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

Sangzhi, Hunan, a pearl deep in the mountains,

It is hidden between the mountains in Zhangjiajie,

Retains the most authentic Western style.

Here, the worship of ancient spirits sing song witch now;

Here, the sturdy surviving legacy of the Hmong Ranger.

Here is the home of Marshal He Long,

Shen writing here is still under

That fresh, honest Western.

Sangzhi name, said from the mulberry tree planted within; but as long as the land will find Sangzhi foot, where the mulberry trees are not too many in Sangzhi kind of have more "Sang", the original is the most southwest common tree shrubs of Coriaria it 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.

Located in northwestern Hunan Province Sangzhi, is the western gateway to the city of Zhangjiajie, Hunan letter depths. Wuling and expensed in the northern branch extends throughout Sangzhi, the size of mountains formed of thousands of seats, creating a strange and beautiful scenery Sangzhi.

Sangzhi valuable, but also in multi-ethnic cultural background here and 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 local characteristics were summarized, reduced to "two things that", "red and white colors," "life and death two shock" these three words.

Two things that

Sangzhi eastern South Beach is a good place to pasture.

20 acres of pasture with its South Beach area of the 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, first to front line along the Lou River, a world of possibilities both sides of the scenery, then climb over a bottomless gorge, eventually, across the plank road built in the commune period - hanging on the cliffs of this dangerous road, can only muster enough courage to go down if we are lucky, you can see the way young deer, flying squirrels and other rare animals.

Many people believe that after arriving in South Beach, southwest of the mountains there will be the original "wind-swept pastures of cattle and sheep" of the landscape where pastures known and unknown health Changzhexuduo the grass, 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, an area of 50,000 hectares of forest a long strip of the original distribution of this was to the west, which is eight male Mountain National Nature Reserve, where 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."