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 Apart from being the
capital city of Hunan Province, Changsha is
regarded as one of the famous historical and
cultural cities in China. Located on the fertile
Hunan plains and on Xiang Jiang (Xiang River), this city
covers an area of 11,828 square kilometers and a population of
about 5.9 million and the easiest way to move
around this famous tourist area is to carry a
Changsha city map as a
travel guide. This city has been inhabited for
three thousand years since the Warring States
Period. Located on the fertile Hunan plains and
on Xiang Jiang, this place became a main
agricultural trading centre. Most part of this
city lies on the eastern bank of Xiang Jiang
whereby the main transportation system here is
at the train station located on the far east
part of the Photo: Chairman Mao statue
city. The main road here is the Wuyi Lu (Wuyi
Road) which takes you straight to the river that
divides the city into the northern and southern
section. Here, tourists can use the Xiang Jiang
bridge to get to the western bank which passes
over Long Island (Juzi Zhou) which sits in the
middle of the river. Most tourist attractions
in Changsha and places of interest in Changsha can be seen on the eastern part of the river
and use this travel guide to Changsha to explore
this famous city in Hunan.
 Changsha has a time-honored history,
varied and colored culture and with abundant
historical remains and was a major agricultural
trading centre. Now more than 300 ancient
tombs of the Warring States Period (475 - 221
B.C.) and over 8,000 tombs of the Han dynasty
(206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) have been excavated
together with
more than 20,000 well preserved cultural relics.
A large number of American and Europeans came to
this city in 1904 when the city opened up
foreign trade due to the 1903 Treaty of Shanghai
between China and Japan. In Changsha, there are seven important historical monuments
under state protection and 38 under province
protection in Changsha. Among the world-renowned
cultural relics are the Western Han Dynasty (206
B.C. - 24 A.D.) excavated from Mawangdui and the
bamboo slips discovered from Zoumalou. Main
places of interest at Changsha include the Hunan
University, Hunan Provincial Museum, Juzizhou
Islet, Lei Fei Memorial Museum, Maoist Pilgrimage Spots
such as the Hunan No. 1 Teachers' Training
School and the former Office of the Hunan Communist
Photo: Yuelu Academy
Party Committee. These top attractions in Hunan
province ranked among the very best in China.
Yuelu Mountain is also a famous tourist
attraction which has attractions such as the Yuelu Gongyuan (Bottom of the High
Mountain Park), Yuelu Academy, Yuelu Temple,
Yuele Palace, King Yu Tablet and Aiwan Pavilion
(also known as Aiwan Ting which is translated as
the Loving Dusk Pavilion). If there is time on
your side, the Tianxin Ge (Heart of Heaven
Pavilion) is worth checking out since it is the
only part of the old city walls that is left in
Changsha. More on Changsha's
transportation,
hotels, recreation, restaurants, shopping,
travel services, useful telephone numbers and
tourist attractions can
be found below and use this tourist information
to make your journey a success.
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