Where is Soap City Water Conservancy Scenic Area located

Shap City Water Conservancy Scenic Area is a national water conservancy scenic area.

Soap City Water Conservancy Scenic Area Overview

Soap City Reservoir in 2008 was named National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, scenic area is located in Shimen County, Hunan Province, 18 kilometers away from the Shimen, the provincial highway S303 crosses the whole territory, from the Pot Bottle Mountain 30km, from the Clip Mountain Temple 27km, from Zhangjiajie 50km. scenic area relying on the National Water Conservancy Hub Project Soap City Reservoir, which is designed to storage level of 141.0Om, total reservoir capacity of 3.9 billion cubic meters of water surface 65 square kilometers. 141.0Om, the total reservoir capacity of 3.9 billion cubic meters, the reservoir water surface of 65 square kilometers, more than 100 islands and peninsulas.

Soap City Reservoir Water Conservancy Scenic Area is connected to Zhangjiajie and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, the Shimen Pot Bottle Mountain and the pivotal scenic area of the Clip Mountain Temple. Scenic area is located in the town of soap city is the township of ancient culture, the territory of the provincial key cultural relics protection unit Yan'er hole and Yin Shang Neolithic sites and the Western Han Dynasty ancient tomb group. Yaner hole found unearthed a large number of Chinese rhinoceros, saber-toothed elephant tusk fossils and other fossilized specimens of human companion animals. The Neolithic ruins 500 meters south of the market town had unearthed a large number of precious relics with a history of more than 7,000 years, earlier than the Xi'an Half-slope Culture and Hemudu Culture, and one of the earliest cultures found in the country in the Neolithic Age. The town of Soap City is notable for its folklore, and the Tujia people have lived here for a long time, and their literature, art, music and dance are very rich in distinctive national characteristics. Widely circulated "seven miles from the King", "jumping funeral", "crying marriage", "catch the temple", "return Nuo wish", "spear ancient period", "swinging hand dance", "June 6 Sunshine Festival" and so on.

Sightseeing Tips

Transportation: Soap City Water Conservancy Hub is located in the Dongting Lake water system river basin of the Class I tributary dredging on the water, downstream from the dam site is 19km from the Shimen County, Hunan Province, 2km from the town of Soap City.

Main Scenery: Soap City Reservoir Reservoir has a long and rich history, and a brilliant culture. There are two ancient cultural sites known throughout the country, one is the cave site of Yan'er Cave apes, unearthed a large number of Chinese rhinoceros, saber-toothed elephant tusk fossils and other fossilized specimens of animal accompanied by human beings, which belongs to the late Neolithic cultural sites; one is the Neolithic site of Soap City, the unearthed artifacts are mostly stone tools, and these artifacts have a history of more than 7,000 years, which is earlier than the Xi'an Half-slope Culture and Hemudu Culture, and is one of the earliest Neolithic cultures found in the country. It is one of the earliest cultures discovered in China during the Neolithic Age. In recent years, the ruins of an ancient city of the Warring States period, a border city of military nature at that time, have also been discovered in the upper reaches of the reservoir area near the town of Weixin. At present, the Soap City Reservoir flood line below the distribution of various types of cultural relics and monuments *** 30, of which 24 ancient ruins, 4 ancient cemeteries, 2 ancient city sites, occupying about 28% of the county's cultural relics units.