Traveling in Colorful Shaoyang

Reach Shaoyang from Changsha via the Changsha-Xiangtan Expressway and the Xiangtan-Shaoyang Expressway. Longhui Huayao Village would be your first destination. Yao ethnic multicolored costumes, hot and sour dishes and charming folk songs around a campfire might end your first day. The next day, visit ancient Song Dynasty town with an imperial flavor in Wugang County. Mount Langshan Scenic Area in Xinning County is an hour drive. There you may climb the One-Line-Sky, Yuntai Mountain, and Pepper Peak. Enjoy a sky filled with drifting clouds while listening to mountain folk songs-almost heaven.

Longhui Huayao Village

The scenic area in Longhui County is one of the New Eight Grand Sights in Hunan Province. Main tourist attractions in this area are the ancient villages of the Yao ethnic group, the former residence of Weiyuan, Weiyuan Lake, Gaozhou Hot Springs, ancient town of Tantou and Mount Jiulong. New Year's pictures, fragrant powder paper and colored paper are known as local Three Marvels which have been put on the list of Chinese cultural heritage for salvation.

Wugang Ancient Town

Langshan Mountain