Huanggang 黄冈Huánggāng

About Huanggang

Huanggang runs from the north bank of the Yangtze up into the Dabie Mountains. In Huangzhou, the exiled poet Su Shi wrote his Red Cliff odes at the rock now called Dongpo Chibi, and Huangmei keeps the temples of the Fourth and Fifth Patriarchs of Chan Buddhism. Qichun is the home of Li Shizhen, author of the great Ming pharmacopoeia, Yingshan has a tomb identified as that of Bi Sheng, inventor of movable type, and Tiantangzhai rises on the Anhui border.

What to eat in Huanggang

• Huangzhou Dongpo pork (黄州东坡肉)
• Luotian chestnut chicken (罗田板栗烧仔鸡)

Listed sites in Huanggang

36 sites in Huanggang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Guifeng Mountain, Macheng 龟峰山 5A scenic area · on the map
  Guifeng Mountain is a mountain scenic area in Guishan town, Macheng, at the southern foot of the central Dabie Mountains near the Hubei–Henan–Anhui border.
• Bodaofeng, Luotian 薄刀峰 4A scenic area · on the map
  Bodaofeng is a mountain scenic area in Shengli town in the north of Luotian county, in the Dabie Mountains of north-eastern Hubei, and is promoted as a cool summer retreat.
• Dongpo Chibi 东坡赤壁 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Dongpo Chibi is a complex of pavilions and halls on a reddish-brown rock bluff in the north-west of Huangzhou, which once stood on the north bank of the Yangtze before silt left it several hundred metres from the river.
• Former Residence of Li Xiannian 李先念故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  Li Xiannian (1909–1992) was born in Hong'an and served as President of the People's Republic of China from 1983 to 1988.
• Four Seasons Flower Sea, Yingshan 四季花海 4A scenic area · on the map
  Four Seasons Flower Sea is a modern leisure and study-tour resort about 1 km south of Yingshan county seat (Wenquan town), beside the upper Bailianhe reservoir and centred on planted flower fields.
• Guangji Shiguang Riverside Park, Wuxue 广济时光景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Guangji Shiguang is a riverside park about 2 km long on the north bank of the Yangtze at Wuxue, built from 2013 and opened in January 2016.
• Huangma Uprising and Eyuwan Soviet Area Memorial Park 黄麻起义和鄂豫皖苏区纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
  This memorial park in Hong'an town, the county seat, commemorates the Huangma Uprising of November 1927, when Communist-led peasant forces rose in Huang'an (now Hong'an) and Macheng, and the Hubei–Henan–Anhui revolutionary base area that followed.
• Jinxiu Tongluo Scenic Area, Hong'an 锦绣铜锣景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A privately run leisure park of about 4,200 mu (roughly 280 hectares) on the southern edge of Hong'an county seat, beside the Daoshui River.
• Li Shizhen Culture Tourism Area, Qichun 李时珍文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A health-tourism area on the shore of Chilong Lake National Wetland Park in the south of Qichun county, built around the legacy of Li Shizhen (1518–1593), the Ming-dynasty physician who compiled the Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica).
• Lishan Eco-tourism Area, Qichun 李山生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A village-based tourism area of about 3 sq km in Lishan village, Datong town, in the north-east of Qichun county, developed around tea and the area's revolutionary history.
• Long March National Cultural Park, Yingshan Section 长征国家文化公园英山园区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A Long March-themed park in Taojiahe township on the southern slope of the Dabie Mountains, a key assembly area of the Red 25th Army before its Long March in 1934.
• Macheng Martyrs' Cemetery 麻城烈士陵园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A martyrs' cemetery and memorial park of about 11 hectares in Macheng, built to commemorate those who died in the Huangma Uprising and the Hubei–Henan–Anhui Soviet area.
• Nanwudang (Southern Wudang) Scenic Area, Yingshan 大别山南武当 4A scenic area · on the map
  A mountain scenic area in Wujiashan National Forest Park in the Dabie Mountains of northern Yingshan, promoted as 'Southern Wudang'.
• Puyang Temple (Puyang Guan), Qichun 普阳观 4A scenic area · on the map
  Puyang Guan is a Daoist temple on Fuhu Hill in Caohe, the county seat of Qichun, and the named core of the Li Shizhen Medical-Daoist Culture Tourism Area on the Hubei A-level list.
• Sanjiaoshan Scenic Area, Xishui 三角山 4A scenic area · on the map
  Sanjiaoshan is a mountain scenic area in Lüyang township, Xishui, on the southern slopes of the Dabie Mountains, and is also a national forest park.
• Sizu Temple, Huangmei 四祖寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  The temple of Daoxin, the Fourth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, founded in 624 and rebuilt several times in the Ming and Qing.
• Taohuachong Resort, Yingshan 桃花冲 4A scenic area · on the map
  Taohuachong is a mountain resort area in Caopandi town, in the east of Yingshan county in the Dabie Mountains.
• Tiantai Mountain, Hong'an 天台山 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tiantai Mountain is a forested mountain area in the far north of Hong'an county, on the Hubei–Henan border, with a platform-shaped main peak, steep rock faces and named viewpoints along its stone steps.
• Tiantangzhai, Luotian 天堂寨 4A scenic area
  Tiantangzhai is a forested massif in the Dabie Mountains that straddles the Hubei–Anhui border and forms the watershed between the Yangtze and the Huai rivers; this entry is the Hubei side, reached from Jiuzihe town in Luotian county.
• Tomb of Bi Sheng 毕昇墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  Bi Sheng (died 1051), a Song-dynasty artisan, is credited with inventing the world's first movable type, made of fired clay.
• Tongtian River Scenic Area, Wuxue 通天河景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tongtian River is a themed tourist area in a hill valley in Yuchuan town, Wuxue, built around the story of Journey to the West.
• Wunaoshan National Forest Park, Macheng 五脑山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national forest park in the wooded hills just north-west of Macheng city, run by its own management office.
• Wuyunshan Ecotourism Area, Qichun 雾云山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A mountain tea-and-terrace area in the hills of northern Qichun, at an average altitude of about 800 m.
• Wuzu Temple, Huangmei 五祖寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A Chan (Zen) Buddhist temple on Dongshan hill, founded in 654, where the Fifth Patriarch Hongren taught.
• Xiaoganxiang Cultural Park, Macheng 孝感乡文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A modern city park in Macheng themed on 'Xiaogan Township', the place that many Sichuan and Chongqing families name as the origin of their ancestors in the Ming and Qing 'Huguang fills Sichuan' migrations.
• Yi'ai Lake, Huanggang 遗爱湖 4A scenic area
  An urban lake in the middle of Huanggang's built-up area, made up of an east and a west lake joined by a narrow channel, with about 3.2 sq km of water.
• Baizi Pagoda, Macheng 柏子塔 National heritage site
  A Tang-dynasty brick pagoda on Jiulong Hill in Yanjiahe township, built in 783 by the monk Xuying and named after a cypress that once grew from its top.
• Former Residence of Dong Biwu 董必武故居 National heritage site · on the map
  Dong Biwu (1886–1975) was one of the delegates at the founding congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 and served as acting Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1972 to 1975.
• Gaota Temple Pagoda, Huangmei 黄梅高塔寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
  A Northern Song-dynasty pagoda standing in the built-up area of Huangmei town, beside Guta East Road.
• Lei Ancestral Hall, Macheng 麻城雷氏祠 National heritage site · on the map
  The ancestral hall of the Lei clan in Leishici village, south-east of Macheng, a building of the Qing to Republican periods.
• Qiliping Revolutionary Sites 七里坪革命旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  Qiliping is a small town in northern Hong'an county that was a centre of the Communist-led Hubei–Henan–Anhui revolutionary base area between 1927 and 1934, and its surviving sites are listed together as a national heritage unit.
• Shuangcheng Pagoda, Hong'an 双城塔 National heritage site · on the map
  Shuangcheng Pagoda stands among fields at Zhoujiadun village, in the hills of northern Hong'an county.
• Tomb of Li Shizhen, Qichun 李时珍墓 National heritage site · on the map
  The burial place of Li Shizhen (1518–1593), the Ming-dynasty physician and naturalist who compiled the Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica).
• Wanniantai Stage, Xishui 万年台戏台 National heritage site · on the map
  Wanniantai Stage (the name means 'ten-thousand-year stage') is a Qing-dynasty traditional opera stage in Xishui county.
• Wu Family Hall in Doushan 陡山吴氏祠 National heritage site · on the map
  The Wu Family Hall is a clan ancestral hall at Doushan village, Baliwan town, built in 1763 by the local Wu lineage and enlarged in 1871 and 1902.
• Zhenggong Pagoda, Wuxue 郑公塔 National heritage site · on the map
  Zhenggong Pagoda is an ancient pagoda in Wuxue, in south-eastern Hubei.

On the map

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