the Peach Blossom Land ：Taohuayuan
By admin on 2015-01-07

Taohuayuan (táo huā yuán 桃花源), also known as "the Peach Blossom Land", is a fairyland and a historical site. The Chinese famous poet Tao Yuanming (táo yuān míng 陶渊明) in ancient Eastern Jin Dynasty (dōng jìn 东晋) described it in his prose, A Portrait of Land of Peach Blossoms (táo huā yuán jì 桃花源记). The beauty of its pastoral scenery, greatness of temple pavilions, abundance of the poetic prose stone inscriptions and the peculiarity of its historical legend, has made it well-known all over the world.

Taohuayuan, a national AAAA scenic spot, is located in the southwest of Taoyuan County (táo yuán xiàn 桃源县), 23km away from Changde (cháng dé 常德), northwest of Hunan Province (hú nán shěng 湖南省). Taohuayuan covers a total area of 157.55 square kilometers, of which the core scenic area of 8.12 square kilometers. There are myths hometown Taoxian Ling (táo xiān lǐng 桃仙岭), Taoist Holy Land Taoyuan Hill (táo yuán shān 桃源山), blessed cave heavens Peach Hill (táo huā shān 桃花山), paradise Qin village (qín rén cūn 秦人村) of four scenic areas nearly 100 visiting spots.