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Scenic spot introduction:
Hunan Anjiang Agricultural School Memorial Park, the birthplace of world-renowned hybrid rice and the former site of Shengjue Temple, a famous temple in western Hunan, is a commemorative agricultural park. This is a green field rich in resources. It is the place where Yuan Longping and his student Li Bihu once struggled. It is also the land where Huaihua Vocational and Technical College and Anjiang pomelo and other specialties are now used. The memorial park integrates scientific research, teaching, cultural relics display, cultural landscape, tourism and leisure and patriotic education. It has a large scale of construction and distinctive characteristics of the times. It has important historical, artistic, scientific research and protection and utilization values. School buildings, farmland and other relics that were once bustling with people are still quietly in place despite the wind and rain, welcoming batches of tourists, witnessing generations of students completing their studies, which is a symbol of the fighting spirit of scientific researchers and human beings. Important physical evidence of the staged historical development of rice farming civilization.Attractions distribution:
Anjiang Agricultural School Memorial Park is located in Xibian Village, Anjiang, covering an area of 310 acres. The Memorial Park retains various teaching and scientific research facilities built between 1939 and 1986, such as Yuan Longping’s former residence, office building, teaching building, old laboratory building, teacher and student dormitories, school motto, hybrid rice greenhouse, library, Yintang, Experimental fields, swimming pools, etc. The courtyard has both natural and cultural landscapes. Various trees such as ancient camphor trees and ginkgo trees can be seen everywhere. It is known as a rare botanical garden. Large areas of farmland and orchards are still producing abundant crops every year and are prosperous.Scenic spot qualifications:
National 3A level scenic spot, living scientific research cultural heritageScenic spot features:
Visiting, visiting ancient times, studying, patriotic education, memorial gardens, schools, agricultural parks, ruins, farmlandScenic spot map:
travelling guideline:
If you go to the agricultural school in summer and autumn, you can see the lush scenery of rice and orchards.
Tour route:
School Gate → Visitor Center → Lotus Pond → Dalong Experimental Field → Monument → Yintang → School Motto → Kindergarten → Ginkgo Tree → Red House → Underground Confidential Room → Dormitory Area → Hybrid Rice Exhibition Hall → Two Eyes Pond → Student Dormitory → Office building → Butterfly Herbarium → Old Experimental Building → Teaching and Research Building → Orchard → Old Teaching Building → Experimental Field → Auditorium → Yuan Longping’s Former Residence → Expert Building → Swimming Pool → Scientific Research Building → Greenhouse
Best time to visit:
All seasons
Shopping recommendations:
(Shopping) Anjiang pomelo and rice.
Scenic spot map:
Scenic spot location:
China>Hunan Province>Huaihua City>Hongjiang City>Anjiang Town
How to get there:
Bus route: You can take the train to Huaihua, get off the train and transfer to the long-distance bus to Anjiang at South Bus Station, then take a taxi, which is about 10 minutes away.
Self-driving route: Exit the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway from the Hongjiang District/Anjiang/S222 exit and drive along S222 → Daoxiang Road → Daoyuan North Road. There are signs along the roadside.
Scenic area map:
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Anjiang Agricultural School ticket price:
Free and open
Scenic area opening hours:
All day