Shennongjia isn't only gorgeous, it's China's well-nigh pop goal for Bigfoot believers

View from the high peaks of Shennongjia Nature Reserve. More than 400 people claim to conduct maintain seen a Bigfoot-like creature called "yeren" inward the woods below.

"More than 400 people conduct maintain claimed to conduct maintain seen the Bigfoot-like creature inward the past times century" Xinhua News Agency

This is non the rootage representative of a Bigfoot-like creature to hold upward used to lure tourists to a destination, Bigfoot is the "go-to" magnet for international tourism.  You tin read virtually other Bigfoot tourism destinations, such as,  India, skiing inward Russia, oh yeah, as well as fifty-fifty China's Taibai Mountains.

The Yeren, literally translated every bit "wild man". AKA The Chinese Bigfoot

 As the alleged domicile of the legendary Bigfoot-like ape-man known every bit "yeren," Shennongjia (神农架) has been the go-to house for adventurous Chinese travelers for decades.

But its mystery as well as solitude mightiness presently autumn victim to the colorful flags of tour guides.

The W Hubei attraction is the latest add-on to China’s listing of 5A-class scenic spots (国家级5A旅游区). Shennongjia was presented the championship concluding calendar week inward Beijing past times the National Tourism Administration, reported Xinhua News Agency. 

The 5A-class is China's overstep classification for scenic spots. Attractions inward this category are said to stand upward for the nation’s best tourist spots for receiving splendid ratings inward viii categories, ranging from shipping as well as tourist services to hygiene conditions.

As of September 2011, at that topographic point were 119 5A-class scenic spots throughout China, including Hangzhou's West Lake, Huangshan as well as Badaling Great Wall.

Yeren as well as golden monkeys

Located inward northwest Hubei Province, 570 kilometers from provincial majuscule Wuhan (武汉), Shennongjia is best known to Chinese every bit the rumored domicile of the legenedary "yeren," or literally “wild man.”

More than 400 people conduct maintain claimed to conduct maintain seen the Bigfoot-like creature inward the past times century, according to Xinhua, withal no difficult evidence has been establish to testify yeren’s existence.

Rather hence spying a yeren inward the forest, Shennongjia travelers volition to a greater extent than probable respect themselves beingness peeped at past times snub-nosed or golden monkeys (金丝猴), a rare as well as protected fauna inward China.

The 3,200-square-kilometer nature reserve is likewise reported to hold upward “the solely well-preserved sub-tropical woods ecosystem inward the world's mid-latitudes,” amongst to a greater extent than than 5,000 species of animals as well as plants.

Getting there

Wuhan is the nearest major metropolis as well as traffic hub to Shennongjia.

From Wuhan's long-distance coach station at Xinhua Lu, conduct maintain the daily coach to Xingshan County (兴山县). The coach departs at 8 p.m. as well as arrives at Xingshan at vi a.m. the next day. Ticket costs RMB ninety per person. Then transfer to a mini-bus from Xingshan to Shennongjia. Mini-buses piece of job out every thirty minutes as well as costs RMB 10.

Or, conduct maintain a prepare from Wuhan to Shiyan (十堰) at 10 p.m. The prepare arrives at Shiyan some vi a.m. the next day. Buses for Shennongjia depart at 7:30 p.m. from Shiyan. The coach journeying takes virtually 5 hours.

The Red People's Republic of China Scientific Expedition Association investigated the scene inward Shennongjia where a sighting of wild men was reported inward 2003. Chinese media reported that the association collected evidence, including pilus as well as footprints.

Shennongjia is likewise famous for its wild snub-nosed or golden monkeys (金丝猴), a rare as well as protected fauna inward China.

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