The Window of the World in Changsha culture traveling scenic area is located on the bank of Liuyang River, in the northeast suburb of Changsha. The area is 400,000 square meters with an investment of 300 million Yuan. It is one of the biggest culture traveling projects in Hunan Province. The window of world in Changsha is different in design with various scenic areas, possessing different style and charm. The happy valley is happy and wild, the love valley is warm and romantic, the mystical valley is mystical, the humorous interest garden is humorous and charming, the children paradise induces the childlike innocence, and the international street is lively and luxurious. In the scenic the French Louvre square, the Egyptian pyramid vying for demonstration; On the civilized mountain are the New Swan Fort, the Rangoon Golden Tower, the Italian Leaning Tower of Pisa; The civilized lake model of domestic included world scenic spots such as the France four big eruptive fountains, Sydney opera house. These varied constructions with micro model have demonstrated humanity’s great civilization. In addition, the window of world in Changsha culture traveling scenic area has also various kinds of touring activities, the laser flame party made people feel the convulse with which the modern science and technology brings; The five continents character and style artistic performance demonstrated the various countries’ cultural characteristic. Everywhere is fascinating and completely relaxed.

Yuelu Park

Yuelu Hill Park (Yuelu shan gongyuan) lies on the western banks of the Xiang River (Xiang jiang) and is one of Changsha's most historic spots. The area is most notable for its academic establishments, and conveniently history has not been forsaken by the Hunan University (Hunan daxue) that now takes up a part of the park. The hill rises to a height of around 300 meters above sea level, and the park covers an area of 500 hectares. The most famous academic establishment here was the Yuelu Academy (Yuelu shuyuan), a Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) institution that was designed to train scholars for the civil examinations. The Academy was built in 976 AD, and was named by King Zheng of the Northern Song Dynasty in 1015. The area, around 25,000 square meters, where this academy once stood now holds a Hexi Altar, a Classroom, the King's Book Pavilion, the Wen Temple and Gardens, although only one Stele is originally Song.

Changsha Liu Shaoqi Memorial Hall

The Memorial hall area is 56,000 square meters. There are three levels of steps in the Main hall which sits facing south. There are the foreword hall, audio and video hall, exhibition room and commemorative pavilion. It has four small and big models in the hall. Liu Shaoqi reads and labels ten thousand books and the historical pictures before his death. Eight exhibition rooms exhibits articles and pictures reflecting Liu Shaoqi’s path growth and his tremendous contribution to the New Democratic Revolution and socialist construction.

Hunan Provincial Museum

Located on Dongfeng Road, near to the Nianjia Lake (Nianjia hu), the Hunan Provincial Museum (Hunan bowuguan), is one of China's better museums. The complex has three main buildings, one of which covers revolutionary history and two that are devoted to the Western Han (206 BC-24 AD) tombs that were discovered at Mawangdui, 4km northeast of Changsha. The tomb exhibits are predictably better than the revolutionary one. The tombs, discovered in 1972 and containing over 3,000 antiques, were the burial ground for the Marquis of Dai, Li Cang, and his family. Li Cang was Prime Minister to the King of Changsha between 193 and 186 BC. The bodies, considering their age, remain in very good condition, especially the Marquis's wife, Xin Zui, who died in 186 BC. The reason for her preservation was the body, that was wrapped in over 20 layers of silk and linen, a triple layered wooden sarcophagus, that was sealed with charcoal and white peat, and a tomb, that was lined with clay and charcoal. The Marquess can now be viewed in the basement, partially unwrapped and preserved in a liquid-filled Perspex tank. Her organs are in separate jars, and from laboratory tests, scientists were able to establish that the Marquess suffered from a variety of illnesses, from tuberculosis and the bilharzia worm to arthritis.

Changsha Moon Island (Yueliang Dao)

The moon island is located on the Xiangjiang River west bank, 14 kilometers northwest of Changsha urban district. Its main characteristics as the new traveling spot lies in the beautiful natural scenery. The island is like a bending moon sucking the Hunan water, two silver white sand beaches kissing the Hunan water ocean waves. Near the island the willow dances to the wind. The island is covered with thick green grass, looking like a green and glossy mattress; on the south facing the island is the green reed forest. The cool breeze blows, the reed leaf, blows gently by the wind emits sound, accidentally startled the gull to fly in circles. It is rich in poetic and initiates artistic flavor.

Leifeng Memorial Hall

Leifeng Memorial Hall covers an area of 31000 square meters, with a total floor area of 4000 square meters. It is of the layout of courtyard and of traditional style. There are four halls introducing the stories of Leifeng, containing the briefcase of Leifeng, the batt, mosquito net and some other 140 pieces of stuff used by the three generations of him, 130 photos and books, three groups of sculptures. It is listed as the municipal, provincial and national youth education base.

Mawangdui Han Tombs

Located in the eastern suburb of Changsha City, the world famous Mawangdui Han Tombs is one of the most fascinating attractions in Hunan Province. It is no exaggeration to say that the Mawangdui Han Tombs is an open book to the glorious West Han Dynasty (206BC-24). All three tombs were excavated between 1972 and 1974. According to the research this place was a family graveyard from at least two thousand years ago. The tombs are very grand and complicated as well. Number 1 and Number 3 tombs were in excellent condition when excavated and Number 1 tomb is the largest among the three. Number 1 and Number 2 tombs have been in filled. Number 3 tomb has been preserved and covered by a ceiling for the benefit of the visitors. More than 3,000 relics have been unearthed from the three tombs, such as silk products, silk books, silk paintings, lacquer works, potteries, bamboo slips used for writing, weapons, herbs, and so on. The number of the lacquer works is the largest, including ancient cooking vessels, boxes, kettles, plates and folding screens, and the like. Red or black colors were painted on them. Most of the potteries contain food. The mouths of the containers were tightly stuffed by grass and mud. Bamboo brands with the name of the food tied on the outside of the containers' necks. There are wooden tomb figurines both clothed and unclothed. The reason is that they had different social status according the strict ranking system during the West Han Dynasty. The silk clothes from Number 1 tomb are in a variety of styles and of fine workmanship. One of the most outstanding representatives is a silk coat which is as light as the mist and as fine as gossamer. It is 1.28 meters (about 1.40 yards) in length with a pair of long sleeves, but weighs only 49 grams. Amazing! The coffin excavated from Number 1 tomb is decorated with the odd images of animals and gods on its lacquered surface and has a relatively high artistic value. A map excavated from Number 2 tomb will provide another surprise. Its drawing technique is very advanced, place marks being very similar to a modern map. It was praised as 'a striking discovery' by foreigners when exhibited in America, Japan, Poland and many other countries. Silk books, with more than one hundred thousand Chinese characters are rare historical artifacts. The content deals with ancient philosophy, history, science, technology, medicine and many other aspects. The excavation of Number 1 tomb at Mawangdui can not only be considered a wonder in Chinese archeology, but also leave a profound effect world archeological history. The reason is that the corpse of this tomb's owner---a noble lady and other articles buried with the dead were extremely well-preserved for more than 2,000 years, especially the corpse. When disinterred from the tomb, her corpse was complete and the whole body was still moist and supple. Some of her joints could move; her organs and surrounding tissues were still intact, and the skin still flexible; she was as if she had been buried yesterday. This is hard to believe and extraordinarily rare to see both at home and abroad, but definitely true. This female corpse is a special body different from mummies and adipocere. Meanwhile it is also a scientific miracle in the study of antisepsis, shocking the whole world and attracting the attention of both scholars and visitors. Try to think: when facing a lady who is more than 2,000 years old, how will be your feeling then?

Changsha Xiang River (Xiang Jiang)

Xiangjiang River is the mother river of Changsha. It flows from south to north, passes through Shaoshan Mountain and flows into Changsha city. It passes through Sanchaji and flows towards the northwest direction to Qiaokou and into Wangcheng County. It then crosses Yoyang, entering Tungting Lake again. The flow length spans approximately 25 kilometers in Changsha area. It constitutes the beautiful scenery in Changsha.

Changsha Xiaoyuan Park

The Xiaoyuan Park is located near the east gate train station, Changsha City. The area is 0.04 square kilometer. In the garden building, the pavilion, the booth and pavilion or house on the terrace are small and exquisite, the scenery is connected with the lake water and merge into one. In the garden east park, the garden inside the garden with the cloud water house with the Juyuan building forming a nice contrast. The bronze sculpture of "the friendly peace" in the cherry pavilion is China and Japan people’s friendly symbol. In the "small, fine, elegant and quiet" Xiaoyuan garden, the green grass, the flowers and trees are luxuriant.

Hunan First Normal College

Hunan First Normal College - the alma mater of Mao Zedong, was founded in 1903, and can date back to the Nan Song Dynasty when Southern Changsha City Academy was founded. Now it is a three-year normal college, and enjoying the solid reputation as a "thousand-year institution of higher learning and hundred-year normal school". It is located in the west of Changsha city. There are three campuses now in the college, one is Dongfanghong campus which seats in the western part of Changsha city and acts as the main teaching base; Another is Chengnan campus which locates in the eastern part of Changsha city and the Memorial of Youth Mao Zedong is included. The other is Huanghua campus, which is used as a manufacturing base. In recent years, Hunan First Normal College has kept abreast of the times and blazed new trails showing the world a new face in the form of its upgrading of its facilities and the development of an awesome new campus. Now the school has an area of 897768 square meters and over 43 million RMB worth of new teaching equipment. The college library has a collection of over 1 million volumes. The school has a staff of 778, including 639 faculty members, more than 58 of whom are professors, 12 of whom hold doctorate degrees, and 3 of whom are experts granted with a special governmental allowance. There are 220 teachers holding titles of Associate Professor. Additionally, there are 252 teachers with a Master's degree or higher level of education. Presently, there are 16,500 undergraduates and 3-year program students in the school. There are five areas of specialty being offered at the school: pedagogy, literature, natural science, engineering, and management science. The Foreign Language Department is the biggest one, which has 4480 students now and the courses include English education, business English and applied English. Students at Hunan First Normal College have demonstrated their excellence through participation in numerous math, debate, software creation, English speech and theatrical contests and achieved gold medals and other coveted prizes. The school has been selected as an example of advanced education for teaching and scientific research and its beautiful garden-style architecture has caused it to be chosen as an example of civilized building culture at the municipal, provincial, and national levels. Chengnan campus has also been long designated as a major historical, cultural and patriotic site.

Changsha Tan Sitong Memorial Hall

Tan Sitong Memorial Hall is located in No. 40, Zhongcai Changlu Road, Liuyang city. The hall was constructed in 1912. It was constructed in commemoration for the 1911 Revolution. The hall was built in the general Qing Dynasty folk ancestral temple construction type; with brick and wood structure, the shape is rectangle, the area is 400 square meters, with three entrances and three openings, the layout is succinct, clear and sprightly. The second entry main hall was writings of "the Republic of China prescience" by renowned Liang Qichao at late of Qing Dynasty. The character in gold with ink bottom and was impressively striking. In the hall stone column are Kang Youwei and Tang Caichang historical celebrity’s elegiac couplet. The front door was of stone column brickwork wall, the center was a stone carved with "the Tan martyr Memorial hall", above makes a desk clock decoration, the clock refers to the time the martyr was killed.

Changsha Shen Family Mansion (Shenjia Dawu)

Shen Family Big House was once the base of the provincial committee institution of Chinese Communist of Hunan in 1927. It was listed under the cultural relic preservation unit of Changsha by the city cultural relic preservation department. Upon the verification after the provinces and cities cultural relic expert preliminary examination, it was discovered that Shen family big house is a vivid picture scroll engraved with hundred years of prosperous history of China. It is a precious specimen of the Chiangnan commoners’ residence in old Changsha city that went through the repeated flames of war during the late Qing Dynasty. The expert had inspected and determined that it is of precious value in aspect of construction and the modern history. The Shen family big house occupies a land area of 10,000 square meters and does not possessed the splendor and resplendent style of big residence. It is an integrated house with 17 hall rooms, more than 30 long and short corridors and more than 20 buildings and more than 200 private residences.

Tombs of King Wu

King Wu’s Tomb is located in the north of Changsha city. The old government office ideal wrote; "outside the north gate the king of Changsha, Wang Wurui. There is a little space near the vegetable garden outside the main road. "WuRui, is officially sealed as Boyang County official in Qin Dynasty (formerly known as Poyang, now known as Boyang). The Chu king, Xiang Yu sealed Wu as Mount Hengshan king and when Liu Bang takes over the seat, changed Linjiang into Changsha and appointed him as Changsha king. Wu Rui was very popular with the people when he was holding the official post and he has a political mind. After he died, the subjects held grand funeral for him. It was said that Wu Wang Grave’s height is 22 meters, next to grave stood a temple called Wu Wang temple. But at the end of Han, Sun Quan founded the Wu country in South of Changjiang. In order to build his father, Changsha satrap Sun Jian’s temple, he digs up Wu Rui’s grave and takes the lumber. Therefore Wu Wang Grave existence is very short. But King Wu’s Tombspread until now, probably because the people reminisces his merit.

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