Hengyang is the second largest city of Hunan Province. Hengyang is a well-known city of more than 2000 years rich in history and culture. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of Changsha, the capital city of Hunan. Hengyang sees blue fir and green bamboo everywhere .It has always been called a "universal beauty" with mild climate, spectacular mountains and rivers and beautiful landscape. The beautiful geese cherish a peculiar love for the fertile and magic land. legend says that "wildgeese fly from north to south, here to rest and wheel", so it is also named "wildgeese city" .
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. The majestic Nanyue Temple is the most important one in the south of the lower reaches of Changjiang River. Hengshan Mountain, as the birthplace of southern school of Buddhism, has gained a widespread reputation for the flourish of the five branches of this school. |