Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide
Scenic spot introduction:
Yueyang Tower in Hunan is one of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan, and it is the only ancient building among the three famous buildings in Jiangnan that maintains its original appearance. Its artistic value is unparalleled. It is located on the west gate of the ancient city of Yueyang in Hunan, with its back to Yueyang City, overlooking Dongting Lake, facing Junshan Island in the distance, adjacent to the Yangtze River in the north and the Xiangjiang River in the south. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Yueyang Tower has been a tourist attraction for literati and poets of all ages. The "Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Zhongyan, a great politician in the Northern Song Dynasty, made it famous both at home and abroad.Attractions distribution:
The Yueyang Tower Scenic Area has a large area and has many valuable tourist attractions. In addition to the main body of Yueyang Tower, there are Sanzui Pavilion, Xianmei Pavilion, Huaifu Pavilion, Yueyang Gate, Dongting Lake, Shuanggong Temple, Stele Gallery, Zhanyue Gate, Lvxian Temple, Xiaoqiao Tomb, Five Dynasties Tower View, Baling Shengzhuang, Bianhe Street, etc., each of them are important attractions and buildings that cannot be missed. Climb the Yueyang Tower, feel the feelings in ancient poems, and appreciate the unique classic building in the history of ancient Chinese architecture. It is a favorite among tourists.Scenic spot qualifications:
National 5A scenic spotScenic spot features:
Sightseeing, visiting ancient times, restaurants, historic sites, parks, temples, characteristic neighborhoods, lakesScenic spot map:
Transportation
Scenic spot location:
China>Hunan Province>Yueyang City>Yueyang Tower District
How to get there:
Yueyang: You can take trains from various places, and long-distance buses from surrounding cities to Yueyang.
Scenic spot: Take the air-conditioned buses No. 10, No. 15, No. 19, No. 21, No. 22, No. 23, No. 25, No. 31, No. 50 and No. 2 in Yueyang City to reach Yueyang Tower Scenic Area has very convenient transportation. Tourists can also take the above-mentioned bus to Bianhe Street, visit the characteristic commercial street and then walk straight to Yueyang Tower Scenic Area.
Scenic area map:
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Tickets
Yueyang Tower ticket price:
Adult ticket: 80 yuan/person
Discount ticket: 40 yuan/person
For students, active military personnel and those holding the "Urban Resident Minimum Living Security Fund Receipt Certificate" issued by the civil affairs department Half-price tickets are available with valid ID;
Children less than 1.2 meters tall, seniors over 70 years old (including 70 years old), disabled people and family members of martyrs are free of charge with valid ID.
Scenic area opening hours:
May 1st - September 30th 7:00-18:30
October 1st - April 30th 7:30-18:00
Travel Tips
travelling guideline:
1. Tourists visiting the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River can take a local tourist bus to Yueyang Tower and Dongting Lake when the passenger ship docks at Chenglingji Pier in Yueyang (it will stop for half a day); if there is still time, you can visit the local Miaoqian Street , and then take the tourist bus back to the ship, which is enough time.
2. It is recommended that tourists listen to a long-standing Baling Opera on Bianhe Street and relive the feelings of family, country and world, and loyalty and filial piety hundreds of years ago.
Tour route:
One-day tour route:
Line A (regular route): Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Yuezhou Confucian Temple → Cishi Pagoda → Lu Su Tomb → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge
Line B: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge → Chibi Ancient Battlefield
Line C: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge → Zhang Guying Folk Culture Village
Line D: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge → Lotus Picking at Tuan Lake (June-October)
Line E: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge → East Dongting Lake Nature Reserve
Two-day tour (weekend tour) route:
Line F:
f1. Morning: Chibi
Afternoon: Zhang Guying Folk Culture Village
Evening: View the night view of the pedestrian street and Nanhu Square, stay in Yueyang
f2. Morning: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Hudaqiao
Afternoon: Lu Su Tomb → Cishi Pagoda → Yuezhou Confucian Temple, return trip
Line G:
g1. Morning: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge
Afternoon: Lu Su Tomb → Cishi Tower → Yuezhou Confucian Temple
Evening: View the night view of the pedestrian street and Nanhu Square, stay in Yueyang
g2． Morning: Chibi → Xianning
Afternoon: Return
Line H:
h1. Morning: Yueyang Tower Junshan Island → Dongting Lake and Dongting Lake Bridge
Afternoon: Yuezhou Confucian Temple → Lu Su Tomb → Cishi Tower
Evening: View the night view of the pedestrian street and Nanhu Square, stay in Yueyang
h2. Morning: Zhang Guying Folk Culture Village
Afternoon: Chibi → Return
Best time to visit:
Spring and Autumn
Shopping recommendations:
Shopping: paper fans and feather fans, Dongting spring tea, Dongting No. 1 seedless watermelon, Chuanshan writing brush, craft fan, Junshan Silver Needle chicken slices, Junshan golden turtle, Junshan Silver Needle, sweet and sour buckwheat head, Xianglian, turtle snake wine, Yuanjiang Hemp cake, reed, whitebait, citrus, ramie, Baisha Changhe whitebait, Lameizi spicy food, etc.
Food: Bianhe Street → Soup dumplings, fresh fish, Leicha, etc., Huitou fish, Baling whole fish banquet, shrimp cakes.
Scenic spot map:
Gallery
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Yuan Dynasty Model
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Teng Zijing
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Tianxuan Pavilion
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Ming Dynasty Model
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Lv Xian Temple
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Huaifu Pavilion
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Celebrity Poems
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Culture and Art Center
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Main Hall
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Stele Inscriptions
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Xiao Qiao’s Tomb
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Kaiyang Pavilion
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Bianhe Street
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Chu Feng Pavilion
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - The Third Floor
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Yueyang Tower
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Yueyang Tower East Gate
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Leicha
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Zhanyue Gate
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Yue Stage
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Five Dynasties Tower View
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Xianmei Pavilion
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - View from inside the building
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Stairs
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Inscription
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Platform
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Courtyard
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Xiangling Drums
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide 1st Floor
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Dongbin Drunk
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Yueyang Gate
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Song Dynasty Model
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Dongting Lake
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Mao Zedong’s Handwriting
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Mingjing
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - "Yueyang Tower Story"
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Dianjiangtai
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Bottom of the Well
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Xiao Qiao Temple
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Plaque
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Outer Street
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Specialty Restaurants
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Archway
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Stele Corridor
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - "Yueyang Tianxia Tower" Hall
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Shuanggong Temple
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Pond
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Baling Shengzhuang
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Yueyang Tower Scenic Area
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Main Hall
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Iron Fong
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Second Floor
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Xiao Qiao’s Tomb
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Antique City Wall
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide by Fan Zhongyan
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Folk Performances
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Two Male Statues
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Wax Museum Entrance
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - "Niannujiao"
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide - Sanzui Pavilion
Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Tourism Guide - Qing Dynasty Model
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