Qishan Mountain, one of the Seventy-Two Peaks of Nanyue in Hunan, is 39 kilometers away from Hengyang — an important central city in central South China and a regional hub in northern South China. As one of the seventy-two peaks of Nanyue Hengshan, Qishan Mountain stretches for dozens of miles like a phoenix spreading its wings to take flight. It features towering ancient trees, lush forests and emerald bamboo groves, enjoying a mild climate warm in winter and cool in summer, as well as gorgeous and picturesque scenery.

   Covering a total area of 1,826 hectares with an altitude of 800 meters, the mountain consists of 28 scenic spots including Phoenix Mountain, Huoyan Mountain, Leizu Peak and Xian'e Ridge.

   Renrui Temple houses treasures such as jade Buddha statues and jade ornaments, together with over 7,000 volumes of Buddhist sutras, precepts and treatises, adding a strong mysterious charm to Qishan Mountain.

   Home to more than 400 species of plants, it serves as a precious plant gene bank and botanical specimen garden in China. Experts at home and abroad have recognized it as the only well-preserved secondary primeval forest with rare ancient trees in southern China.

   Now officially designated as a National AAAA Tourist Attraction, National Forest Park and Provincial Nature Reserve, Qishan Mountain is a renowned resort for summer retreat, leisure tourism and Buddhist pilgrimage in South China.

  China Seal Mountain is located in Jinlong Village, Miaoqian Town, Changning City, Hengyang City, Hunan Province.

   As a pioneering scenic spot of its kind across the country, China Seal Mountain features thousands of years of Chinese seal patterns carved onto mountain rocks, perfectly integrating cultural landscapes with natural scenery. The first phase of the project gathers more than 570 seal patterns in diverse styles, including personal seals of ancient and modern celebrities, seals inscribed with famous quotes and epigrams through the ages, pictorial seals of successive dynasties, as well as calligraphy stone carvings.

   Tiantang Mountain is a National Scenic Area, National Forest Park, National AAAA Tourist Attraction and National Wetland Park. It is located in the southern part of Changning City, Hengyang City, 65 kilometers south of downtown Hengyang — an international historical and cultural city, a transportation hub of South China, and the second largest city in Hunan Province. Close to the Hengyang–Guilin Expressway and Hengyang–Kunming Expressway, it covers a total area of 220 square kilometers.

    The entire scenic complex consists of Tiantang Mountain Scenic Area, Tiantang Mountain Forest Park, Tianhu National Wetland Park, Xijiang Rafting, Tashan Xijiang Yao Ethnic Custom Area, Miaoqian Cave and Stone Carving Scenic Area, China Seal Mountain (Miaoqian Geopark), Shima Scenic Area, Miaoqian Zhongtian Ancient Residential Complex, Peiyuan Pagoda, and Caishen Cave.

    Goulou Peak Forest Park is located in the northern part of Hengyang urban area, adjacent to Shigu District of Hengyang City. It serves as the green lung of the Hengyang Southwest Metropolitan Area, and is designated as a National 3A Tourist Attraction and National Forest Park.

    Endowed with abundant forest resources and rich biodiversity, the scenic area is an ideal resort for leisure and summer retreat. The national forest park was established in 1995 on the basis of the state-owned Goulou Peak Forest Farm.

    The main peak, Goulou Peak, is one of the Seventy-Two Peaks of Nanyue, including five major peaks such as Goulou and Leizu, with an altitude of 1,131 meters. The park covers a total area of 31,000 mu, with a forest coverage rate of 95%.

    Surrounded by rolling mountains, the park features an endless sea of forests and towering ancient trees. Shrouded in mist all year round, it enjoys a pleasant climate. Boasting a long history and numerous historical relics, its cultural and natural landscapes set each other off beautifully. It is truly hailed as "a tourist resort and a fairyland for summer vacation".

    Yumu Mountain is situated in the Hengyang Basin of the central Hunan hilly area, within Yumushan Township, Zhengxiang District, Hengyang City, Hunan Province. Its core scenic area covers about 4 square kilometers, and the combined regional area is approximately 20 square kilometers.

    Lying to the west of downtown Hengyang, the main peak stands at an altitude of 238 meters with a relative height of 180 meters. Yumu Mountain was originally named Yunfu Mountain.

   Cangjie Pian, written by Li Si in the Qin Dynasty to standardize Chinese characters, records:

     "Yunfu Mountain is broad and gently rolling."

    Since ancient times, the mountain has been named Yumu (Rain Mother) Mountain for its renowned efficacy in rain-praying rituals.

     According to Records of Jingzhou compiled by Sheng Hongzhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty:

    "In eastern Xiang lies Yumu Mountain, upon which there stands a shrine altar. Prayers for rainfall have always been answered with timely blessings of rain, hence the mountain’s name."

    It is located on the eastern side of Shigu Hill in Hengyang City.

   According to legend, during the Tianbao reign of the Tang Dynasty, Dong Fengxian once refined elixirs in the cave, hence it was named the Immortal Cave. It is also said that the cave runs northward to connect with the Water Curtain Cave (also known as Zhuling Cave) on Nanyue Mountain. Distinguished eminent monks of Nanyue once traveled between Hengyang and Nanyue through this cave, arriving in an instant.

   The inner walls of the cave were once inscribed with as many as a thousand poems and works by celebrated figures of successive dynasties, including Du Fu, Han Yu and Wang Fuzhi, making Zhuling Cave renowned across Hunan for its poetic legacy.

   Later, due to wars and especially the indiscriminate bombing by the Japanese invaders, most of the inscriptions and carvings were destroyed. Only the remnant edge of the small cave and partial characters such as "Rear Zhuling Cave" and "East Cliff" above the cave entrance remain. Though renovated in later years, the original appearance can never be fully restored.

    Nevertheless, as one of the Eight Scenic Spots of Hengyang, Zhuling Cave still captivates the hearts and minds of numerous visitors to this day.

Photos taken on August 19 show Tiantang Lake in Tianhu National Wetland Park, Changning City, Hengyang City after a rain.

In recent years, the city has made unremitting efforts to promote the construction of ecological civilization, protected natural resources, combined ecological protection with industrial development and rural revitalization, and effectively advanced economic construction and high-quality development of various undertakings.