Longzhong, also known as Gulongzhong, is one of the top ten scenic spots in Hubei and the most famous tourist attraction in Xiangyang, located about 20 miles west of Xiangyang. "The mountain is not high, beautiful and elegant; The water is not deep or clear; The land is not wide and flat; The forest is small and lush; When cranes meet, pines meet pines. " This is Luo Guanzhong's description of Longzhong in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
With a history of 1.800 years, Gulong was the place where Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion from 1.97 to 2007, and was praised by the world as the first strange man after Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Zhuge Liang's "cultivating and reading as one" and Liu Bei's "guarding the thatched cottage" led to the "Long Zhong Dui", which is called the cradle of the wise and the cradle of the three worlds. Many relics of his study, friends and life have been preserved here, with a history of 1800 years. The "Ten Scenes in Longzhong" was formed in the Ming Dynasty. After the founding of New China, Longzhong Academy, Zhuge Caolu, Xiaoyin Mountain Villa, Tonggutai, Stargazing Platform, Chessboard Stone and many other scenic spots have been rebuilt one after another.
Longzhong Scenic Area is an important supporting point of the eco-cultural tourism circle in western Hubei, and it is also the starting point of the three-country tourism line and the main source distribution center. From August 2065438 to August 2004, the Cao Lu Theatre invested and built by Longzhong Scenic Area was completed, and the large-scale live drama Zhuge Liang of Cao Lu was staged in Cao Lu Theatre.
Zhong Xuan Lu
Zhong Xuan Tower was built in memory of RoyceWong, the leader of the "Seven Children of Jian 'an". The entire Zhong Xuan Building is17m high with a total area of 650m. There are eight plaques inscribed by Shen Peng and other famous artists. There are murals, stone carvings and seven sub-pictures of Jian 'an in the building. It can be divided into three parts: city wall, city platform and main building.
Urban moat
The average width of Xiangyang moat is180m, and the widest point is 250m. It is the widest artificial moat in China, and is called "the first city in China". The whole moat is as wide as the lake, rippling in blue waves, like a green dragon surrounding the ancient city, making Xiangyang city easy to defend but difficult to attack. Xiangyang moat is the widest moat in China and even in the world. One of the reasons why Xiangyang moat is so wide stems from the long history of Xiangyang. Yan Aihua, a scholar in Xiangyang, wrote in the book History of Xiangfan Customs that Xiangyang was the hub of several important land and water transportation lines in ancient times. Xiangyang is famous for its unique geographical location and became an important town in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Shunv city
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liangzhou secretariat of Xiangyang, Zhu Xu Town, was attacked by Qian Pi, who ordered his mother, Mrs. Han, to enter the city. Seeing the weak defense of the city wall in the northwest corner, she led the waitresses and women in the city to build a new section of the city obliquely. After that, the pod was broken, but thanks to the newly built city wall, the enemy who attacked the city was repelled, because this section of the city wall was called Daughter City.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the sub-city was expanded here. It is 24.6 meters long and 23.4 meters wide, with the words "Daughter City" engraved on the top, and several ancient monuments embedded in the bottom, among which the words "Daughter City, Scenery in Xiangxian County" were engraved on the stone tablet erected during the Tongzhi period (1862- 1874).
Lumengsi
Key cultural relics protection units in Hubei Province. Lumen Temple is located in Lumen Mountain, Jin Dong Town, about 15km south of Xiangyang. Founded in the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it has been a Buddhist resort and a gathering place for literati since the Han and Tang Dynasties. During the Jianwu period, Hou Xiyu in Xiangyang set up a temple on the mountain, because there were two stone deer carvings at Shendaokou, commonly known as Lumen Temple. Manjuji was renamed in the Western Jin Dynasty and Lumen Temple in the Tang Dynasty. Pang Degong, a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty, Meng Haoran and Pi Rixiu, great poets in the Tang Dynasty, all lived here. During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty (1450 ~ 1456), the "Three High Temples" were built here as a memorial. It was destroyed by fire at the end of the Ming Dynasty and has been repaired and abandoned repeatedly since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. There are stone deer, faucet fountain, waterfall and rain pool, patio, hall and other ancient buildings and inscriptions.
Zhao mingtai
Zhaomingtai, also known as Bell and Drum Tower, is a landmark building in Xiangfan. It was built in memory of Prince Xiao Tong of Liang Zhaoming in the Southern Dynasties. According to historical records: "The building is in the middle of the county, three stories high, facing south, with bells and drums on its wings, which is the scene of Fangcheng." 1990, Zhaomingtai was rebuilt on the basis of textual research on its history of 1000 years, and now it is Xiangyang Museum. Zhaomingtai, also known as Shannan East Road Building, is located in the center of Xiangyang and built across the southwest of North Street. The platform is made of blue bricks with a stone arch in the middle. The hole is 4.5 meters high and 3.5 meters wide. There are five buildings with double eaves and resting on the top of the mountain on the platform, with a height of about 15 meters, and four horizontal houses in the east and west. There is a drum tower and a bell tower in the southwest. This building stands in the city and was called "the first scene in the city" in ancient times.
Ancient city wall
Xiangyang City Wall is located in Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City. Originally built in the early Han Dynasty, it was slightly square. The circumference of the city wall is 7.6 kilometers, with an average height of 8 meters and a width of about 10 meter. It is rammed by layers of soil, and made of large pieces of blue bricks for external use.
Zhou Yuliang
Xiangyang Zhou Yuliang is known as the "Pearl of Hanjiang River", surrounded by water on three sides, with unique geographical location and excellent water quality. Surrounded by more than 30 square kilometers of still water, it is the largest island in the Han River.
Tang Cheng movie and television city
Cheng Film and Television Base invested 7 billion yuan by Xiangyang Zhigu Culture Communication Co., Ltd., which was specially built for the movie "The Ghost Banquet of Datang" directed by the famous director Chen Kaige.