Yongzhou Travel Guide

Basic information Telephone area code: 0746 Travel complaint: 0746-8368009 Medical Treatment Yongzhou Central Hospital Address: No. 151, Lishui West Road, Lingling District, Yongzhou City Arrival method: You can reach by bus No. 5, 7, and 17. Phone: 0746-6376458 Www.yzsrmyy.com Destination […]

Basic information

Telephone area code: 0746
Travel complaint: 0746-8368009

Medical Treatment

Yongzhou Central Hospital
Address: No. 151, Lishui West Road, Lingling District, Yongzhou City
Arrival method: You can reach by bus No. 5, 7, and 17.
Phone: 0746-6376458
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Destination overview

Destination sketch

Yongzhou located on the southern back of the Xiang River. The prefecture encompasses an area known as Xiangnan that is worth enough to visit, with lush green mountains and caves, waterfalls, beautiful rivers and ancient towns with unique literary culture and history.
The most unforgettable mark of Yongzhou should be the Nüshu script, one kind of local script understood only by women in Jiangyong County.

Local life

Yao Nationality

There are many Yao nationality lived in Yongzhou. People living in different regions have different beliefs. Some of them worship nature, some believe in  ancestors, and some adore the totem. Taoism (one of the accepted Chinese religions) also plays an important role in their life. Some people believe in wizardry.

Best Travel season

Yongzhou enjoys a humid monsoon climate characterized by a moderate temperature, abundant rainfall and sufficient sunshine. It is  suitable for travelling in Yongzhou all the year round.

Consumption level

The consumption level of Yongzhou is low. The price of most hotels in the city is below 150 yuan per night, and the price of food and beverage is mostly below 50 yuan per capita.

Practical information

Post office
Yongling Middle Road, Yongzhou City
Address: No. 185, Lingling Middle Road, Lengshuitan District, Yongzhou City
Operating hours: 8:00-12:00, 14:00-18:00
Phone: 13874413841

Intercity traffic

Aircraft

Yongzhou Lingling Airport, CGD
Address: Lengshuitan, Yongzhou City
Arrival method: There is no direct bus to Yongzhou Airport, travelers can choose a taxi.
Phone: 0746-8726069

Train

Yongzhou Station
Address: Xiaoxiang Avenue, Lengshuitan District, Yongzhou City
Arrival mode: Take bus No. 23, No.26, No.28, No.14, No.18, No.2, No.18, No.1, No.20, No.22, No.2 and other buses to Yongzhou Railway Station.

Long-distance bus

Yongzhou North Bus Station
Address: No. 1 Yanjiang East Road, Lengshuitan District, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province
How to get there: Take the 2 bus to reach
Phone: 0746-8371758

Lingling Bus Station
Address: No. 115, Zhishan Road, Lingling District, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province
Arrival method: You can reach the telephone by bus No.1 and No.3: 0746-6224866

Traffic in the city

Bus

Bus is the most important mode of transportation in Yongzhou, and it can cover the urban area.

Taxi

The starting price for taxis in Yongzhou City is 3.5 yuan, and the additional 0.5 kilometers for parts over 2 kilometers is 0.7 yuan.

Attractions

Wuxi Steles Forest

Forest of Steles at Wuxi has garnered several of inscriptions carved on rocks from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) to 1920, and is an outstanding art treasure of Chinese culture.
Address: No. 108, Caoxi Road, Shuyang County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province
Arrival: From the Yongzhou bus station, take the Zhishan to Cheyang car, at the entrance of Tunxi Park.
The fare is 8 yuan. When returning, you can stop the car from Xiangyang to Zhishan on the road.
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Tickets: 30 yuan
Phone: 0746-3270328
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Jiuyi Mountain

Jiuyi Mountain is charming and attractive not only for the unique natural scenery, but also for a vivid legend. The story tells of one of the five great emperors in Chinese prehistoric times, Shun the Great, and his two concubines. On hearing about his death in the Cangwu Mountain (this was the old name for Jiuyi Mountain), the two concubines went there but failed to find them husband. They missed the way because The nine peaks all look so alike. Nowadays, the central peak is called Shunyuan Peak and the two elegant peaks around it are said to be the two women.
Address: Jiuyushan Yaozu Township, Ningyuan County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province
Arrival mode: The water city parking lot in Ningyuan County has a van or CMB directly to the Jiuyi Mountain Scenic Area. The journey is about 30 kilometers and the fare is 5 yuan. The terminal station of CMB is Fuling. If you want to visit other attractions, you can walk. Transfer to a motorcycle, the motorcycle can generally be 2 yuan

Tickets: 70 yuan for the Emperor’s Mausoleum, 20 yuan for Yuxiyan, 20 yuan for Yongfu Temple, 90 yuan for the purchase of the Emperor’s Mausoleum
Tel: 0746-7583913, 0746-7583398

Shanggantang Village

This is the most historical village discovered in Hunan. There are still two hundred old resident houses of ancient styles, and many Buildings of Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.
Address: Xiapupu Town, 25 km southwest of Jiangyong County
Arrival method: You can take a car from Jiangyong to the direction of Taochuan. The ticket is 2 yuan. Get off at the entrance of Shangganzi Village (there is a stone monument on the “Ganzi” in the “Millennium Ancient Village”). Then take the tricycle that passed the road into the village and sit on the stone bridge at the entrance of the village, giving the driver 5 yuan.

Activity

Drifting

Golden hole rafting
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10:00, 15:00, Saturday to Sunday 9:00, 11:30, 15:00
Phone: 400-0791225
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Food

Dongan Chicken
Yongzhou drinking snail
Qiyang pen fish
Lingling duck
Blood duck

Accommodation

The two travel spots in Yongzhou are located in Lingling District and Qiyang County. If you want to spend a night, you can choose to stay in Lingling. The accommodation consumption in Lingling District is relatively cheap, and the general conditions are good for hotels around 50 or 60 yuan.

Shopping

Ebony, bamboo shoots, pomelo, flue-cured tobacco, red melon seeds, mushrooms