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Hunan Provincial Museum

1.22 MILES

Changsha's main attraction is this modern museum. There's a special focus on the Mawangdui Tombs, which were excavated nearby in the early 1970s,¡­

Tangerine Isle

2.15 MILES

The most famous of the city¡¯s parks is a 5km-long sliver of an island smack bang in the middle of the Xiang River. A reflective 32-year-old Mao¡­

Yuelu Academy

3.8 MILES

Students have been cramming for exams at the base of Yuelu Mountain west of the river since AD 976, when the academy was established as one of China¡¯s¡­

Old City Walls & Tianxin Pavilion

2.78 MILES

The old city walls, which once stretched for 9km around ancient Changsha, were built of rammed earth in 202 BC, reinforced with stone in AD 1372 (during¡­

Changsha Municipal Museum

1.9 MILES

A colossal aluminium/magnesium alloy statue of Mao Zedong, cast in Heilongjiang, affably greets you at the entrance. This is the first clue that, despite¡­

Yuelu Mountain

2.68 MILES

This large park on the slopes of Yuelu Mountain makes a pleasant city break. You can climb to the top in less than an hour, or else go up on the chair¡­

Hunan County No 1 Teachers¡¯ Training School

3.42 MILES

Between 1913 and 1918, Mao studied here and returned to teach classics from 1920 to 1922. It¡¯s still a working college, and sometimes students keen to¡­

Lieshi Park

1.64 MILES

Tree-shaded and dotted with lakes, leafy ¨C and incredibly huge ¨C Lieshi Park is very popular in the mornings for singing, dancing and taichi.