Feng Huang is Chinese for
(Fenghuang old town in west Hunan )
Feng Huang is Chinese for phoenix, the mythical bird which is a good omen and symbolizes longevity. When consumed by fire, Feng Huang will be reborn from the flames. Feng Huang Cheng gets its name from a legend that two of these fantastic birds flew over the town and found the town so beautiful that they hovered it, reluctant to leave.
Located on the western edge of Hunan Province next to Guizhou, Feng Huang Chengs beauty lives up to this story. Claimed to be one of the two most beautiful towns in China, Feng Huang Cheng sets an example of what villages were like before the start of modernization. In the town dozens of lanes are paved with stones that run between the wooden houses built on stilts. Generations of local peop ...