Hunan Fenghuang International Youth Hostel
The Hostel can accommodate 42 people at one time. There are 2 twin-rooms, 2 triple-rooms and 4 dormitory rooms with 6 to 8 beds respectively. The Hostel provides a clean and comfortable environment with many services such as a bar, reading room, internet availability, international dialing, self-service kitchen, self laundry, bike rental, and ticket booking. Travel information for the Fenghuang area and other scenic places nearby is available and communication is encouraged between
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Fenghuang (Chinese: 鳳凰; pinyin: Fènghuáng; Japanese:
鳳凰 hō-ō; Korean:
봉황 bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) are mythological Chinese birds that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the females Huang. In modern times, however, such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and the Feng and Huang are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, which has male connotations. Han Chinese often use the term "Descendents of the Dragon" as a sign of ethnic identity. The Fenghuang is also called the "August Rooster" (Traditional Chinese:
鶤雞 hùnjī [Cantonese] kūnjī [Mandarin]) since it sometimes takes the place of the Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac. In the West, it is commonly referred to as the Chinese phoenix and occasionally Ho-oh bird (from the Japanese name hō-ō).
