Changsha is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, with its name and site remaining unchanged for 3,000 years, and is known as the "Hometown of Qu Jia", "Famous City of Chu and Han", and "Xiaoxiang and Su Si". There are historical relics such as Mawangdui Han Tomb, Four Sheep Square Zun, Wu Jian of the Three Kingdoms, Yuelu Academy, Tongguan Kiln and so on.
Famous attractions in Changsha:
Yuelu Mountain, Orange Island, Liu Shaoqi's former residence, Window of the World, Mawangdui Han Tomb and so on.
Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area is located in Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 300.8 meters above sea level, covering an area of 35.20 square kilometers, is the last peak of the 72 peaks of the Nanyue Hengshan Mountain, located in the Orange Island Tourist Attractions Area, for the city of mountain-type scenic spots, and one of the four major maple-appreciation resorts in China.
Yuelu Mountain is located in the first batch of national historical and cultural city of Changsha on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, according to the river facing the city, the existing Lushan, Orange Island, Yuelu Academy, New People's Society four core scenic spots, for the world's rare set of "mountains, water, continents, cities" in one of the national AAAAA-level tourist attractions, national key scenic spots, Hunan Cultural dissemination base and demonstration base for patriotic education.
Yuelu Mountain because of the Southern Song Dynasty "Nanyue record" in the "Nanyue around 800 miles, back to the Yan for the first, Yuelu for the foot" and named, integration of the essence of ancient Chinese culture of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism as a whole, inclusive of the history of the thought of the great masters, monks and famous Taoist, writers and ink writers *** with the development of the Yuelu Mountain cultural connotations. Scenic spots include Yuelu Academy, Ai Evening Pavilion, Lushan Temple, Yunlu Palace, the former site of New People's Society, Huang Xing's Tomb, Cai E's Tomb, and the former site of the wartime command headquarters of the Ninth War Area Command.
Orange Island is located in Changsha city center in the heart of the Xiangjiang River, is the largest famous continent in the Xiangjiang River, from the south to the north, across the heart of the river, looking at Mount Yuelu in the west, east of Changsha City, surrounded by water on all sides, stretching for dozens of miles, the narrow part of the horizontal of about 40 meters, the wide part of the horizontal of about 140 meters, the shape of the island is a long island, one of Changsha's important scenic spots, the national AAAAA level tourism scenic spot, the national key scenic spots, Changsha It is one of the important scenic spots of Changsha, national AAAAA level tourist attraction, national key scenic spot, and the core element of Changsha's tourism pattern of "mountain, water, continent and city".
Gazing at the Xiangshui River going north, young Mao Zedong wrote the popular "Qinyuanchun - Changsha" at the head of Orange Island in Changsha, expressing his concern for the world and his ambition to save the people. Chau to the people, poetry strong famous city. Orange Island between the city of famous mountains, Ling curls on the blue waves, known as "China's first continent".
Orange Island scenic area development and construction of structural planning for "an axis of four areas", four areas for the core scenic spots, tourism support services, beach parks, water sports area.
The Mawangdui Han Tomb is the tomb of Li Cang, the prime minister of Changsha, and his family in the early Western Han Dynasty, located in Changsha, Hunan Province, central China. 1972-1974, archaeologists excavated three tombs of the Western Han Dynasty here. The structure of the tombs is magnificent and complex, with the outer coffin chamber constructed at the bottom of the tomb pit, consisting of three outer coffins, three caskets and cushion wood. The wooden coffins were surrounded and filled with charcoal, and the charcoal was sealed with white plaster. Burial goods in the tomb is very rich, *** unearthed silk fabrics, silk books, silk paintings, lacquer ware, pottery, bamboo slips, seals, sealing clay, bamboo and wood utensils, agricultural and livestock products, Chinese herbs and other relics more than 3,000 pieces. In addition, the tomb also unearthed a well-preserved female corpse and the earliest prescription book on silk, "52 Diseases", which can be seen in China so far.