Shiyan

Shiyan is a prefecture-stage city in northwestern Hubei province, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2010 census, its populace was 3,340,841 of whom 767,920 lived inside the built-up vicinity ade of Maojian and Zhangwan urban districts on 1,193 rectangular kilometres. In 2007, the city became named China's top ten livable towns by way of Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which turned into launched at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.

The Wudang Mountains run about east–west thru the territory of the "Prefecture-stage town" of Shiyan, crossing several of its county-degree divisions. The height commonly called "Wudang Mountain", or in Mandarin Wudangshan, is one of the most important cultural centres of the Taoist faith. The surrounding areas are dotted with up to 200 Taoist monastic temples and non secular sites.

The major attraction on this location, and also one of the maximum sacred Taoist websites, which paperwork an essential stop for specifically Chinese tourists certain there, with up to 20 bus hundreds of site visitors according to day at top instances is Wudangshan Jiedao of the Danjiangkou county-stage city. This place is challenge to predominant exchange as part of the South to North water diversion challenge of the Han River. Certain regions will see an growth of up to five meters in water degree to create a brand new reservoir to serve Beijing an Tianjing as a part of this major water diversion assignment.