Travel Guide to Fenghuang Ancient City

Fenghuang Ancient City is an ancient city with a long history and cultural heritage. It was once praised by the famous New Zealand writer, Rewi Alley, as the most beautiful small city in China. It is one of the tourist attractions in Hunan and the best choice for ancient city tours in China. Here is a detailed travel guide.

Transportation Guide

1. Airplane

(1) Tongren Fenghuang Airport is the closest airport to Fenghuang County, about 30km away.

(2) Huaihua Zhijiang Airport is the second closest airport to Fenghuang Ancient City, about 140km away.

(3) Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport is about 200km away from Fenghuang Ancient City.

The price of ride-hailing, express cars and chartered cars is based on the mileage, and the ride-hailing software will tell you, so I won’t go into detail.

2. Train

There is no train station in Fenghuang County. Usually, you need to take a train to Jishou, Huaihua and Tongren in Guizhou for transfer.

(1) Jishou Railway Station is the closest railway station to Fenghuang and the main transfer station to Fenghuang. At the exit of the railway station, turn left for 100m and you will find a direct bus to Fenghuang Ancient City, the fare is 20 yuan/person, and the journey takes about 1.5 hours. The destination is the North Bus Station of Fenghuang.

(2) Huaihua Railway Station, you need to take a bus to Fenghuang at Huaihua Bus Station, the journey usually takes about 2 hours.

3. Bus

Since Fenghuang County does not have a direct train, you need to take a bus to reach or leave Fenghuang. There are five bus stations in Fenghuang County, and the most visited by tourists are the North Bus Station and the Tuotian Bus Station. The North Bus Station is equivalent to the bus terminal of Fenghuang, with buses to all directions. Tuotian Bus Station is the only bus station to Huaihua, and is also the closest to Tuojiang River.

1) North Bus Station of Fenghuang County (Passenger Transport Terminal)

The passenger transport terminal of Fenghuang, with the most routes and the most destinations.

(2) Tuotian Passenger Transport Station

Adjacent to Tuojiang River, mainly operates Huaihua to Fenghuang buses.

Note!!! In Jishou and Fenghuang Ancient City, try not to listen to those taxi drivers who say they have low prices, take you to play somewhere, because they take you to places that are not Fenghuang Ancient City, but the surrounding attractions of the ancient city.

Food Guide

Hunan cuisine, as one of the eight major cuisines, is characterized by its oily and heavy color, emphasizing spicy, fragrant, fresh, soft and tender. It is often characterized by braising, stewing, bacon, steaming and stir-frying. Fenghuang cuisine basically inherits the essence of Hunan cuisine, but it also has its own characteristics, the biggest characteristic is that it is mainly spicy and sour, and the purpose is thick and rich.

Fenghuang specialties include: Fenghuang cold jelly, blood-sausage duck, Miao family sour soup, Miao family tofu, smoked bacon, Fenghuang community rice, etc.

Fenghuang old brands: Wanmu Zhai, Ambassador Hotel. The average cost per person is 40 yuan, cheap and authentic.

Travel Guide

《Border Town》 Large-scale Real Scene Performance

Adapted from Mr. Shen Congwen’s 《Border Town》, the whole story revolves around the romantic love story of Cuicui, Nuosong and Tianbao, telling the tragic and beautiful love between the three people who could not be together and who lived their lives apart. The stage effects and the presentation of ethnic costumes are worth seeing.

Performance address: No. 1 Fenghuang Road, Tuojiang Town, Fenghuang County (200 meters from Tianxia Fenghuang Hotel)

When traveling in Fenghuang, the famous nine scenic spots of Fenghuang are a must-see, which are Shen Congwen’s former residence, Xiong Xiling’s former residence, Yang’s ancestral hall, East Gate City Tower, boating on Tuojiang River, Wan Shou Gong, ancient city wall, ancient city museum, and Rainbow Bridge.

There is no entrance fee for visiting Fenghuang Ancient City, but there is an entrance fee to enter the above nine scenic spots, a package ticket is 148 yuan, two days is enough to see the nine scenic spots.