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Junshan Island 君山岛Jūnshān Dǎo
5A scenic area · Yueyang, Hunan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yueyang
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Junshan Island
A hilly island of 0.96 km² with 72 small peaks in Dongting Lake, about 9 km west of Yueyang Tower, tied to the legend of Emperor Shun's two consorts Ehuang and Nüying, whose tears are said to have spotted the bamboo that grows around their tomb here. Paths wind through the tea gardens that produce Junshan Silver Needle tea to the consorts' tomb and temple, the Liu Yi Well from a Tang tale, old rock inscriptions and other sites, with wide views over the lake.
How to get to Junshan Island
Reached by county road X070 through Junshan District, roughly 40 minutes by car or taxi from central Yueyang; there is also a tourist pier on the island.
Nearby
- Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼 under 10 km
A helmet-roofed tower above Dongting Lake, famed for one 11th-century essay
Also within 20 km: Cishi Pagoda 慈氏塔 (under 10 km), Sheng'an Temple 圣安寺 (under 10 km), Yueyang Confucian Temple 岳阳文庙 (under 10 km), Jiangtun Bay (Finless Porpoise Bay) 江豚湾 (10 km), Yuezhou Customs House 岳州关 (20 km).
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