Youxi Forest Park

Youxi Forest Park is just one kilometer from the center of Baojing County in Hunan Province, covering 1,030 mu. The park is surrounded by water on three sides and backed by a mountain on one side, running north-south, and is known as the "one and only garden" of central-south China. The park features rolling hills, lush forests, and rare flowers and plants that adorn it with distinct seasonal beauty. The living fossil plant Idesia polycarpa is found throughout the park. On the main peak stands the tomb of Mr. Yuan Jiliu, Mao Zedong's teacher, with a marble tablet at the center of the tombstone inscribed with Mao Zedong's handwritten epitaph "Tomb of Mr. Yuan Jiliu" in seven golden characters...