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Shennong Valley National Park
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To the east of Yanling County, the Shennong Valley National Forest Park is a natural reserve, with 90 percent of forest coverage. The park is a gene bank of rare natural animals and plants. It acquired its name Shennong (also called Emperor Yan) Valley Park because it is close to the Mausoleum of Emperor Yan. Covering an area over 100 square km, the park has hundreds of peaks, including the highest one in Hunan Province- Shennong Peak (2,122.35 meters above sea level). The main tourist attractions in the forest park include the Pear Curtain Waterfall, which contains the most negative oxygen ions in Asia; Shennong Flying Waterfall, the highest waterfall in Hunan; and a 7,733-hectare primeval forest which is the best preserved one in south China. Taking a tour to the Shennong Valley National Forest Park, tourists will find everything fresh and new, and feel rejuvenated.
The park has primitive scenery of high mountains, dense forests, and deep valleys. There are towering rocks, cliffs, rural villages, legends about Yandi or Shennong who have sampled hundreds of plants to find the ideal ingredients to produce herbal medicines, and revolutionary stories about the Red Army.
Address: Shennonggu Village, Shidu Town, Yanling County