Brief information on Tuojiang River  

The Tuojiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through here. Lining the steep banks are gabled houses of stone and brick, three to four stories high, with tile roofs, wooden latticework framing doors and windows, and balconies with wooden balustrades. In spots where the banks overhang the water, stilts support the homes.
Deep in the folds of the mountains, in an area inhabited largely by Miao and Tujia ethnic minority peoples, this region used to be accessible only by days-long journeys over rutted dirt roads.
Since the 1990s, however, with the improvement of transport and expansion of the tourist industry, narrow flagstone paths and stone steps along the Tuojiang as well as more spacious newly-paved plazas further back are now crammed with visitors, most from other parts of China.

*You can download the bilingual note to show it to a taxi driver or someone else to find your way to Tuojiang River if you plan to visit Tuojiang River and have language problems.

   

Location: Phoniex County, Jishou City, Hunan Province.
Prices: Admission: CNY 30