Recently, at the 2025 Beautiful Countryside Leisure Tourism (Spring) Promotion Event, the Department of Rural Industries of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs released 60 high-quality spring travel routes and 189 high-quality scenic spots. Hunan's two travel routes highlighting six sites were included in the national list, namely, "Exploring Rural Homestays" in Xiangjiang New Area, Changsha City, and "Savoring Spring Tea and Admiring Verdant Countryside" in Jishou City, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
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The "Exploring Rural Homestays" route in Xiangjiang New Area includes three featured sites: Wild Planet Valley Camp, Lianhua Kai Homestay, and Lian Yu Homestay.
Located in Tongmu Village, Lianhua Town, Yuelu District, Changsha City, the Wild Planet Valley Camp is a new project developed by Lianhua Shuzhan Homestay. The site integrates diverse facilities, including:
-- A 20,000-sqm valley campsite;
-- A Cafe Racer coffee shop;
-- An art gallery;
-- Sense Park Non-powered facilities;
-- A petting zoo;
-- A free camping zone;
-- Luxury glamping tents; and,
-- Lianhua Shuzhan Homestay.
The site pioneers a natural aesthetics education system, fostering visitors' curiosity and exploration while maintaining reverence for nature, life, and childhood. It offers families with high-quality parent-child experiences through immersive activities.
The place showcases untamed beauty with wooden fences, stages, and cabins that highlight the natural textures and forms of timber, artfully placed across spacious lawns.
Photo provided by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
The "Savoring Spring Tea and Admiring Verdant Countryside" route in Jishou City features two key attractions: the Aikou Tea-Tourism Town and the Tea-Tourism Folk Landscape in Hangtuo and Pingnian villages.
The Aikou Village is a major tea-producing area in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The village boasts serene surroundings and picturesque scenery. The village has built a tea-themed research and education base and featured homestays, and fostered diversified tea-tourism business formats. Thanks to these efforts, the place has been recognized as one of China's first ten tea-tourism integrated routes.
Visitors here can immerse themselves in the beauty of lush tea plantations, participate in agricultural activities like tea-picking and tea-making, and enjoy leisure pursuits such as hiking, cycling, and fishing.
This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.
Translator: Xiao Juan
Chinese source: Hunan Daily
