Songzi's tourism is also richly endowed by nature. There is the state-level scenic spot – Weishui Resort (), which integrates the mountains, waters, caves, forests, springs into one natural wonder. It provides the multi-functions for tourism, adventure, scientific exploration, summer resort, and sanatorium. It is located within the Golden Triangle for Tourism among the
Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Jingzhou Ancient City (), and
Zhangjiajie Scenic Area. Weishui Resort is made up of three parts – Weishui Reservoir (), Weishui National Forest Park () and Cluster of Karst Caves and Hot Springs (). The Resort presents to tourists the tenderness and gentleness of Southern China's mountains and waters as well as the majesty and grandeur of Northern China's scenery and beauty. Weishui Lake is called as "Fairyland in the Southern Chu". Meandering through the green hills and blue waters, Weishui Waterdam has a total length of 8969m and is said to be the longest earth-filled man-made dam in Asia. Dotted on the clear blue water are innumerable islets covered by green trees and bushes. Surrounding the lake are dark green hills stretching far into distance and disappearing into Wuling Mountains. "Mountains go alive with water, water becomes enchanting with mountains ()". Under the blue sky and white clouds, with the hordes of white cranes flying from the woods to the water while the fish popping out their heads occasionally for making a scene of bustle and excitement, Weishui Lake and National Forest Park form a beautiful country scene, like a traditional Chinese ink and wash. Weishui Lake is home to the famous
Scaly-sided merganser which is categorized as Endangered by the
IUCN Red List. The mergansers spend their winter in the reservoir through late November to early March. Besides Weishui Lake there is a Buddhist Temple famous in Southern Chu ("") – Lingjiu Si (), whose history can be dated back to Jin dynasty (). Taking the boat and sailing to northwest about 20 kilometers and arriving to the other end of Weishui Lake, you climb to a mountain very close to the lake and then you find the ancient caves which can bring you back to the early stages in the Earth's life. Have come into being at Cambrian system about 500 million years ago, with its "one superb, three wonders, ten focal points" and close to one hundred geological scenic spots, the New God Cave incorporates the charm, danger, queerness, rareness and magnificence altogether. In view of the complex geological structures, the continuous geological strata, the clear topographic features, the area where the Cave locates have been picked up as "the teaching and practicing base for Science of the Earth" by Changjiang University (). The underground stream flows through the cave and a 10-meter-high waterfall is formed near the entry of the cave. Inside the cave, there are many stalactites and stalagmites in various shapes – like stone curtain, stone column, stone shoot, stone flowers, etc. There is also a swarm of miraculous rimstone dams which have been developed with the underground river by hundreds of millions of years – one is three-staged and the height of the top stage reaches 4 meters, at least 1.5 meters higher than other known ones in China. At one of the very inner corner, there is even a huge Performing Stage with a very rare background of a 16 meters x 7 meters stone curtain hanging, which comprises 262 pleats. Weishui National Forest Park occupies an area of , with the 96% forestation rate. There are rich living things resources – more than 1,000 different kinds of plants and more than 20 kinds of wild beast animals and close to 40 kinds of birds and numerous amphibious animals, reptiles, insects and fishes. Even there were reports of sighting Southern China Tiger, Leopard (panthera pardus), White Swans and other rare animals in the forest. ==History==