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Yongzhou
Prefecture-level city in Hunan, People's Republic of China

Yongzhou

Yongzhou is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guangdong to the southeast and Guangxi to the southwest.

Plan a trip to Yongzhou→From Guilin (Lingui)

With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is 22,255.31 square kilometres (8,592.82 sq mi), and at the 2022 Chinese census it had a total population of 5,143,700, of whom 1,146,692 lived in the built-up area made of the 2 urban districts.

Get in

Getting to Yongzhou

Trains north to Changsha are frequent and cheap. Fast trains are available as well. If coming from the north, just go south to Guangxi and you are near to Guilin, where you have all the fantastic karst formation with hiking and climbing opportunities. When you drive your own private car or rent a car to Yongzhou from neighboring cities, you can conveniently enjoy the scenery along the way.

See

Worth seeing

The city's urban area doesn't have much to offer, but there are a few attractions in Lingling District, 20 km south of the CBD.

  1. 01
    Liuzi Temple
  2. 02
    Yongzhou Museum
  3. 03
    Ningyuan Temple of Culture

    This is a Yongzhou cultural heritage with elegant and unique architecture, with history and culture, and is a recommended place for tourists to explore traditional Chinese culture.

Do

Things to do

Walk along the Xiang river.

  1. 01
    Xiaoxiang Park
Eat

Where to eat

Food here resembles that found in Guangxi. As in the rest of Hunan, people here enjoy fen (粉, a noodle made of rice), which comes with different ingredients. This particular fen is different throughout the province, and it is fun trying out the varieties. The ones here have somewhat of a Guangxi style. Hunanese people love spicy food, so if you cannot handle that, make sure to ask the eatery to use less chili.

  1. 01
    Laolao Braised

    1013, Phoenix Road, Wutong Street, Lengshuitan District (directly opposite the Merchants Building),.

  2. 02
    Ningyuan

    Yongzhou duck blood is a specialty dish of Yongzhou City.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.