Waterway Travel Routes in Hunan

Recently the Ministry of Transport released a pilot list of China's 50 high-quality waterway passenger travel routes. Hunan Province's three waterway travel routes made the list. They included the Orange Isle Tourism Wharf Route in Changsha, the Dongjiang Lake Travel Route in Chenzhou's Zixing City, and the Xianyang Lake Travel Route in Changde's Shimen County.

Orange Isle Tourism Wharf Route in Changsha

A ferry named Jiuzhou Longxiang.  

A Hunan-based passenger transport company operates the Jiuzhou Longxiang ferry of the Orange Isle Tourism Wharf Route. According to the company staff, the ferry is the largest cruise ship on the Xiangjiang River and can accommodate 260 passengers. There are daytime and night routes. The daytime route goes from Orange Isle Tourism Wharf to the Statue of Young Mao Zedong, Siyangfangzun Square and Du Fu Pavilion. In addition, the night route includes two more sites—Juzizhou (Orange Isle) Bridge and Wanda Plaza, based on the daytime one.  

The Orange Isle Tourism Wharf Route passes through the Orange Isle, Du Fu Pavilion, Xiangjiang 1st Bridge, Fengfan Square, Fisherman's Wharf, and other urban characteristic attractions. The route was included in a pilot list of China's high-quality waterway passenger travel routes in October 2022. Since then, the route has highlighted Changsha's history and culture, inheritance of red or revolutionary resources, natural landscapes, and modern features. Diversified theme tours including red tour, Xiangjiang night tour, and Orange Isle tour have been launched along the route, in a bid to vigorously improve the service quality of the route. The route has become an internet-popular photo spot in Changsha.

Dongjiang Lake Travel Route in Chenzhou's Zixing City

Dongjiang Lake. (Photo provided by the Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area)

Xianyang Lake Travel Route in Changde's Shimen County

Ferries on the Xianyang Lake. 

Xianyang Lake in Shimen County integrates the scenery of mountains, waters, forests, isles, streams, waterfalls, stones, and caves. The Xianyang Lake Travel Route adopts the mode of waterway plus tourism to promote the county's unique tourism resources such as the Shang Dynasty ruins in Zaoshi Town, Weixin featured town, hot springs for regimen, Xiayuhe Grand Canyon, Moshi Town—a red or revolutionary town, Baiyun Mountain, and Longwang (Dragon King) Cave. These all bring vitality to Xianyang Lake's tourism industry.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday