Sangzhi : a shining pearl in the depths of western Hunan (Photos )

Sangzhi, deep in the mountains of Hunan, a pearl,

It is hidden between the mountains in Zhangjiajie,

retains most authentic Western style.

here, worship the gods and the old witch song to sing so far;

Here, sturdy surviving legacy of the Hmong Ranger.

Here is Marshal He Long's hometown,

This is still the Shen Congwen,

that fresh, honest Western.

Sangzhi name, said from the mulberry tree planted within; but as long as the foot Sangzhi land you will find, where mulberry trees are not too many. In Sangzhi kind of have more" Sang" , the original is the most common shrubs in southwest Coriaria tree. It is low tree, the branches like clusters of barricaded the candlesticks, fruit is exactly like the mulberry. Coriaria tree Sangzhi mountains everywhere, and by the local ethnic minorities as a sacred tree.

Sangzhi County is located in northwestern Hunan Province, Zhangjiajie City is the western gateway to the letter of the Western Deep at. Wuling's north branch and branched throughout the Sangzhi extension, the size of mountains formed of thousands of seats, creating a strange and beautiful scenery Sangzhi.

Sangzhi valuable, but also because this multi-ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This unique mountain counties actually live 28 ethnic groups, including Tujia, Bai and Miao ethnic minority-based, accounting for the total population of the county 470 000 92.6%. Sangzhi walking in the streets, all the time we feel the rich ethnic customs: pipe, backpack, homespun clothing, to convey the people's love of life.

Sangzhi who summed up the local characteristics, attributed to" discover two things," " red and white colors," " life and death two shock" three sentence.

two sides of discovery

Sangzhi eastern South Beach is a good place to pasture.

20 acres of its South Beach area of ​​grassland prairie style, Zhangjiajie is known locally as" Little Tibet." 800 to 1400 m above sea level, the geographical environment is relatively remote northern border with Hubei Province, stretching several kilometers, constitute a long landscape.

South Beach to see the prairie, but also through a bumpy journey. Before the first row along the Lou River, a world of possibilities on both sides of scenery, then climb over a bottomless gorge, eventually, across the plank road built in the commune period - this hanging over the cliff on the dangerous road, can only muster enough courage to to go down. If you are lucky, you can see the way young deer, flying squirrels and other rare animals.

a lot of people believe that after arriving in South Beach, southwest of the mountains there will be the original" wind-swept pastures of cattle and sheep," the landscape. Here pastures known and unknown health Changzhaoxuduo grasses, grass-green, such as oil, cattle and sheep flocks, wandering uncertain, leisurely.

The best place for the western territory is Sangzhi highest mountain, altitude 2003 meters of eight Mt.

against the West on the Li River, a 50,000 hectares of virgin forest was a long strip of east-west distribution here. This is the eight male Mountain National Nature Reserve. Here is the real natural oxygen bar, the negative oxygen ion content up to 14 million units or more. It is currently China's Yangtze River south of the largest and best preserved virgin forest, has been included in the" Asian Biosphere" and" the world's rare species gene pool."