Changsha Hunan Province China

Changsha Hunan Province

Junk Boats

Changsha Hunan Province

Morning Exercise

Changsha Hunan Province

Very Spicy Hunan Food

Changsha Hunan Province is known as the hometown of Mao Zedong, although his birthplace is actually 100km away in Shaoshan Village. Changsha. As the capital of Hunan Province in south central China, Changsha is at the center of a rich agricultural region amid the Hunan plains and bordering the Xiang River.

The site has a 3,000-year history of occupation, and was an important center of the southern Chu State culture in the Warring States period (5th-3rd c. BC). The lacquerware and silk textiles recovered from a Western Han (2nd century BC) tomb at Changsha are an indication of the richness of local craft traditions. In 1904 Changsha was opened to foreign trade, and large numbers of Europeans and Americans settled there.

Changsha Hunan Province

Hunan University

Changsha Hunan Province

Aiwan Pavillion

Changsha Hunan Province

Classic Architecture

Changsha is the seat of several institutions of higher learning, notably Hunan University, and a medical college. An important Chinese air force base is also there.

Changsha Hunan Province

Peace Amid Construction

Changsha Hunan Province

Hunan University

Changsha Hunan Province

Dufu Pavillion

The terrain of the Changsha City is high in the west and low in the east. Changsha is subjected to sub-tropical humid monsoon climate, cold in winter and hot in summer with long summer and winter, short spring and autumn. The average annual temperature is 17.2 degree centigrade. It maintains moderate and humid climate features in the year round.

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