Hengyang is rich in historical relics and beautiful natural scenery.
Hengyang City is well known for its long history of more than 2,000 years. It is the second biggest city in southern Hunan Province. It has been called a “city of wild geese” since ancient times, as flocks of wild geese stay here for the winter after a long journey from the north.
Hengyang is of a long religious history. Hengshan Mountain, characteristic of Buddhists and Taoists living in the same mountain and sharing the same temple, is worth special mention. This religious characteristic holds a very important position in Chinese religious history and is a much-hold story both at home and abroad.
Hengyang is a city of military importance in Chinese history.
Hengyang is a place of geographical importance and has ever since been contested by all strategists. Huangcao, the leader of uprising peasant army in the late Tang Dnasty, once stationed his army around Huanchaling of Hengyang City. In the period of the Anti-Japanese-Invasion war. Kuo Ming Tang and the Chinese Communist Party once held cooperatively several ‘Nanyue Guerrilla-Leaders-Training Ciases’; The late premier Zhou Enlai and Marshal Ye Jianying came here and gave some lectures in person. The anti-Japanese-Invasion-and - Safeguarding-Hengyang battle, as long as forty-seven days, shocked the world and frightened even the gods and ghosts. The immortal feat of Anti-Japanese heroes and martyrs surely will long live in the history of China.
Going with the tide of opening and reform, Hengyang takes advantage of its superior
location, communication, resources, cultured and infrastructure, accelerates its developing
steps and wins a fast-growing development.