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Longshan National Forest Park 龙山Lóng Shān

4A scenic area · Loudi, Hunan

Longshan National Forest Park (龙山)
Photo: Huangdan2060, CC0
Time needed
1 day
Days to budget
1 day
City
Loudi
Region
Hunan
Type
Nature
Listed as
4A scenic area

About Longshan National Forest Park

A forested range on Lianyuan's southern border, a national forest park since 2007 centred on Yueping Peak (1,513 m), with forest cover of over 90% and seven scenic sections, among them the Feishuiya waterfall valley. Known as a 'mountain of medicinal herbs', it has on its summit the Medicine King Hall honouring Sun Simiao, the Tang physician said to have gathered herbs and written here, first built in the Tang and brought to its present form in 1887.

How to get to Longshan National Forest Park

In Yangshi town south of Lianyuan city, about 45 km by road from Loudi.

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