Shuangpai County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province — an ecological pearl and a blessed land for health preservation, integrating alpine ecology, lake scenery, and ancient tree wonders. It boasts distinctive scenic spots such as Yangming Mountain, Xiaoshui Lake, and Tongzi'ao. Experience the ecological beauty of "Alpine Azaleas + Lake and Mountain Scenery + Thousand-Year-Old Ginkgo Trees" in one day.
Scenic view of Yangming Mountain, boating on Xiaoshui Lake, exploring ginkgo trees, seeking wonders in karst caves
In the morning, climb Yangming Mountain to watch the azalea sea and visit Xiaoshui Lake to enjoy the lake and mountain scenery; in the afternoon, explore Tongzi'ao to discover thousand-year-old ginkgo trees and visit Qinglong Cave to admire the karst cave wonders; in the evening, visit Wanshou Temple to experience Zen culture.
Various wild vegetables picked from the Yangming Mountain area, such as bracken, bamboo shoots, wild mushrooms, and azalea flowers. They taste delicious, are rich in nutrition, pollution-free, reflecting Shuangpai's excellent ecological environment and green food resources.
Using fresh live fish from Xiaoshui Lake, cooked with traditional Shuangpai cooking methods. The fish meat is tender, the soup is delicious, with the spicy flavor of Hunan cuisine while retaining the original taste of the fish, making it an excellent choice to taste lake fresh food.
A characteristic health dish of Shuangpai, using local chicken and ginkgo fruits from Tongzi'ao, stewed slowly with Chinese medicinal materials. The soup is delicious, the chicken is tender and rotten, the ginkgo is soft and glutinous, which has nourishing effects and is delicious.
A traditional food of Shuangpai, made by smoking local black pigs, local chickens, etc., with pine branches, tea tree branches, etc. The cured meat has a golden color, a unique aroma, and firm meat quality, making it a precious food for entertaining guests.