Xuefeng Mountain

Xuefeng Mountain spans four cities and ten counties, forming the longest and largest mountain range within Hunan Province. Xuefeng is revered as Hunan's "Father Mountain."

Xuefeng Mountain is also a global biodiversity hotspot and a model for biodiversity conservation, recognized as a "biological gene bank" and a "paradise of mysterious species diversity." The mountain ranks among the global 200 ecoregions of international importance. The pristine landscape here remains largely untouched, featuring diverse topography including alpine plateaus and abundant mountain forests. With over 85% forest coverage, the area has a negative oxygen ion concentration exceeding 12,000 per cubic centimeter. The climate is ever-changing, offering beautiful rime frost scenery in winter with lush alpine meadows in summer. The mountain presents distinct landscapes across the seasons. 

Xuefeng Mountain National Forest Park. (Photo/Zhang Xiwen)

Xuefeng Mountain is also known as Hunan's "Mountain of Heroes." Chinese and Japanese forces engaged in a decisive battle here, marking the final major confrontation on the center stage battlefield during the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression. The area boasts unique cultural heritage, with its ethnic culture, revolutionary or "red" culture, rice cultivation culture, tea culture, Gaomiao ethnic culture, as well as the iconic figure of Qu Yuan, renowned both domestically and internationally.
Xuefeng Mountain was included in the second batch of "World Famous Tourism Mountains."

Chinese source: Voice of Hunan