Taoyuan

Taoyuan is in northwest Hunan Province, on the lower reaches of the Yuan River, and is under the administration of Changde City. Its Taohuayuan (桃花源 “Peach Blossom Land”) was made famous by the Eastern Jin poet Tao Yuanming in his work The Peach Blossom Spring, and it is now a famous scenic area. In addition to Taohuayuan, Taoyuan is also home to the cultural sites of the “Three Towers and Three Pagodas,” the mountaintop Xingzi Palace, the stone caves carved out by General Ma Yuan as a summer retreat, and natural attractions like the Wuyun (乌云 “Dark Cloud”) World Nature Reserve (乌云界国家级自然保护区).