What are the tourist attractions in Nanyang？

The recommended scenic spots in Nanyang are: Laojie Mountain Scenic Area, Danjiang Grand View Garden, etc.

1. Laojie Mountain Scenic Area

Laojie Mountain, an eco-tourism area, is located in Taiping Town, Xixia County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, an excellent tourist city in China. It is the main peak of Funiu Mountain, the core area of Nanyang Funiu Mountain World Geopark, a national AAAAA scenic spot and a national nature reserve.

2. Danjiang Daguanyuan

Danjiang Daguanyuan is located in Xichuan County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, relying on artificial fresh water reservoir and Danjiangkou Reservoir, the water source of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. The water is blue and steep, and Tianshui is the same color, beautiful and picturesque, with strange mountains and different rocks and unique colors. Danjiang Daguanyuan is an area with rich natural landscape around Danjiangkou Reservoir.

Brief introduction to the present situation of plant resources in Nanyang

There are 2298 species of wild plants belonging to 927 genera in 184 families, 320 species of wild animals belonging to 204 genera in 75 families in 28 orders, and 79 species of national and provincial key protected animals and plants. There are 6 national and provincial natural areas with an area of 2,213,700 mu; There are 8 national and provincial forest parks, covering an area of 60,000 mu.

Nanyang is one of the main producing areas of Chinese herbal medicines in China, which is rich in 2357 kinds of natural Chinese herbal medicines, including more than 30 kinds of authentic and famous medicinal materials, accounting for more than 20% of the country's total varieties, accounting for more than 1/4 of Henan Province's total reserves, and most of them are pollution-free organic medicinal materials. By the end of 2020, the forest coverage rate of Nanyang City was 40.51% (excluding Zhiguan County). There are 8 nature reserves in the city, including 5 national nature reserves. The nature reserve covers an area of 251.16 thousand hectares.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanyang City

Located in the southwest of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces, Nanyang is a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and open in the south. It is named because it is located in the south of Funiu Mountain and north of Hanshui River. Nanyang is also known as the "Southern Capital" and "Emperor Town". Historically, Nanyang was one of the sources of the ancient Silk Road. The domestic scenic spots mainly include Laojie Mountain Tourist Resort, Shanshan Guild Hall, Shedian Ancient City, Xiangyan Temple Scenic Area, Xixia Dinosaur Relics Park and so on.

1. Laojie Mountain Tourist Resort

Located in the northeast of Xixia County, Nanyang City, at the intersection of Nanyang and Luoyang, the main peak of the scenic spot is about 2200 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Funiu Mountain and the Central Plains. Legend has it that Laozi once practiced seclusion here, and was in charge of the 800-mile Funiu Mountain to pray for peace and become an immortal (mountain god). Laojie Mountain is the dividing line and watershed between China's east-west mountain range, the north-south climate transition zone and the boundary between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, so it has been called "Laojie Mountain" since ancient times.

2. Shanshan Club

Shanshan Guild Hall, located in Sheqi County, Nanyang, was founded in the 21st year of Qingganlong (1756), and completed in the 18th year of Guangxu (1892) after Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, which lasted for 136 years. The townsman's guild hall, which was built by merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces who lived here at that time, is also called Guan Gong Temple and Shan Shan Temple because it worships Guan Gong in the museum. It is an ancient architectural complex with a perfect combination of commercial guild hall buildings and Guan Di Temple buildings. At the time of its construction, it was in the last climax in the history of the development of ancient buildings in China.

3. Shedian Ancient City

Located in Shedian Town, Sheqi County, Nanyang City, the ancient city was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,900 years. It is a land and water transit station for the Sino-Russian Wanli Tea Ceremony. It was once an important commercial town in China, and now it is the seat of the People's Government of Sheqi County.

4. Xiangyan Temple Scenic Area

Xiangyan Temple Scenic Area is located at the head of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project and on the west bank of Xiaotaiyang River, the first artificial lake in Asia. It faces Wudang Mountain, a famous Taoist mountain, and is also known as the four famous temples in the Central Plains with Baima Temple in Luoyang, Shaolin Temple in Songshan and Sokokuji in Kaifeng. Xiangyan Temple enjoys superior terrain, with Longshan in the east, Hushan in the west, the opposite mountain in the south and Qingfeng Peak as its back. The whole terrain is like a blooming lotus, and the temple happens to be located on the lotus platform.

5. Xixia dinosaur remains park

Located in Danshui Town, Xixia County, Nanyang City. Xixia dinosaur site belongs to Cretaceous faulted basin. At present, more than 1,000 dinosaur egg have been exposed at the highest level, and there are at least 16 egg-laying layers at the lower bottom. Among them, Xixia giant long egg and Gobi prism egg are rare in the world and are the symbols of Xixia egg fossils. A large number of dinosaur egg have been unearthed in Xixia, with a wide variety, wide distribution and well-preserved, which is the highest in the world, and is known as the ninth wonder in the world after the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.