Xisai National Forest Park

Xisai National Forest Park is located in Yiling District of Yichang City, with the highest altitude of 1970 meters and the average altitude of 1382 meters. The total area of the scenic spot is 14647 hectares, including 8000 hectares of well preserved virgin forest, rare alpine rhododendron community and large area of alpine meadow, as well as a variety of rare and endangered animals and plants. The park is divided into four main scenic spots: jiuzhaiwan, quanyitang, heiliangshan and wangjiangshan. There are stone city, Yuntaiguan, zangbing cave, lijiazhai and other historical sites. There are natural landscapes such as yixiantian, baisheyan, Longwang cave and shenjianfeng.

Transportation: the starting price of a taxi in Yichang is 3 yuan / 1km, 4 yuan / 2km and 5 yuan / 3km, and the rental price is 1.20 yuan per kilometer for more than 3km, plus a fuel surcharge of 0.5 yuan. However, the phenomenon of taxi drivers in Yichang killing passengers and refusing to take a taxi is quite serious. When taking a taxi, we must recognize that it is a regular company and ask for bills. Yichang passenger management office hotline: 0717-6852308 bus at present, there are 36 bus lines in Yichang City, which use natural gas as fuel and are green and environmentally friendly. Most of the vehicles operating on each line are new cars, including ordinary new buses, air-conditioned buses, double deck luxury cars and antique sightseeing cars. The ticket price of ordinary bus is 1 yuan, that of air-conditioned bus and sightseeing bus is 2 yuan, and that of special tourist bus is multi-level. From Yichang city to the Three Gorges Dam, you can take No.4, No.100 or No.10 bus in the city. Under the night pearl, there are many No.8 buses, which are specially used to enter the Three Gorges construction site. There are 10 blocks in and 8 blocks out. It should be noted that the No. 8 bus here is not the No. 8 bus in the urban area. Don't take the No. 8 bus in the urban area directly, otherwise you can't get to the dam.

Xisai National Forest Park

Xisai National Forest Park is a national AAA scenic spot

It is located in Zhangcunping Town, northwest of Yiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province. It is the birthplace of the West tributary of Huangbai River in the Yangtze River Basin. It belongs to the state-owned Zhangcunping forest farm, with the highest altitude of 1970 meters and the average altitude of 1382 meters.

geographical environment

Xisai National Forest Park is a national AAA scenic spot

It is located in Zhangcunping Town, northwest of Yiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province. It is the birthplace of the West tributary of Huangbai River in the Yangtze River Basin. It belongs to the state-owned Zhangcunping forest farm, with the highest altitude of 1970 meters and the average altitude of 1382 meters. The total area of the scenic spot is 14647 hectares, including 8000 hectares of well preserved virgin forest, rare alpine rhododendron community and large area of alpine meadow, as well as a variety of rare and endangered animals and plants.

Main attractions

The landscape types are natural landscape and park.

Xisai National Forest Park is composed of jiuzhaiwan, quanyitang, wangjiangshan and heiliangshan scenic spots, with an average altitude of 1382 meters and the highest altitude (quanyitang) of 1970 meters. It is a rare alpine wetland in southern China.

It is said that the Tang Monk and his disciples passed by this place and saw the splendid scenery of the western sun. They mistook it for the fairyland of the western sky. Therefore, the name of "Xisai state" comes from this.

Jiuzhaiwan scenic spot

Located 20 kilometers away from wuduhe Zhangcunping highway, it is the only access to Xisai National Forest Park. There are many strange rocks, waterfalls, rare plants, ancient trees and famous trees. Is the tourist reception center and the main catering accommodation.

Armchair walk scenic spot

Located in the west of Zhangcunping forest farm, the highest altitude is 1920 meters, with an average altitude of 1400 meters. There are labyrinth, stone forest, Tianchi, watchtower and other scenic spots. It is a paradise for wild animals, as well as a place for skiing and grass skiing.

Heiliangshan scenic spot

The main scenic spots are distributed in heiliangshan Grand Canyon. The whole Canyon is 12 kilometers long. According to the landform, it is divided into three scenic sections: upstream, midstream and downstream. There are more than ten scenic spots, such as yixiantian, YANZIYA, laiyutan, baisheyan, canyon hanging coffin, longwangdong, Xisai fairyland, etc.

Wangjiangshan scenic spot

There are Yuntai view, shenjianfeng, BaiCaoYuan, nature museum and other attractions. The main peak of Wangjiang mountain is 1970 meters, and there is Yuntai temple on the top of the peak. It is a famous Buddhist resort far and near. When you climb to the top of the mountain, you can see the mountains thousands of miles north of the Yangtze River. On a clear day, depending on the Yangtze River, it can be seen faintly. At night, Yichang city is brightly lit. Shenjian peak - Shenjian peak is a stone peak, about 30 meters high. It has a sharp top and a sharp bottom. It looks like an inverted sword. Primeval forest, the vast forest, is the most precious natural resource of wangjiangshan. It is a green treasure house of natural resources with well preserved ten thousand mu virgin forest and ancient relict plant communities. It can be used as a base for experts and scholars to carry out scientific investigation, and also as a summer resort for tourists. BaiCaoYuan wangjiangshan is a large natural medicine garden. More than 100 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines have been found in forests, cliffs and river valleys. Among them, there are many rare herbs. The nature museum, the "Nature Museum" of Xisai National Forest Park, displays rare and endangered plant specimens and animal pictures. It is planned to make the nature museum a place for science popularization, science education and scientific research.

There are also rich human resources here. There are stone city, Yuntai temple, zangbing cave, lijiazhai and other historical sites; there are natural landscapes such as yixiantian, baisheyan, Longwang cave, Shenjian peak and so on. It is said that Guan Yunchang walked along the malonping River during the Three Kingdoms period, and Li laiheng, the adopted son of Li Zicheng, the leader of the peasant uprising, once stationed troops in the stone city. Today, the remains of the stone city are still visible.

Tourism information

It is 100km away from Yichang city. The whole journey is asphalt and cement road. It takes 2 hours to drive.

Address: in Yiling District, Yichang City

Longitude: 111.1247265625

Latitude: 30.779491092152

Ticket information: 40 yuan

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