Dahua Yao Tiger-shaped Mountain.
The Dahua Yao Tiger-shaped Mountain Scenic Area in Longhui, Shaoyang City, is rich in natural resources, large in scale, and has a long history of cultural resources. It is composed of several scenic spots such as Wangguan Chong Terraces, Datuo Stone Waterfall, Chongmu Dang Ancient Forest, Wangxi Waterfall Group, and Huayao Ancient Village. The Tiger-shaped Mountain Ten-mile Grand Canyon, Datuo 2000-meter-wide Stone Waterfall, Wangxi Grand Canyon Waterfall Group, Wangguan Chong Ten Thousand Mu Terraces and hundreds of other natural landscapes are fascinating. The former residence of Wei Yuan, a national key cultural relics protection unit, "China's First Village of Huayao" Chongmu Dang Huayao Ancient Village, Ancient Yao Street and dozens of other cultural landscapes are rich in historical and cultural connotations. A large area of primary secondary forest and various ancient trees form a good natural ecological environment. The unique folk culture and ethnic customs of Huayao, the distinctive Huayao costumes, architecture, handicrafts, folk songs and food are unique. Tiger-shaped Mountain-Huayao has been selected as the "New Xiaoxiang Eight Sceneries".
There are many characteristic landscapes in the scenic area. In the middle of Datuo Stone Waterfall, from top to bottom, it is like a knife and axe, gray and white, all stone walls. The slope is about 45 degrees, more than 300 meters high, about 2000 meters wide, magnificent, and the waterfall flows down from a distance. Datuo Stone Waterfall is developed in the contact zone between the rock mass and the surrounding rock, and the slope of the stone wall is controlled by the contact surface. The rock mass here is relatively hard and complete, the rock is broken, and after long-term weathering and erosion, the rock mass protrudes, and the surrounding rock is cut down, and a large stone wall slope with a significant height difference appears. Datuo Stone Waterfall is the most spectacular stone waterfall landscape in China, and it is also the largest and longest stone waterfall, with important scientific research value and ornamental value. The Wangguan Chong Terraces cover more than 700 hectares, with high terrain, large scale, and peculiar landscape, especially the natural irrigation system without reservoirs and mountain ponds, which is a miracle of the combination of heaven, earth and man, and is the result of more than two thousand years of hard work by the Yao and Han people. Climbing to the top of the mountain, looking in any direction, you can see the terraces crisscrossing, the lines are smooth, undulating, and the water is gurgling, fully demonstrating the natural beauty, simplicity, physical beauty and cultural beauty of the terraces, constituting an outstanding example of the relationship between humans and the natural environment.