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Yuelu Mountain and Orange Isle 岳麓山·橘子洲Yuèlù Shān Júzizhōu
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Changsha, Hunan
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Changsha
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Yuelu Mountain and Orange Isle
Yuelu Mountain, a wooded ridge about 300 m high on the west bank of the Xiang River facing central Changsha, has the Lushan Temple founded in 268, the Ming-dynasty Daoist Yunlu Palace, the Aiwan (Autumn-Admiring) Pavilion of 1792 and, near the summit, a 1212 rock-cut copy of the Yu Stele with 77 archaic characters, as well as the tombs of the 1911 revolutionaries Huang Xing and Cai E. Orange Isle, a sand island some 5 km long in the river, has gardens at its southern tip with a giant sculpture of the young Mao Zedong (2009) and a stele of his 1925 poem 'Changsha'. The two are listed together as one 5A scenic area; Yuelu Academy at the foot of the mountain has its own card.
How to get to Yuelu Mountain and Orange Isle
In central Changsha on the west bank of the Xiang; Orange Isle has its own stop on Metro Line 2, and the mountain trails start behind Hunan University.
Nearby
- Hunan Museum 湖南省博物馆 under 10 km
A Han marchioness, her silk banner and a gauze robe as thin as air
Also within 20 km: Yuelu Academy 岳麓书院 (under 10 km), Former Site of the Xinmin Study Society 新民学会成立会旧址 (under 10 km), Former Site of Hunan First Normal School 湖南省立第一师范学校旧址 (under 10 km), Cheng Qian's Mansion 程潜公馆 (under 10 km), Qingshuitang (Former Site of the CCP Xiang District Committee) 清水塘 (under 10 km), Tianxin Pavilion 天心阁 (under 10 km).
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