Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Area Travel Guide

Yueyang Tower District

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 spot

Scenic spot features:

Sightseeing, visiting ancient times, restaurants, historic sites, parks, temples, characteristic neighborhoods, lakes

Scenic spot map:

Scenic 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.