龙华区环城绿道的建设是为了实现人与自然的和谐共生，加快推进龙华区“现代化、国际化、创新型”中轴新城的建设步伐；根据龙华区四面青山环绕的特点，结合周边自然山水资源，坚持生态优先、保护优先、自然恢复为主的方针，高标准打造一条国际一流的最自然、最生态、最有趣的“龙华绿环”。

龙华环城绿道规划全长135公里，分为门户示范段、城市活力段、人文体验段、生态休闲段四大主题段。结合山体、水库、河流及公园绿地，选线连接了7个森林/郊野公园、14个主要水库及水体，沿线途经八大景区和15处主要的文化景点，串连40处城市公园/社区公园。环城绿道主线70公里形成环绕龙华区的大环，支线65公里形成20个小环，打造大环套小环的新格局，满足骑行、徒步、登山、休闲等不同出行需求，形成多功能的复合型绿道。

The Longhua Greenway is constructed to realize the harmonious human-nature coexistence and accelerate the development of Longhua District’s iconic images: “Modernization, Internationalization,”. The Longhua District is mountain-fringed, possessing abundant ecological resources; therefore, on the premise of the principles “priority of economization, priority of reservation and priority of natural recovery” , the Longhua Greenway is established with world-class standards as a most beautiful, most ecological and most diverting “Longhua Green Ring”。

The Longhua Greenway is one hundred and thirty-five kilometers long, including four major thematic segments: the portal demonstration section, the urban vitality section, the humanistic experience section and the ecological leisure section. The Greenway route, combined with the landscape of massif, reservoirs, rivers and park green lands, includes seven forest parks/suburb parks, fourteen major reservoirs and water bodies; beside, it concatenates eight major scenic spots, fifteen major cultural attractions along the way, as well as other forty urban parks/community parks in Longhua。The Greenway main-line is seventy-four kilometers, in the form of a large ring-road around the Longhua District, together with twenty smaller rings branching off of the main-line, measuring ninety-eight kilometers in total. This loop-de-looping design with multi-functions can meet various of travelling requirements, such as cycling, hiking, walking, mountaineering, parent-child leisure, and sightseeing.

▼绿道南段鸟瞰，aerial view of the south section of the greenway

羊台山段北起大浪石凹水库，接大水坑段，南至布九窝，接绿谷公园段, 途经羊台山森林公园，环绕赖屋山、冷水坑、高峰三大水库，全长19.82公里（其中城市段连接线长4.5公里）。

Starting from Dalang Shi’ao Reservoir in the north, the Yangtaishan section, with a total length of nineteen thousand eight hundred and twenty meters (including an urban section connecting line of four thousand and five hundred meters), links to Dashuikeng section, finally reaching Bujiuwo in the south, connected to the Green Valley Park section. Along the way are Yangtaishan Forest Park and three reservoirs—Laiwu Mountain, Lengshui Pit and High Peak—surround by the Yangtaishan section.

▼羊台山段节点分布总图，layout of Yangtaishan Section

该段依托丰富的水库、溪谷、山石、泉水等自然资源，打造一条以“大山大水、登高揽胜”为主题，体验登山望水，观石赏泉、探谷寻溪的野趣绿道。羊台山段共设置有竹径通幽、蝴蝶谷、揽胜台、卧龙遗蛋、山水连城、云溪谷、七仙泉、玉林湾等十八大景点。

With the advantages of rich natural resources including reservoirs, valleys, rocks, springs and so on, this section is designed as a wild greenway, themed by “Towering Mountain and Spectacular Stream, Standing High and Gazing Far”, where travelers can experience climbing high to survey water scenery, enjoy the sight of stones and fountains, and explore valleys and streams。There are altogether eighteen scenic spots along the Yangtaishan section: Trails in Bamboo Grove, Butterfly Valley, Lansheng Terrace, Crouching Dragon Hidden Egg, Panoramic Viewpoint, Mystic Valley, Seven Immortals Spring, Jade Forest Bay etc。

▼桐花坡，Vernicia Brae

▼竹径通幽，Trails in Bamboo Grove

▼蝴蝶谷，Butterfly Valley

▼蝴蝶谷驿站，Butterfly Valley Station

▼揽胜台，Lansheng Terrace

▼卧龙遗蛋，Crouching Dragon Hidden Egg

▼山水连城，Panoramic Viewpoint

▼云溪谷，Mystic Valley

▼明镜台，Mirror Terrace

▼七仙泉，Seven Immortals Spring

▼玉林湾，Jade Forest Bay