Yan Emperor Mausoleum

Hunan Travel Guide: Visit the Yan Emperor Mausoleum, seek the roots of history 📍 Yan Emperor Mausoleum, known as the resting place of the ancestor of the Chinese nation, Yan Emperor, is located in Yanling County, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. As a national AAAAA level tourist attraction and a national key cultural relics protection unit, it is not only a historical cultural site, but also a sacred place where you can deeply feel the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. 🚗 Transportation Guide: Plane: After arriving at Changsha Huanghua International Airport, you can take the airport bus to Yanling County, and then transfer to the local bus or taxi to Yan Emperor Mausoleum Scenic Area. High-speed rail: Take the high-speed rail to Zhuzhou West Station or Yanling Railway Station, and then transfer to the bus or taxi to Yan Emperor Mausoleum. Self-driving: Navigate to Yan Emperor Mausoleum, the scenic area has a parking lot. 🏨 Accommodation Recommendation: Hilton Garden Inn Yanling: Fully equipped, excellent service. Ramada by Wyndham Yanling: Comfortable environment, high cost performance. 🍜 Food Recommendation: Braised Yanling Chicken: Made with local chicken, delicious taste. Sweet and Sour Yanling Fish: The fish is tender, with a unique sweet and sour taste. Yanling Mountain Tea: The tea is rich in aroma, with a long aftertaste. 💼 Itinerary: Morning: Arrive at Yan Emperor Mausoleum Scenic Area, visit the main buildings such as Yan Emperor Mausoleum Archway, Wu Gate, and the Main Hall, and learn about the life of Yan Emperor and the origin of Chinese culture. Afternoon: Visit the surrounding attractions of Yan Emperor Mausoleum, such as the Farming Hall, Herb Hall, etc., to feel the farming culture and herbal knowledge of the Chinese nation. Learn about ancient Chinese medicine knowledge in the Medicine Hall and experience the profoundness of Chinese medicine culture. Evening: Return to the county town, taste local special food, and feel the food culture of Hunan. ✨ Tips: Please respect the cultural relics and do not litter or damage the environment in the scenic area. Pay attention to sun protection when visiting in summer, bring sun hats, sunglasses and sunscreen; keep warm in winter.

Upon reaching Zhuzhou Deer Plain, feeling tired and hungry, I exited the highway to rest, eat, and incidentally visit the Mausoleum of Emperor Yan. Legend has it that Emperor Yan, in his later years, died from eating the 'broken-intestine grass' (the miraculous herb used by Yang Guo to cure his love poison) and was buried at the 'tail of the tea country of Changsha,' which is now Yanling, Hunan. The green mound stands as a hill; if Emperor Yan indeed perished here, it is highly likely that it was after his defeat in the conflict with Emperor Huang and his subsequent exile to this place. Throughout Chinese history, there have been repeated instances of northern nomadic tribes plundering and occupying the lands of the southern agricultural peoples, and then, being assimilated and content not to return north, eventually merging. Both Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang, two ancient emperors, are revered as the ancestors of the Chinese civilization. In honor of agriculture, 'Yan' is always placed before 'Huang,' and the term 'Huaxia' further highlights the centrality of agriculture (in Figure 9, 'Hua' represents the tree of flowers and fruits, 'Xia' is the person holding the plow). Emperor Yan, within the Chinese civilization system, is also known as Shennong, the Sun God, the Fire God, Zhurong, and is credited with domesticating grains, herbs, and medicines, creating clothing from mulberry and hemp, initiating markets, and inventing the zither for music... and so on, omnipotent, embodying all that is good, a product of the combination of hero worship, ancestor worship, and sun worship. In present-day China, his traces can be found everywhere: Zhurong, the main deity of Nanyue, the sacrificial site 'Wumen,' the ritual utensils 'nine large gui' evolved into the festive banquet dishes 'nine sons butterfly' of the Pearl River Delta, Beijing's Chinese gourmet food street Gui Street... With sparse traffic, the journey is most fortunate and enjoyable. I secretly believe that Emperors Yan and Huang should be the epitome of the outstanding leaders of many tribes. The nomadic lineage of Emperor Huang endowed the Chinese people with blood and resilience, ensuring the lower limit of the family and country; while the agricultural lineage of Emperor Yan was harmonious and inclusive, raising the upper limit of the family and country.

Zhuzhou was close to home when I was a child, I often went there to buy clothes, which were good quality and cheap, fashionable, I really liked it. Later, a good friend opened a lighting store in Zhuzhou, and I would occasionally go there for class reunions on his birthday... That's pretty much my impression, followed by the Yan Emperor Mausoleum and Chaling, and then occasionally the family would go shopping at Walmart and Decathlon... That day, I also visited and studied three key industrial tourism destinations that Zhuzhou is focusing on building, let me share: 1. China Power Valley Exhibition Center: An important platform that showcases the development and innovative achievements of China's power industry. As the largest professional exhibition hall for the power industry in the country, built with great effort by Zhuzhou High-tech Zone, it integrates functions such as science education, academic exchange, and industrial tourism. The center has designed and built six exhibition halls: 'Focus on Power Valley', rail transit, aviation power, new energy vehicles, '3+3+2', and Zhuzhou High-tech Zone. It features exhibits from CRRC Zhuzhou Institute, CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, CRRC Zhuzhou Electric, AECC 608 Institute, AECC South Industry, BAIC Zhuzhou Branch, etc., with nearly 1000 exhibits collected and organized. Characterized by its foresight, approachability, interactivity, fun, and technology, it aims to create a boutique exhibition hall for China's power industry. 2. Lusong Aviation Industry Town: Located in Lusong District, it has a profound history of aviation industry, scientific planning and layout, good industrial agglomeration, and rich experience in general aviation operation and service, providing valuable resources for industrial tourism and research learning. It is one of the ten new provincial characteristic industrial towns jointly selected by the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism. It has formed an industrial tourism pattern of 'one venue and three areas', offering general aviation tourism projects that integrate aviation production tours, aviation career experiences, low-altitude flight experiences, model airplane handcrafting courses, airplane science classes, and aviation rescue drills. For example, bringing kids for career experiences with airplanes✈️, obtaining pilot licenses, airplane research travel... and more, there are many surprises here! 3. CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Tourism Area, located within CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., is the world's largest research and development base for electric locomotives, known as the 'Electric Locomotive Capital of China'. In the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee☕️, you can gather the tens of thousands of parts needed to assemble an electric locomotive. The high-speed trains🚄 you ride may have started from here, made in Zhuzhou, sold overseas. The Super Bowl is an industrial cultural heritage of central enterprises, a science education base for Chinese railways, and a demonstration site for industrial tourism in Hunan Province. The tourism area focuses on industrial research learning, school-enterprise exchanges, and science education research learning... allowing everyone to deeply understand the manufacturing and research and development process of electric locomotives, to fully experience the technological charm of electric locomotives, and to understand the industry and technological progress of China's electric locomotives. doesn't broadcast our good Hunan Learn knowledge through tourism, flexible science museums, come to Zhuzhou for research travel, with industrial culture tourism as the main line, industrial technology as the element, letting everyone play in Zhuzhou in a high-end way, learn to keep up with the times, and prepare to cultivate high-tech talents for the motherland, the future will eventually be yours—children, keep it up.

At the southernmost tip of Zhuzhou, about 300 kilometers away from Changsha, Shennong Valley and Yan Emperor Mausoleum are definitely cool retreats. I went there during the Dragon Boat Festival, and it was a place with few people and beautiful scenery. The Yan Emperor Mausoleum is indeed blessed by Shennong, a sacred place for praying, and the weather was incredibly nice! Switching to Shennong Valley, the weather suddenly turned into a fine drizzle in the valley, giving a wonderful feeling of being in a primeval forest. The beaded curtain waterfall was definitely the most surprising, with rapid water flow and splashing water droplets, making one feel amazing being enveloped in the mist. It's truly a must-visit destination for off-the-beaten-path travel.