Things to do in Ezhou

No. 3 of Best Things to Do in Huanggang

Dongpo Red Cliff

Dongpo Chibi is located in the ancient city of Huangzhou. The great writer Su Dongpo penned his famous works such as "Chibi Fu" and "Niannujia Chibi Huaigu" while here. It was renamed "Dongpo Chibi" during the Late Kangxi Period. The scenery is divided into historic sites, water resorts, and mountainous areas. Since the founding of the People's Warlord Era, governments at all levels have attached great importance to Dongpo Chibi. In 1987, it was designated as a provincial scenic spot.

Ezhou Lingling Wildlife Kingdom

Ezhou Lingling Wildlife Kingdom (adopting a pioneering dual-park integration model with Ezhou Garden Expo Park) is located at the southern foot of Geshan Mountain in Ezhou, Hubei. Jointly developed by Hubei Cultural Tourism Group, Lingling Cultural Tourism Group, and Ezhou City Control Group, the project spans a planned area of 2,000 mu with a total investment of CNY 2.3 billion. It will introduce over 200 species and more than 5,000 wild animals. The park features a walking tour area integrating 25 Hubei city exhibition gardens, a 5.5 km self-driving loop, and a secure feeding zone in the Predator Valley. Supporting facilities include a 360° panoramic circus theater and a 50,000 sqm eco-resort hotel offering giraffe breakfast experiences. The Garden Expo Park will open first with free reservation access by late 2025, while the Wildlife Kingdom is currently in its final preparation phase for animal introduction. This destination combines wildlife viewing, circus performances, educational research, and eco-vacations as Central China's premier wildlife ecological showcase.

Ezhou Xishan Scenic Area

Ezhou Xishan, known as Fanshan in ancient times, was named Xishan because it was located in the west of the ancient capital of Wu Wang—now the urban area of Ezhou. Xishan is a rare and famous mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, one of the first four scenic spots in Hubei Province. Xishan used to have the reputation of Chumen's East House, the ancient capital? There are nine curves in the west mountain, nine peaks and six valleys, mountains and peaks, waterfalls and jade. There are six valleys on the mountain, connecting seven springs, three ponds, one lake and two waterfalls. The groundwater quality of Xishan is excellent and inexhaustible all year round. The sweet and luscious Bodhisattva Spring and the crisp and delicious Dongpo Cake are the famous specialties of Xishan.

Guanyinge Park

Guanyin Pavilion Park is built along the river in Ezhou City, Hubei Province. This is a large comprehensive park developed with Guanyin Pavilion as the main attraction. The scenic spot has an investment of more than 30 million yuan and covers an area of 46,000 square meters. It is divided into three major landscape areas: the west, the middle and the east. The Guanyin Pavilion is the center to form a landscape axis, which fully displays the history and culture of Wudu.

No. 2 of Best Things to Do in Huangshi

Huangshi National Mine Park

The Huangshi National Mining Park - Dazhi Iron Mine is located in Huangshi City's Tieshan District in Hubei Province. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan built a furnace here to refine metals in order to build weapons. In the waning years of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong—the Governor of Huguang—set up the first large-scale, open pit iron mine in China, which later became the raw material base for the Hanyang Iron Works. Along with being the country's first national mine park, a national 4A-level scenic spot and a national industrial tourism demonstration site, this is the only iron mine to have been inspected by the great Mao Zedong.

Yiai Lake Park

Yi'ai Lake is the "Lake in the City" of Huanggang City, and it is also an urban park. The scenic spot is named after Su Shi's name for the lakeside pavilion - "Yi'ai Pavilion". small island. The lake is located in the ancient city, and the city is under the Chibi Mountain. It seems to be a fairyland on earth. From mountain climbing, you can see the scenery of the legacy lake and the ancient city. The vast lake surface of Yi'ai Lake is bright, clean and transparent. The lake waves are like the environment, the willows are on the bank, the green water embraces the green mountains, and the green mountains surround the green water, which is really charming. The summer nights here are very cool, and the nearby square is a good place for local citizens to cool off. You can often see aunties dancing square dancing here, and sometimes open-air movies are shown here. There are also landmark statues of Dongpo by the lake, as well as inscriptions of poems and poems one by one. It is also a photo spot in Huangzhou District.

Liangzidao Ecological Scenic Spot

Liangzi Island Ecological Tourism Area is located in Liangzi Lake District, Ezhou City, at the junction of Wuhan, Huangshi, Ezhou and Xianning. It has convenient transportation, abundant sunshine and beautiful scenery. It is the back garden of Wuhan metropolitan area and is known as the "Water Town in Dreams" and "Penglai on Water". Liangzi Lake is one of the ten famous lakes and the second largest freshwater lake in Hubei Province. It is the mother lake of Wuchang fish and the origin of Liangzi Lake hairy crabs. Liangzi Lake has a wide water area and clear water quality. The total area of ​​the lake is about 420,000 mu. It has the unique characteristics of being clear, spacious and beautiful, just like a clear emerald inlaid in the land of Jingchu. The vast expanse of Liangzi Lake and the emerald Liangzi Island are located in the middle of Liangzi Lake. Liangzi Island, also known as Heyezhou, covers a total area of ​​about 2.2 square kilometers. The northern part is a leisure and ecological resort area with lush mountains and forests, overlapping islands and lakes, which makes people feel relaxed and happy; the southern part is the historical and cultural commercial area with numerous shops, simple folk customs and a variety of delicacies, which makes people linger. Since 2020, Hubei Culture and Tourism Group has adhered to ecological priority and green development, and has promoted island renewal in an all-round and multi-path manner, upgrading Liangzi Island into a new island ecological tourism area, a Yangtze River protection demonstration site and an international leisure and resort island.

Ezhou Museum

Ezhou City Museum is a local comprehensive museum established by the government. It not only undertakes the important task of cooperating with the city's construction projects to carry out cultural relics investigation and exploration, archaeological excavation, but also shoulders the historical mission of collecting and preserving cultural relics, displaying and promoting them, scientific research and development and utilization, as well as managing the city's cultural relics protection units. The museum has set up offices, security departments, cultural relics and archaeological teams, ground cultural relics protection departments, display and storage departments, business departments, tourism departments and cultural relics restoration and reproduction research institutes. Through the efforts of cultural and museum workers, 54 ancient cultural sites, 8 ancient buildings, 6 stone carvings, 7 revolutionary sites, 5 modern and contemporary memorial buildings, and many ancient tombs and ancient tomb areas have been discovered in the city. The more influential cultural relics protection units include: Yiting Ming Cliff Carvings, Peng Chufan Martyr Tomb, Wuwang City Ruins, Guanyin Pavilion, Yuliang Tower, Wenxing Tower, City God Temple, etc. A total of more than 1,000 ancient tombs have been excavated. The collection of cultural relics exceeds 20,000 pieces (sets). Among them, there are 56 pieces (sets) of national first-class cultural relics, 277 pieces (sets) of second-class cultural relics, and 2,331 pieces (sets) of third-class cultural relics. The collection of cultural relics is characterized by ancient bronze mirrors and Six Dynasties celadon.

Ezhou Garden Expo Park

Wudu Qiao Street

Wudu Qiao Street is located in Ezhou, Hubei Province, formerly known as Wudu and Ancient Wuchang, renowned as the hometown of China's Three Kingdoms culture. This cultural tourism district uniquely positions itself as "Romantic Three Kingdoms, Everyday Three Kingdoms," featuring immersive artistic creations that blend historical tales of the legendary beauties "Two Qiaos of Jiangdong" and heroic figures from the Three Kingdoms era. Qiao Street's main construction includes a tourist distribution center, Qizi Lane Food Street, Da Qiao Street, Xiao Qiao Street, themed boutique hotels, and the "Ten Workshops & Hundred Shops" folk market experience. It aims to be a comprehensive cultural tourism attraction integrating "cultural-tourism fusion, agricultural-tourism fusion, leisure vacations, cultural experiences, and wellness." Visitors can enjoy live performance shows, immersive interactive entertainment, as well as experience folk culture and culinary leisure activities. Wudu Qiao Street blends Han-Tang style, Ming-Qing charm, Republic-era elegance, and modern aesthetics, making it a perfect spot for photography and leisurely relaxation.