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Province · Central China
Hunan is a province in Central China. Thirteen PreeChina city guides cover Hunan.
Two Grade I national museums stand in the province. Three UNESCO World Heritage properties have a listed component there.
Counts on this page come from PreeChina's own data as of October 2026. Tickets, opening hours and reservations are not listed, so contact each venue or check its official website for accurate information.
Map
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City Guides
Each city name opens its PreeChina guide.
Landmark Guides
In-depth guides to five landmarks in Hunan.
Top Attractions
A pick from the Top Attractions of the city guides in Hunan. Each card opens the Top Attractions of its city.
Zhangjiajie
Over 3,000 quartz sandstone pillars across four distinct scenic zones.
Changsha
Home to Yuelu Academy and the Aiwan Pavilion, one of China's four celebrated pavilions.
Hengyang
A 150-kilometre ridge of 72 peaks sheltering over 200 Buddhist and Taoist temples in ancient cedar forest.
Yueyang
2,625 square kilometres at summer maximum, the Yangtze's flood buffer and a critical winter bird habitat.
Huaihua
380 original-fabric buildings from the 19th-century tung oil, timber and opium trade era.
Zhangjiajie
A 430-metre glass-floored bridge spanning a canyon 300 metres deep.
Changsha
A 7.6-metre sculptural panda scaling a glass tower in the fashionable Wuyi Avenue district.
Hengyang
A Forbidden-City-modelled complex holding Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian halls in one compound.
Yueyang
A 0.96-square-kilometre island of bamboo forest and tea gardens carrying two thousand years of legend.
Huaihua
Where the Japanese envoy landed August 21, 1945 to receive surrender terms, and a former Allied airbase.
Zhangjiajie
An 11km cave system with a 20-metre stalactite grown over 100,000 years.
Hengyang
The mountain's 1,300-metre summit, named for the fire god, with a two-thousand-year-old torch festival.
Museums
These museums are on the China Museums Association Grade I lists and appear on the museums theme page.
two museums in Hunan
World Heritage
A property is counted when UNESCO lists at least one component point inside Hunan. Long lines such as the Great Wall and coastal sites list some of their points, so the list can be shorter than the true extent.
three properties
Routes
Six PreeChina routes include stops in Hunan.
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