Yiyang
A central Hunan city in the Zi River basin, with Anhua dark tea and the mountain villages of the Tea-Horse Road as the main highlights.
Yiyang lies in north-central Hunan, with the Zi River running through the city, Dongting Lake to the north and the foothills of the Xuefeng Mountains to the south. Anhua County is the main producer of Anhua dark tea, where you can visit tea factories and plantations and follow the Zi River to explore the old Tea-Horse Road and ancient wind-and-rain bridges, with beautiful mountain village scenery. The lake area in the north offers plain-and-water-town landscapes. Yiyang is also known for bamboo products. Spring tea-picking season and autumn are the best times to visit. The Changde–Yiyang–Changsha high-speed railway has Yiyang South Station, and to reach Anhua you need to transfer by road from Yiyang or Changsha.