Source: Chaonan District People's Government Portal
First, the basic situation of Xiancheng Town
Xiancheng Town is located in the southwest of Chaonan District, the northern foothills of Danan Mountain, east of China's knitting town - Liangying Town, west of Puning City Junbu Town, south of Guangdong Province's DananShan Forest Park, north of China's underwear town - Chendian Town, Xiancheng Town has a total area of 55.044 square kilometers, the population of about 120,000 people. At present, the xiancheng town party committee and government on the basis of creating a harmonious society, and actively implement the economic development idea of "agricultural start-up, industry and commerce, tourism-driven", in 2010, the town achieved a total GDP of 561 million yuan, a total industrial output of 1.018 billion yuan, a total agricultural output value of 120 million yuan, industrial and commercial taxes of 11.34 million yuan, fixed asset investment of 131 million yuan, and a per capita net income of farmers of 3950 yuan. In Chaonan District, it is an economically underdeveloped town. The town has 47,000 acres of mountainous land, agricultural products are mainly rice, fruit processing is mainly green plums, cool fruits, and the specialties are the immortal city "bundle of sand" famous for hipsters at home and abroad. The names of the Immortal City are closely related to folk legends, and there are place names named after the immortals such as Xianmen City and Xianxian Li, and the so-called "Dao Traces" are everywhere. In 2008, Xiancheng Town was rated as "Guangdong Tourism Characteristic Town" by the Provincial Tourism Bureau.
Second, tourism resources are abundant
1. Scenic areas are continuous, unique
Xianhu Scenic Area is located between the Inner and Outer Grain Mountains in the middle of the northern foothills of the Great South Mountain, about 7km away from the town government, and the scenic area is about 3km2. The peaks of the miannan mountains are stacked, and the main peak of the Liangshan Mountain is like a reclining Buddha, known as the "Half-Day Buddha". There is a large reservoir , the lake formed by the Upper and Lower Jinxi Reservoirs , surrounded by mountains and lush greenery. The architectural complex of the scenic spot is built by the mountains and rivers, the morning bell and the twilight drum, the birds and flowers, the tourists are in it, as if they are in a fairyland, "Fairy Lake" is named after it. Another feature of the scenic spot is that there are many pavilions and beautiful pavilions, with 28 large and small pavilions such as GuanYu Pavilion, Yunxia Pavilion and Huixian Pavilion. Moreover, this area has excavated Neolithic cultural sites, and it is also the former site of the camp of the national hero Zheng Chenggong in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and now there is a Neolithic Museum and Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall, which has a unique historical and cultural landscape and patriotic educational significance, which has enriched the connotation of landscapes and rivers. The scenic spot is a tourist attraction integrating natural scenery, folk customs, scenic spots, historical and cultural sites, and has been rated as a "municipal scenic spot".
Cuifengyan Scenic Area is located in Xiancheng Town, Shenxi Residential Committee Jinzhuling, 400m above sea level, the current total area of 5.5km2, 15km away from the Chaonan District Government, has more than 700 years of development history, known as "Strange Stone, Strange Cave, Strange Spring, Strange Tree", and is the revolutionary education base of Shantou City. Cuifeng Ancient Rock Mountain is green and forested, and there are many famous trees, including "Unknown Spring", "Seven Stars with the Moon", "Blood Tree", ancient banyan tree group, etc., the scenery is elegant and pleasant, both historical monuments and revolutionary historical sites. During the period of the Great Revolution, Liu Dagang, vice chairman of the Chaohuihui Soviet People's Government, was assigned by his superiors to carry out revolutionary activities in Dananshan, leaving behind revolutionary historical relics such as "Stone Cave of the Red Army" and "Outpost of the Red Army", and the leaders of the central, provincial, and municipal governments, as well as the old Red Army, veteran generals, and experts, visited here to admire and write articles and praises. The scenic spot now has the Memorial Hall of Revolutionary Martyrs, the tallest White Jade Guanyin Statue in eastern Guangdong and other scenic spots, in 1985 by the former Chaoyang County Government as a county-level cultural relics protection unit, in 2006 by Shantou City as one of the "first batch of municipal scenic spots".
TianxianYan Scenic Area is located in the southwest of Xiancheng Town about 5km south of ShenxianLi Village, next to the Lion Mountain in the northern foothills of the Danan Mountain, there is a natural monument "Lion's Throat" is where the Shenxianli Buddha Temple is located, by three large stones stacked into a large stone chamber, together with many huge stones around the line into stone dragons, forming caves of different sizes, the distant peaks like three Buddha statues, standing majestically. To this day, the stone carving of the "Qingsu Yuhuan" of han jiang ink in the forty-eighth year of the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty has been preserved.
Libo Reservoir, also known as Libo Lake, is a medium-sized reservoir that has not been developed around, it is basically not disturbed by man, maintaining a simple natural beauty and a good ecological environment, there are pine forests and pieces of reeds at the water's edge, and the clear water is interesting, which can be said to be the most valuable reservoir for tourism development in Shantou City.
2, mountains and rivers, fresh air, beautiful scenery.
The mountainous area in Xiancheng Town is lined with trees, strange rocks and waterfalls are interspersed with them, large and small reservoirs are full of blue waves, and the water is dotted with large and small islands, and the scenery is not inferior to the "Lake of Ten Thousand Greens". In the summer, you can enjoy the cool world of the breeze, every winter, you can watch the white plum blossoms that spread over the mountains, taste the warm and mellow plum wine, and the fairy city is indeed a good place to experience the life of the gods and cool off.
3. Convenient transportation and communication.
The traffic of Xiancheng is mainly connected to the Chenxian Highway and Chensha Highway of National Highway 324, connecting the village roads, connecting Puning, Chendian, Liangying and Sima outside, and only half an hour drive to the Tianxin exit of the Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway, forming a relatively complete transportation network and convenient communication.
4. The number of visitors has begun to take shape
In recent years, with the gradual improvement of the supporting construction of various cultural relics attractions, more than 1 million tourists come to Xiancheng every year with sightseeing and vacation type, religious and cultural type, business and official business type, entertainment and shopping type. Tourist Golden Week and various festivals to Xiancheng tourists are increasing, Xiancheng tourism development prospects are broad, with the continuous construction of Dananshan Park, the benefits of tourism will also be more apparent.