Hi everyone! I am your online tour guide Luling Yunxiake, let us continue to swim in the great rivers and mountains of Shenzhou land with the footsteps of the offline hiking China's white invincible. The protagonist of our travelogue is called Bai Invincible, a native of Xindu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, who set off in September 2017 and embarked on a difficult and glorious historical mission - to walk through more than 300 prefecture-level cities in China on foot. As of July 2, 2021, 136 seats have been completed, with a total distance of 21,675 kilometers. I am also a person who is interested in tourism, history, geography, food and other cultures, so I borrow Xiaobai's footprints to travel the country and introduce the background of relevant regions to my colleagues by the way, hoping to be of some benefit to everyone.
China's most famous small mountain village - Shaoshan Chong
Before a reader left a message saying that he did not know that Loudi would have so many historical celebrities, today came to its neighbor Xiangtan to understand, really want to drop the jaw. Great men are worthy of being great men, marshals, generals, and admirals are not nothing, and even Hu Yaobang and Hua Guofeng, who are in charge of Xiangtan, have become state leaders one by one. The military circles are stronger, like our general Peng Shaohui, the Kuomintang side of the lieutenant general Song Xilian, Ma Heling, as well as the Qing Dynasty governor, inspector a large number of people can not show their faces in the table below. There are also The famous Shu Han Ministers, Jiang Wan, Xiao San, Zhang Tianyi, Feng Xiaogang, Tan Dun, Lü Ji, and so on in the literary and art circles, can only be mentioned in one stroke.
Xiangtan is smaller, smaller than Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, and is a younger brother in the Changzhutan urban agglomeration. It is located in the east-central part of Hunan Province, surrounded by Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang and Loudi, and is not adjacent to other provinces. Its urban area is only more than 20 kilometers away from the downtown area of Zhuzhou, which is almost like two districts of a city. It is only about 50 kilometers to Changsha city, so the three cities are bundled together and develop together, which is relatively little resistance.
The green heart of Changzhutan is one of the many Eight Scenic Spots of Xiaoxiang, zhaoshan scenic spot
The topography of Shaoshan Chong, the hometown of the great man, is the epitome of the whole Xiangtan, which is a typical low mountain- hill. The four mountains surrounding Shaofeng, Baozhongshan, Changshan and Xiaoxiashan are all medium and low mountains, and the Xiangjiang River zigzags from Zhuzhou through the city and then to Changsha, and there are tributaries lianshui and trickle water in Xiangtan that join the Xiangjiang River. At present, there are a number of thousand tons of berths, which can be regarded as a large inland river port in the country. Suitable hydrological and climatic conditions have created the reputation of "the hometown of China's Xianglian", "Inch Three Lotus" is well-known at home and abroad is a fine product of lotus, xianglian production accounts for more than 60% of the country.
Changzhutan Back Garden Panlong Grand View Garden
Xiangtan Mountain is not high, and there are immortals with names. A god-like celebrity, the former residence alone can be visited for more than half a month, of which the national 5a-level tourist attraction Shaoshan is of course not to be missed, although the places where Chairman Mao zedong lived throughout the country are often called Mao Zedong's former residence to commemorate, after all, Shaoshan is its birthplace, the commemoration significance is also greater, countless tourists come here every year to visit and study. In addition to Mao Zedong's former residence, Shaoshan also has attractions such as Mao Zedong Memorial Park, Shaofeng Peak and Dishui Cave. Peng Dehuai's former residence, which has won the national 100 red tourism classic scenic spots and China's top ten red tourism scenic spots, is relatively more fresh and educational, in addition to the former residence and memorial hall, there are also Dehuai Pavilion, Dehuai Tomb and Wushi Peak, one of the 72 peaks of Nanyue, which can be visited. The former residence of Chen Geng, the former residence of Comrade Huang Gongluo and the Qi Baishi Memorial Hall are of a similar nature, while Loudi, Xiangtan and Changsha all consider Zeng Guofan to be his own family, and there is a Zeng Guofan Life Research Museum in Lianbin Academy in Xiangtan.
After Zhouzhuang and Wuzhen, the third largest water town in the country - Maohu Water Town
Natural landscapes are also counted as long, Zhu, Tan junction of the Zhaoshan Scenic Area is wonderful, is one of the eight scenic spots of ancient Xiaoxiang, the mountain is not high, but the scenery is quite good, "Shan Qinglan" in the eight scenic spots is the only one designated as a provincial scenic spot, and there are many celebrity footprints, such as named by King Zhou Zhao, the Northern Song Dynasty painter Mi Fu, one of the four famous anti-gold generals Liu Kun, the late Ming and early Qing thinker Wang Fuzhi and so on. Attractions include Zhaoshan Ancient Temple, Kuixing Tower, Qianshan Ancient Road, Great Man Pavilion and so on. In addition, the Xiangtan Agricultural Expo Park, which is composed of agricultural science and technology demonstration areas, green food development zones and agricultural tourism resorts, has also become the main force of green tourism, and friends who are bored in big cities can experience it.
The mountains and rivers are connected to the Xiangtan Agricultural Expo Garden, which is as clear as a mirror
Xiangtan's most famous specialties are betel nut and Xianglian. Betel nut is native to Malaysia, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan and other tropical areas in China, can not be planted in Xiangtan, but due to special historical reasons, resulting in widespread consumption, the streets and alleys are betel nut stalls, but also gradually penetrate into the surrounding districts and cities and even other cities in the country, it is a rare thing. The cuisine is the first to promote Mao's braised pork, the meat is fragrant, oily but not greasy. There are also special snacks such as fried fish with crispy fire, rock sugar Xianglian, mushroom baked pigeon, beer duck, boiled live fish, township bacon and wick cake, baked cake, purple oil ginger and so on.