Atlas of China
Xianning 咸宁Xiánníng
Hot springs, osmanthus and the traditional site of the Red Cliffs battle
About Xianning
Xianning, in the hills south of Wuhan, bills itself as China's hot-spring city, with resorts clustered in the Wenquan area on the edge of the city, and osmanthus trees scent its autumn. On the Yangtze at Chibi, a riverside cliff is the traditional site of the Battle of Red Cliffs of 208. In Chibi's old town of Yangloudong, merchants once packed brick tea for the caravan trade to Russia, and the Jiugong Mountains rise on the Jiangxi border to the south.
What to eat in Xianning
- Brick tea (砖茶)
- Paizhouwan fish balls (簰洲湾鱼圆)
Listed sites in Xianning
19 sites in Xianning are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Red Cliff Ancient Battlefield, Chibi 三国赤壁古战场 5A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A scenic area on the south bank of the Yangtze in Chibi, built around a cliff carved with the two large characters for 'Red Cliff', which tradition credits to the general Zhou Yu after the Battle of Red Cliffs in AD 208, though who wrote them and when is debated. - Chutian Yaochi Hot Spring Resort 楚天瑶池温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the bank of the Gan River in Xianning's urban area, at the site of the Feitan ('boiling pool') archway, which local sources call the marker of the 'first spring of central China'. - Hot Spring Valley Resort, Xianning 温泉谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A large hot-spring resort beside the main gate of Qianshan National Forest Park on the edge of Xianning. - Jiugong Mountains 九宫山 4A scenic area
A forested mountain resort in the Mufu range on the Hubei–Jiangxi border, with a main summit of about 1,650 m and summer temperatures that local authorities put at around 21°C. The scenic area is known for Yunzhong Lake, a high-altitude lake at about 1,230 m, waterfalls and a Song-dynasty Daoist heritage, and it has a ski slope in winter and a wind farm on the ridges. - Lingmi Town and Baiya Mountain, Chongyang 柃蜜小镇·白崖山 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural resort built and run by a private tourism company at Fanshang village in Jintang town, Chongyang County, in the hills around Baiya Mountain. - Longyin Mountain Resort 龙隐山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain leisure park built around 2020 beside Yinshui Cave in Dafan town, on a hill about 519 m above sea level overlooking Fushui Lake. - Longyou Chibi Hot Spring Resort 龙佑赤壁温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort complex at the foot of Wuhong Mountain beside Lushui Lake, built in Han-Tang style around a hotel, a lakeside spring centre and villas. - Lushui Lake 陆水湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A reservoir of about 57 sq km on the Lu River near Chibi, created in 1958 as a test dam for the Three Gorges and Gezhouba projects, with more than 800 islands among wooded hills and national scenic area status since 2002. - Sanjiang Forest Hot Spring 三江森林温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the eastern foot of Qianshan National Forest Park, beside the Gan River on the edge of Xianning city. - Shanhu Hot Spring Resort 山湖温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the north shore of Bai Lake in the Sanhu–Lianjiang lake area of Jiayu County, opened in 2009 with a four-star hotel, a boat pier and a bathing centre. - Taiyi Hot Spring 太乙温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Taiyi village, Fushan, on the southern edge of Xianning city, beside Taiyi Cave, a karst cave, and a lake of more than 200 mu. - Tianye Countryside Park, Guanqiao 田野乡村公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural leisure park built around Group 8 of Guanqiao village in Jiayu County, with two lakes, a provincial forest park of about 1,800 mu and a 3.3 km lakeside greenway. - Yaogu Mountain and Guyao Village, Tongcheng 药姑山·古瑶村 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in Daping township, Tongcheng County, on Yaogu Mountain (also called Longjiao Mountain, summit about 1,260 m), known for nearly 10,000 mu of wild cherry blossom in March and April, waterfalls and a long reputation as a source of medicinal herbs. - Yellow Crane Tower Forest Liquor Town 黄鹤楼森林美酒小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A visitor area inside the working Yellow Crane Tower baijiu distillery in Xianning's high-tech zone, set among wooded hills and a lake. - Yinshui Cave 隐水洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave about 5 km long in Dafan town, Tongshan County, billed as Hubei's first geological park, with an underground stream, stalactite forests and chambers averaging about 30 m high. - Tingsiqiao Battle Site (Northern Expedition) 北伐汀泗桥战役遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The site of the battle of Tingsiqiao on 26–27 August 1926, when the National Revolutionary Army's Fourth Army took the town from forces of the warlord Wu Peifu during the Northern Expedition. - Tomb of Li Zicheng 李自成墓 National heritage site · on the map
A memorial park on the western side of the Jiugong Mountains with a Qing-period tomb mound that has been identified since the 1950s as the grave of Li Zicheng, the rebel leader who set up the short-lived Shun regime and is said to have died near here in 1645. - Wang Mingfan Mansion 王明璠府第 National heritage site · on the map
A late-Qing family compound in Wutian village, Dalu township, built for Wang Mingfan, who was granted a court title in 1901 that gives the gate plaque its name, 'Dafudi'. - Xiangyang Lake Cultural Figures' Former Sites 向阳湖文化名人旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A group of former buildings by Xiangyang Lake where, from September 1969, the Ministry of Culture ran a 'May Seventh' cadre school; more than 6,000 staff and writers passed through, among them Bing Xin, Shen Congwen, Feng Xuefeng and Zang Kejia.
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