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Top 50 Best Things to Do near Xiangyin [2025]
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Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park
4.6
/5
36808 reviews
9.5
From AU$ 59.54
Based on 1,370 reviews
Tianmenshan Cableway/Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0744-8366666
Address: Tianmenshan National Forest Park, Tianmenshan Cableway, Dayong Road, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Highlights:
Glass Walkway with a panoramic view of the valley
197 ft glass walkway on cliffside
Saved by 3710 users26739 positive reviews
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There are too many people traveling during the summer vacation. It is difficult to get tickets for Line A and Line B. It is difficult to go up the mountain and even more difficult to go down the mountain. The number of passengers received is just beyond the carrying capacity, and the experience is very bad. It feels not as good as the Enshi Grand Canyon next door.
Tianmen Mountain "King Bomb" Raiders: A+B Lines Full Raiders, No Tiring, No Going Back
This route combines the two main tourist routes of Tianmen Mountain (Line A and Line B), and includes almost all popular attractions, such as the West Line Glass Plank Road, Guigu Plank Road, Tianmen Mountain Temple, Tianmen Cave, etc., which can enjoy the natural beauty and cultural landscape of Tianmen Mountain at one time.
No Going Back: Starting from the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Upper Station, visit along the West Line, then reach the top of Yunmeng Mountain via the Forest Cable Car, then return along the East Line (Line B), and finally return to the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Lower Station. There is no repeated route in the whole process, saving time and physical strength.
Convenient transportation: The starting point and the end point are both at the Tianmen Mountain Cableway Lower Station, which is located near the city, and the transportation is very convenient. Tourists can easily reach and leave the scenic area.
I call it Line A+B:
Tianmen Mountain Cableway Lower Station—Tianmen Mountain Cableway Upper Station—West Line Glass Plank Road—Yihong Pass—Guigu Plank Road—Suspension Bridge—Guigu Cave—Qiuer Cave—Tianmen Mountain Temple—Forest Cable Car—Mt. Yunmeng—Tianmen Mountain Cableway Upper Station
Tianmen Mountain Cableway Upper Station—Suspension Cableway Shenyu—Kunpeng Peak—High-altitude Cloud Corridor—Mountain Escalator—Tianmen Cave—Tianmen Cave Square—Tianmen Cave Express Line Upper Station—Tianmen Cave Express Line Lower Station—Tianmen Fox Fairy Theater—Mountain Gate (Free shuttle bus to Tianmen Mountain Cableway Lower Station)
The final station, Tianmen Mountain Cableway Lower Station, is actually in the city, and transportation is very convenient.
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
4.5
/5
28927 reviews
9.1
From AU$ 48.62
Based on 2,341 reviews
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park/Wulingyuan | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0744-5959888
Address: Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie City
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-3 days
Highlights:
Watercolor views from Tianzi Mountain Viewing Platform
Avatar's stunning stone peaks
Saved by 4610 users17818 positive reviews
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I spent two days touring the forest park. I was impressed by Yuanjiajie and Jinbianxi. The whole park was very clean. The seats for the performance were in the front and middle, with a great viewing angle.
Zhangjiajie Forest Park is amazing, the scenery is superb. The young and beautiful tour guide Adan provided careful and detailed service and arranged the route reasonably. Adan also has a super bonus skill: she is very good at taking pictures, and she kept taking beautiful pictures for all of us! If you want beautiful photos and want to make films, you must find her!
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Yellow Crane Tower
4.6
/5
65332 reviews
9.0
From AU$ 13.93
Based on 1,359 reviews
Yellow Crane Tower/Wuchang Railway Station | >100 km from downtown
Phone 日场黄鹤楼 400-700-9798
Address: No.1, Xishanpo, Snake Mountain, Wuchang District, Wuhan
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
Highlights:
Famous cultural landmarks in Chinese history
Yangtze River Bridge & 3 towns views
Saved by 763 users46716 positive reviews
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The lighting effect of the Yellow Crane Tower at night is good, and the children like it very much. However, the summer in Wuhan is not to be underestimated, and the temperature is very sour. Let’s go to get points…
The Yellow Crane Tower is worth a visit because of its beautiful scenery. In summer, the opening time is too late. If the park opens at 8:30, the sun will be too strong and it will not be good for taking photos. It is recommended to open the park earlier.
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Hunan Museum
4.8
/5
13457 reviews
8.8
Based on 133 reviews
Hunan Museum/Beichen Delta | 53.8 km from downtown
Phone 0731-84415833
Address: No. 50, Dongfeng Road, Kaifu District, Changsha City
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-6 hours
Highlights:
Ancient life virtual reality experience
VR experience: ancient life scenes
Saved by 447 users12412 positive reviews
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Minmin explained very well, she is beautiful and has a sweet voice. The time control is very good, Hunan Provincial Museum is still worth visiting. I like the Hunan Provincial Museum for extending its opening hours during the summer vacation. There are many people accompanying their children during the summer vacation, and the museum works overtime to meet the needs of tourists.
The workers in the museum are also very humble, and the visit is orderly without chaos or noise.
You should still ask for a guide when you go to a museum, but you still need some luck to find the right guide. Mr. Luo, who I met today, was very good. From the Mawangdui exhibition hall to the Hunanese exhibition hall, the whole explanation was detailed and interesting, which made our trip worthwhile.
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Orange Island
4.6
/5
12395 reviews
8.8
Based on 431 reviews
56.1 km from downtown
Phone 073188882152
Address: Orange Island Beach Park, Yuelu District, Changsha City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-4 hours
Highlights:
One of the first national red tourism classic attractions
Xiangjiang fireworks & music show
Saved by 837 users5894 positive reviews
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The Orange Island Scenic Area is located in Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is one of the many alluvial sandbars in the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River and is known as the "No. 1 Island in the World". The following is a detailed introduction to the scenic area:
Geographic location and appearance
Orange Island is located in the middle of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It faces Yuelu Mountain to the west and Changsha City to the east, and is surrounded by water on all sides.
The island is 5 kilometers long, about 40 meters wide at the narrowest point, about 140 meters wide at the widest point, and only more than 300 meters wide at the widest point. The island is narrow and long, shaped like a long dragon.
The Orange Island Bridge crosses it, 1 kilometer away from the center of Changsha City, with an area of 0.614 square kilometers.
Natural and cultural landscape
There are thousands of flowers, plants and vines growing on Orange Island, including 143 precious plants, as well as rare animals such as cranes, herons, gulls, foxes, badgers, etc.
At the head of the island stands a 32-meter-high art sculpture of Mao Zedong in his youth, which is the largest art sculpture of a great man in China and is magnificent. Orange Island Scenic Area is one of the famous scenic spots in Hunan. It is a great place for leisure and entertainment. I recommend it.
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Tengwang Pavilion
4.5
/5
22327 reviews
8.7
From AU$ 10.71
Based on 396 reviews
Tengwang Pavilion/Wanshou Palace | >100 km from downtown
Phone 0791-86702036，0791-86704664（滕王阁景区咨询电话）
Address: No. 58 Antique Street, Donghu District, Nanchang City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
A Nanchang landmark and one of the three famous towers of Jiangnan
Unique 9-story, 3-tiered building design
Saved by 232 users14516 positive reviews
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It is indeed a famous building! Unfortunately, I don’t remember the entire content of the Tengwang Pavilion Preface, so I can’t participate in the free climbing of the building. Although this building is not the same as the one described by Wang Bo, it does not prevent us from imagining and feeling the scene and mood of the ancients climbing the building. Climb the building and reminisce about the past.
As a cultural landmark in Nanchang, Tengwang Pavilion not only carries a thousand-year history, but also has a new vitality after renovation and upgrading in recent years. It is definitely worth a special visit. The following are its core highlights and reasons for recommendation: 🌟 1. Historical heritage and cultural immersion 1. A thousand-year-old famous building with a long cultural heritage Tengwang Pavilion was built in the fourth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty (653 AD). It is known as the "Three Famous Buildings in Jiangnan" together with Yueyang Tower and Yellow Crane Tower. The famous sentence "The setting sun and the solitary wild goose fly together, and the autumn water and the sky are the same color" in Wang Bo's "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion" was born here. Climbing the pavilion, you can overlook the Ganjiang River and feel the magnificent artistic conception in the poems. The building displays poems by literati from past dynasties and architectural restoration models, vividly showing its legend of standing firm after 29 destructions and reconstructions. 2. Innovative cultural interactive experience
Reciting and entering the pavilion for free: Successfully reciting the full text of "Tengwang Pavilion Preface" can enter the main pavilion for free (more than 20,000 people participated in the first half of 2025), and touch the millennium cultural context in the sound of reading.
- Technology empowers history: VR equipment is installed on the second floor, which can immersively experience Wang Bo's creative scenes; a new AR treasure hunt game is added, and historical allusions are unlocked by scanning the code.
🏙️ 2. Core highlights after the renovation and upgrade
1. "Three Return Projects" open water-friendly space
The north expansion project completed in 2024 will demolish 600 meters of walls to achieve "returning the river to the people, returning the shore to the people, and returning the scenery to the people":
85% of the area is open for free: the riverside trail is fully connected and open 24 hours a day, completely changing the regret of "near the river but not the river".
- Landscape upgrade: A new 60-meter lantern wall (800 lanterns are engraved with the full text of "Tengwang Pavilion Preface"), when night falls, light and shadow interweave, forming a beautiful picture with Tang-style buildings and Ganjiang night view.
2. One-stop tour of the "Great Tengwang Pavilion Tourist Area"
- The area has been expanded to 460,000 square meters, connecting the Wanshou Palace, Dashiyuan Street, Shengli Road Pedestrian Street and other popular landmarks to form a 3-kilometer cultural corridor. Visitors can experience "climbing the pavilion + taking a boat + enjoying the river + tasting food" in one stop.
The free area has a significant drainage effect: in the first half of 2025, the free area attracted more than 6.5 million people, driving a surge in surrounding consumption (such as the scale of Dashiyuan snack bars expanded 16 times).
📸 III. Immersive experience and online celebrity gameplay
1. Ancient style travel photography destination
The night lights and the Tang and Song Dynasty architectural complexes form a natural studio. There are more than 20 Hanfu experience stores around, providing full-process makeup and photography services. Travel photography tailors can design "travel blockbusters" for you, and photographers in the peak season can earn nearly 10,000 yuan a month.
2. Night tour upgrade, light and shadow feast
Light show and holographic projection: The main pavilion is linked to the "one river and two banks" lighting project, using 3D technology to restore the "Heting Fuzhu" and "Guidian Langong" in "Tengwang Pavilion Preface" and is praised as the "modern version of the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains"
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Du Fu Pavilion
4.6
/5
7526 reviews
8.6
From AU$ 3.86
Wu Yi Square/IFS | 56.4 km from downtown
Phone 0731-82298545(游客中心)
Address: No.108, Xiangjiang Middle Road, Tianxin District, Changsha
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Watch the Orange Isle Light Show Across the River
360° view of Xiangjiang city
Saved by 486 users6664 positive reviews
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Hunan attractions are very friendly to children and the elderly. Children under 14 years old are generally free. The Du Fu Jiangge Night Ticket is worth coming, with many performances and interactions
Compared to the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, the place is a little smaller, just a small building. However, the character performances inside are still worth watching. It feels like the ticket price is worth it instantly. If you take your kids to the summer vacation, it’s too hot during the day, so the night view is a very good choice.
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Qingchuan Pavilion Park
4.7
/5
5925 reviews
8.3
Based on 49 reviews
Wuhan International Expo Center | >100 km from downtown
Phone 027-84710887
Address: No. 86, Xima Chang Street, Hanyang District, Wuhan
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Faces Yellow Crane Tower (Yangtze River）
Wuhan's top wedding photo spot
Saved by 339 users5244 positive reviews
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The entire scenic area is very small. It might be too hot to go there during the day, so we went there at night. It was really beautiful. There were many camera positions where you can check in, and every photo is a great one, especially the photos of the Yellow Crane Tower and the Yangtze River Bridge at the entrance of Qingchuan Pavilion. It was so beautiful!
I rushed into the bathroom of the scenic spot because I had a stomachache, and then I found that I had no paper. I had to call the scenic spot. The scenic spot was very good and sent paper directly to me, which solved the urgent problem.
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Hubei Provincial Museum
4.8
/5
5298 reviews
8.2
Based on 480 reviews
Chuhehan Street/East Lake/Hubei Provincial Museum | >100 km from downtown
Phone 027-86794127
Address: No. 156, Donghu Road, Wuchang, Wuchang District, Wuhan
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
Highlights:
Enjoy the rich sound of chime bells show
Stroll East Lake Scenic Area
Saved by 310 users4045 positive reviews
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During the summer vacation, I took my children to explore the Hubei Provincial Museum. I was fortunate to meet the gold medal tour guide, Ms. Wu Jianhong, who helped the children gain a better understanding of the history and culture of Jiangcheng. Ms. Wu is amiable, and her service is warm and thoughtful. I especially recommend her to friends in need!
I missed the appointment time, but I found a tour group one day in advance. I was lucky.
This time, the tour guide Xiao Zhu led the group. The young man was very experienced. He interacted with the team, took care of the children, and had experience in queuing. Although there were many people watching the sword, I didn't feel that I had waited for a long time while listening to the explanation. The young man worked hard, and it was a great experience!
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Yue Yang Tower
4.6
/5
8539 reviews
8.1
From AU$ 15.00
Based on 169 reviews
Yueyang Tower | 78.6 km from downtown
Phone 0730-8319435
Address: Dongting North Road, Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City
Recommended sightseeing time: 2-3 hours
Highlights:
View Dongting Lake & Junshan
View Dongting Lake's vastness
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I still remember the Yueyang Tower, but I don't know some of the passages well enough and need to recite them again to improve my memory. Because I was in a hurry, I didn't participate in the free tower climbing activity. Climbing the tower to enjoy the beauty of Dongting Lake and the magnificent view of Baling, it really makes you feel like the ancient people climbed the tower. I strongly recommend that you must go to the night show. The actors are very dedicated and focused in their performance. There were a few moments when the actors' infectiousness made us see the old Mr. Fan and Mr. Teng, and we were moved to tears.
Check in at Yueyang Tower, one of the three famous towers in the south of the Yangtze River. I feel that it has been over-praised by literati and poets. The attractions are limited and it is not cost-effective to make a special trip there. The scenery is still good. You can read more books and learn more about history, and then go there to have fun.
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