Top Ten Tour Cities in Central China
December 18,2008
Editor:Kerry Lee| Resource:AT0086.com
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As soon as you set feet on the Chinese soil, you will find that the ancient civilized nation is wrapped by beauty. Among many Chinese cities, the following inland cities are the best to feel the charm of China.
Wuhan
Wuhan is incredibly rich in culture and history. Famous scenic spots in Wuhan include Yellow Crane Tower, Guiyuan Temple, East Lake and the Ancient Lute Platform by the towering mountain and rushing water.
Luoyang
Luoyang is famous for its brilliant culture and long history. Its history as a capital has endowed Luoyang with quite a number of cultural relics such as capital city ruins, temples and cave sculptures, tombs and stone tablets.
Kaifeng
Kaifeng has both cultural and natural sights. It is characterized by "rich historical heritage, ancient city pattern, typical ancient style, and unique northern water city flavor". Kaifeng City remains its original location and the central axis despite numerous rounds of wrecking and rebuilding during the past 2,700 years, which is very rare in city development history.
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou is modern but traditional in life, beautiful and attractive in tour. It has the rich tourism resources. The hometown of Huangdi Emperor, Peiligang Cultural Site, Dahe Village Site, Yangcheng relic, which originally was the capital of Xia dynasty that is the first slavery dynasty in China and so on are easily found.
Changsha
Hunan has numerous historical relics and places of interest such as Yueyang Tower, Dongting Lake, Yuelu Academy, Han Tombs of Mawangdui, Tianxin Pavilion, Orange Island, etc.
Jingzhou
Jinzhou is a city with deep cultural deposits and rich historical legends. When in Jinzhou, you may hear about many famous stories happened in the period of Three Kingdoms, such as, "Liubei borrowing Jinzhou”, "Guanyu losing Jinzhou because of his carelessness”. And those stories make Jinzhou more famous.
Yueyang
Yueyang has rich tourism resources. With various kinds of landforms, Yueyang has beautiful natural sceneries, such as Dongting Lake, Jushan Island, Dayun Mountain, Wujian Mountain, Tuan Lake and so on. With a long history, Yueyang has also rich cultural scenic spots, such as the site of acient village Zhangguying Village, Quzi Memorial Temple, the tomb of Du Fu, etc.
Yichang
Yichang has been thrust into the world limelight since the start of the Three Gorges Project.Yichang is rich in natural resources including hydro energy, minerals, forestry. Local specialties include tea, sweet oranges, tobacco, fragrant fungus, auricularia auricular and Chinese chestnuts. It is the main production area for tea and oranges in Hubei province.
Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo has plenty of tourist attractions, and the natural spots are fairly beautiful and eye-catching. The south foot of Taihang Mountain extends over one hundred kilometers into Jiaozuo. With rivers around it, it looks grand and elegant as well. Yuntai Mountain in Jiaozuo was named as the World Geological Park by UNESCO.
Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie city is situated on the semitropical monsoon humid climate zone with a modest climate, plentiful sunshine, flush rainfalls, fertile land and rich tourist resources. The Wulinyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area is comprised of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, the Tianzishan mountain ranges, BaoFengHu and the Suoxi Valley, and is a very popular filming and tourist destination.