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Qianyang Ancient Town,well known as Qianzhou Town, is located in Hongjiang District of Hunan Province's Huaihua City.Qianyang Town was first built in 202 BC,West Han Dynasty. It is older 1,400 years than Lijiang Ancient Town,and 700 years than Fenghuang Anicent. And it is the ancient town with the old style constructures of Ming and Qing Dynasties to be preserved best in China.

What to  see ?

Ancient Steets in Qianyang Town

There are 5 gates, 10 streets and 12 alleys in Qianyang Ancient Town.The curve made by the Wu river embraces the old town of Qianyang which according to local history, was founded more than 2000 years ago. In 1080, during the Song dynasty (960-1279), the town was upgraded to a regional political center.

Today, most of the cultural landmarks disseminated in the ancient town date back from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Parts of the ancient walls that protected Qianyang are still standing. Beyond the five gates, the slab stone streets and alleys of Qianyang are lined with more than twenty ancestral and lineage halls, over ten courtyard residences of ancient local officials, a dozen of Taoist and Buddhist temples, as well as centuries-old residential housing and store fronts.Some of these ancient temple have been recently renovated, others are crumbling away. A few of them have been secularised and transformed into residential housing.

Furong Tower 

Furong Tower,well known as "Lotus Tower", "Hibiscus Tower",is a classical garden architectural group located in the northwest of Qiancheng, an age-old and rustic town of Hongjiang City. The main wooden tower together with pavilions and towers are the famous historical relics on the bank of the Yuanshui River.Hibiscus Tower was where the famous Tang-dynasty (618-907) poet, Wang Changling, held banquets for his guests and farewell parties for his friends, and has, over the past dynasties, been the ideal setting for scholars to compose poems and artists to create masterpieces. The tower now standing was constructed during the reign of Emperor Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) on the original site of Hibiscus Tower, which was razed during a period of war. The tower is a marvelous example of architectural complexity that combines the typical Qing-dynasty architectural design with the style popular in Hunan and Anhui provinces.