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Furong Ancient Town 芙蓉镇Fúróng Zhèn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xiangxi, Hunan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xiangxi
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Furong Ancient Town
A Tujia town in Yongshun County built on cliffs above a waterfall that drops into the You River; formerly called Wangcun, it took its present name in 2007 after the film Hibiscus Town was shot here. It also keeps the Xizhou Bronze Pillar of 940, an eight-sided column inscribed with the truce between the Chu ruler Ma Xifan and the local chief Peng Shichou, which was moved here in 1971 when the Fengtan hydropower dam was built and is now displayed in the town's folk-customs museum, a former mission chapel of 1931.
How to get to Furong Ancient Town
Furong Town station on the Zhangjiajie–Jishou–Huaihua high-speed railway, between Zhangjiajie and Jishou, is about 5 km from the old town.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Hongshilin Red Stone Forest 红石林 (under 10 km).
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