The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently announced on its official website the 2024 list of national high-quality rural tourism routes in spring. A flower-admiring tour to Paragon Garden, Yuetang District, Xiangtan City was shortlisted.

Route: Xiangtan city proper—Paragon Garden
Visiting time: one day
 
High-quality scenic spot: Paragon Garden
Xiangtan's Paragon Garden, a national 4A-level tourist attraction, is located at the core area of the Green Heart Zone of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Cluster. Its forest coverage rate reaches over 95%, making it a rare natural oxygen bar in urban areas. Covering an area of 3.5 square meters, the scenic spot pursues green ecology and integrates forest tours, flower-admiring tours, leisure travel, cultural experience, and themed park trips. The tourist attraction is composed of four parts for flower-admiring, family tour, outdoor training, and study tour. There are nine flower appreciation areas featuring cherry blossoms, azalea flowers, lotus flowers, Eupatorium fortune, camellia, rose, wisteria, moss pink, and Chinese peony, and five theme parks highlighting flowers, bonsais, vegetables, farming culture, and grapes.

Features: flower appreciation, fishing, outdoor training, study tours, and oxygen bar
Address: No. 195, Furong Avenue, Yuetang District, Xiangtan City

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: official WeChat account of the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism