Yongzhou, known as 'Splendid Xiaoxiang', is a city suitable for city walks

Hunan Yongzhou, with a history of more than 2,200 years of establishment, was known as Lingling before the Sui Dynasty. It is the birthplace of Nushu script, rich in Yao ethnic customs, with quaint and grand festivals such as the 'Panwang Festival', 'Mud Washing Festival', and 'Bird Driving Festival'. Emperor Shun stopped at Shunhuang Mountain during his southern tour and passed away at Jiuyi Mountain, making Yongzhou the birthplace of Shun's virtue culture. It also boasts the reputation of being 'the source of the world's rice agriculture, the origin of the world's pottery craftsmanship, and the source of Chinese moral civilization'. In Dao County's Yuchan Rock, the world's earliest artificially cultivated rice and pottery sites were discovered, along with 47 human teeth fossils dating back 80,000 to 120,000 years, earning it the title 'the source of the world's grains and the origin of pottery for mankind'. Yongzhou's ceramic industry originated from Yuchan Rock in Dao County 14,000 years ago. During the Warring States period, it was capable of firing high-temperature hard pottery, and by the Eastern Han Dynasty, it could produce white porcelain. The ceramic industry in Yongzhou reached its peak during the Song Dynasty, with kiln sites scattered along the banks of the Xiao and Xiang rivers. Yongzhou was the birthplace of the famous Tang Dynasty cursive calligrapher Huaisu and the Qing Dynasty calligrapher He Shaoji, enjoying the reputation of the 'Southern China Stone Inscription Art Gallery'. The stone carvings of Yongzhou are early in age, numerous in quantity, high in taste, significant in value, and well-preserved, making them 'the best in Southern China'. Yongzhou has a flourishing literary tradition, and its people regard it as the incarnation of the Supreme Old Lord. Ningyuan Confucian Temple is one of the four great Confucian temples in China, with the Wuling Civil and Military Temples located to the east. The owner of the No. 1 Han tomb at Yaoziling is Liu Qing, the third-generation Marquis of Quanling from the Western Han Dynasty. Yongzhou is a land of outstanding people, producing many talents. It is the birthplace of Tang Dynasty calligrapher Huaisu, Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianism founder Zhou Dunyi, Qing Dynasty calligrapher He Shaoji, one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party Li Dazhao, Tao Zhu, and Li Qihan, the 'Three Heroes of Huangpu' Jiang Xianyun, Jianghua, Tang Shengzhi (Shude Villa), and others. The Red Army passed through Yongzhou during the Long March, fought the Battle of Xiangjiang, and left behind the heroic story of the 34th Division Commander Chen Shuxiang's 'resolute determination'. Liu Zongyuan served as an official in Yongzhou for ten years, expressing his affection for the landscape of Yongzhou, leaving behind many immortal works such as 'River Snow' and 'Eight Records of Yongzhou'. Precious cultural relics: Western Han light green glass pig, Eastern Han talc mask, Warring States period dragonfly eye glass bead, stone statues unearthed from Guizaoling sacrificial site, Western Han gold nasal plug shaped like a girdled waist