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Taohuayuan: the Peach Blossom Land
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  Taohuayuan Taohuayuan (táo huā yuán 桃花源), also known as "the Peach Blossom Land", is a fairyland and a historical site. The Chinese famous poet Tao Yuanming (táo yuān míng 陶渊明) in ancient Eastern Jin Dynasty (dōng jìn 东晋) described it in his prose, A Portrait of Land of Peach Blossoms (táo huā yuán jì 桃花源记). The beauty of its pastoral scenery, greatness of temple pavilions, abundance of the poetic prose stone inscriptions and the peculiarity of its historical legend, has made it well-known all over the world.   Show map

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Hongjiang Ancient Commercial City
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    Hongjiang Ancient Commercial City
Hongjiang Ancient Commercial City (hóng jiāng gǔ shāng chéng 洪江古商城) lies in the south part of Huaihua City (huái huà shì 怀化市), which is in the west of Hunan Province (hú nán shěng 湖南省). Originated from the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū shí qī 春秋时期) in China, took shape in the prosperous Tang Dynasty (táng cháo 唐朝), and flourished in Ming (míng 明) and Qing (míng 清) dynasties, Hongjiang was the economic, military, religious and cultural center of Southwest Hunan (xiāng xī 湘西). Hongjiang Ancient Commercial City is the oldest, biggest and the most integrated ancient commercial city in China.

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Yuelu Mountain
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    Yuelu Academy of Classical Learning
Lying in the west bank of Xiang River (xiāng jiāng 湘江), Changsha City (cháng shā shì 长沙市), Hunan Province (hú nán shěng 湖南省), Yuelu Mountain (yuè lù shān 岳麓山) covers an area of 8 square kilometers. Since Tang (táng 唐) and Song (sòng 宋) dynasties, Yuelu Mountain is famous for its beautiful natural scenery and also get reputation for its rich cultural connotation. In the mountain there are the Yuelu Academy of Classical Learning (yuè lù shū yuàn 岳麓书院) with thousands of years’ history, Lushan Temple (lù shān sì 麓山寺) and the Yunlu Palace (yún lù gōng 云麓宫), which was built in 1478 AD. Thus there forms the unique cultural landscape with Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism coexisting.

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Yellow Dragon Cave
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    Yellow Dragon Cave
Yellow Dragon Cave
(huáng lóng dòng 黄龙洞), which is the most famous scenery in Wulingyuan Scenic Area (wǔ líng yuán fēng jǐng qū 武陵源风景区), has been regarded as “the marvelous spectacle of the karst cave in the world”, "No. 1 Karst Cave”, and “the most beautiful cave” in the world. The total area of the cave is 100,000 square meters. The geologists from home and abroad all think that Yellow Dragon Cave includes all the characteristics of a karst cave. There are splendid stalactites, stalagmites, hills, and rivers in the cave. 

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Hunan Provincial Museum
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     Hunan Provincial Museum
Set up in early 1950s, Hunan Provincial Museum (hú nán shěng bó wù guǎn 湖南省博物馆) lies in the Kaifu District (kāi fú qū 开福区) of Changsha (cháng shā 长沙), which is a famous historical and cultural city, adjoining the beautiful Martyr’s Park (liè shì gōng yuán 烈士公园). It has an area of 51000 square meters and the total public building has 29000 square meters. Hunan Provincial Museum is the largest museum of history and art in Hunan Province (hú nán shěng 湖南省), and was chosen to be a National Demonstration Base of Patriotic Education and a AAAA national Tourist Attraction.

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