orchids to cultivate his nature before he came to Beijing to be his disciple. “I not only cultivated nine rivers of orchids, but also planted hundreds of acres of cypress trees.” The scenic spot is famous for its strange mountains, beautiful waters, cliffs, strange rocks and famous flowers.
Jiuwanxi Scenic Area is divided into two tourist areas, waterway and land. The land route starts from Jiuwanxi Bridge and ends at the starting point of Jiuwanxi Rafting. Along the way, there are more than ten places such as Fairy Mountain, Jieya, Lovers’ Peak, Shenniu Spring, Beauty Showing Shame, etc. There are natural landscapes in Churi; there are nearly 20 cultural landscapes such as Wentian bamboo slips, altar bags, Shengui stones, giant fish square, Qiuzi stele, etc., which are closely connected with Quyuan culture; there are ancient ancient buildings with great scientific research value and appreciation value. Rock coffin group.
The rafting on the waterway is even more attractive. The 13.2-kilometer-long rafting river is divided into two sections, the upper section and the lower section. The upper section is 6.4 kilometers of thrilling rafting, flying boats on the rapids, full of passion, and circuitous clear water. The lower section of 6.8 kilometers is leisure rafting in still water, with a water depth of 70-80 meters, long blue waves, and cliffs on both sides of the strait towering opposite each other. Sitting on a 12-seater environmentally friendly double pontoon rafting boat, you can view Bifeng Stone, Wangfu Stone, and Houwang Village along the way. , Hundred Nights Picture, Fairy Bathing and other strange and beautiful scenes, such as in the Fairy Mirror.
Yichang Scenic Area 5: Yichang Xiaofeng Tourist Scenic Area
Xiaofeng Tourist Scenic Area has a total area of 146 square kilometers. The scenic area integrates canyons, caves, and ancient ruins. The developed scenic spots include Ginkgo Tree Waterfall and Lover’s Spring Scenic Area. , Hanging Coffin Scenic Area, Dishui Rock Scenic Area, Tianhe Dragon Palace Scenic Area, Savage Valley Rafting, Three Gorges Ancient Soldier Village, Longxi Rafting, etc. There are more than 60 scenic spots that can be developed.
Yichang Scenic Area 6: Sanyoudong Scenic Area
Sanyoudong Scenic Area is a national cultural relic protection unit. It is named after the “Preface to Sanyoudong” written by Bai Juyi, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty. The famous writers Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi (Dongpo), Su Che, Huang Tingjian, etc. also visited this cave and left a wealth of poems, songs and cliff carvings to future generations. Sanyou Cave has a history of more than a thousand years, and its landscapes Beautiful, it is a famous scenic spot in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.
The main scenic spots include Sanyou Cave, Zhixi Pavilion, Chusai Tower, Luyou Spring, Zhang Fei Drum Platform, etc. There are inscriptions from past dynasties inside the cave, and the cliffs outside the cave are filled with poems and essays written by tourists from past dynasties. The hanging stone on the top of the cave, which makes a sound when struck, is called the “Heaven Bell”; the protruding stone on the ground, which makes a sound when stamped, is named “Earth Drum”, hence the saying of “Heaven Bell and Earth Drum”.
Yichang Scenic Area 8: Yuquan Mountain Scenic Area
Yuquan Mountain Scenic Area is located in Dangyang City. It is a comprehensive scenic area based on forest landscape, Buddhist cultural relics as the main body, Relics of the Three Kingdoms as the basis, and integrating other natural landscapes and cultural landscapes. , the central scenic area covers an area of 89 square kilometers and the developable area is 69 square kilometers.
The forest coverage rate in the scenic area reaches more than 85%, with a wide variety of animals and plants, as well as a large number of rare species. The scenic spot is famous for its famous mountains, temples and pagodas. Yuquan Mountain enjoys the reputation of “Three Chu Famous Mountains” and is a famous Buddhist mountain; Yuquan Temple was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and is a famous Buddhist temple in my country’s history, known as “the crown of Jingchu Jungle”; Pearl Spring is one of the three famous pearl springs in my country One; the Linjin Iron Tower was built during the Northern Song Dynasty and is the tallest, heaviest and best-preserved iron tower in existence in my country. Yuquan Temple and Iron Tower are national key cultural relics protection units.
Yichang Scenic Area 9: Sixi Ecological Tourism Area
Sixi Ecological Tourism Area is located in Jingnei, Maoping Town, Zigui County. The scenic area is named after four streams including Daxi, Xiaoxi, Bajiao River and Shunyang River. The area is rich in water resources, with canyons and wide valleys alternately distributed, with large relative height differences, flying waterfalls and dense vegetation. The Three Gorges Yangtze River Endangered Plant Propagation Garden has been built in the scenic area. There are 25 types of plant communities, and dozens of wild animals such as macaques, pangolins, wild goats, leopard cats, and fish often play among the mountains and rivers. Sixi Famous Bamboo Garden has more than 300 species of famous bamboos and covers an area of more than 10,000 acres. It is the second largest famous bamboo garden in my country. There are more than 30 scenic spots in the scenic area, including Jade Rabbit Peak, Dragon King Cave, Macaque Valley, and Sandiaoshui Waterfall. The Sandiaoshui Waterfall has a height of 389 meters and is divided into five levels.
Yichang Scenic Area 10: Gaolan Scenic Area
Gaolan Scenic Area is located in Xingshan County. About 30 kilometers to the south is Xiling Gorge, and not far to the north is Shennongjia. The scope of Gaolan Scenic Area is generally a ravine about 15 miles long, with various and beautiful peaks on both sides.
The most exciting scenery in Gaolan Scenic Area is the numerous peaks. Many of these peaks resemble animals in shape, so some peaks are named after animals, such as Camel Peak, Peacock Ridge, Yuanyang Stone, Monkey Ridge and so on. The representative of Gaolan Peak is a peak called Sleeping Buddha. Looking from a distance, it looks like a big-bellied Amitabha Buddha sleeping soundly with his head up to the sky.