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| Yueyang Tower (Cheng Ling Ji) |
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Yueyang City lies at the southern bank of the Yangtze River on the
Beijing-Guangzhou railway and faces Dongting Lake, one of China biggest
fresh-water lakes, in the northeast of Hunan Province.
With a long history, Yueyang is one of the famous ancient cultural
cities of China.
Yueyang is famous for its local special products, including Tortoise-snake
Wine, paper folding fans, artistic porcelain wares, wood and bamboo
wares, Baling wine, Tuanhu lotus seed and Yinzhen (Silver Needle)
tea.
Major tourist attractions include the Yueyang Tower, the Huishi
Pagoda, and the Junshan Island in Dongting Lake, where famous Silver
Needle tea is produced.
It was first built in Tang Dynasty. Since ancient times, a lot
of poets and writers have been here because of its striking scenery.
You can get a bird's eye view of the lake when you get on the tower.
Located above the gateway of the western city wall of Yueyang,
the Yueyang Tower, together with the Tengwang Tower in Nanchang,
Jiangxi province and the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang, Hubei Province,
are regarded as the three most famous towers in China. |
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