Tour Plan 19th October : Hengshan Time Schedule: 08:00 : depart from the hotel 08:00~10:00 : two hours driving, arrived at 10:00 10:00~16:00: visiting 16:00~18:00: return to the hotel
20th October: Changsha City Time Schedule: 09:00 : depart from the hotel 09:30~11:30: Yuelu Academy and Aiwan Pavilion 11:30~14:00: lunch 14:00~16:00: Hunan Provincial Museum 16:00: return to the hotel
Dismiss Place: Hotel(International Academic Exchange Center). It will take 40 minutes from the hotel to the airport.
Cost: The travelling cost will be covered by Changsha University of Science and Technology. (1)Introduction of Hengshan Hengshan, named the Southern Mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains, is located in Hengyang County, the middle part of Hunan Province. It has 72 peaks and extends 150 kilometers, with 800 miles in circumference. The Huiyan Peak is the south end of the peaks, Yuelu Mountain in Changsha City is the north end, and the Zhurong Peak is the highest, with 1,290 meters above sea level. On the top, the Shaolin Temple and the Watching Sunrise Platform are the best scenic spots.
(2)Introduction of Yuelu Academy and Aiwan Pavilion Yuelu Academy is one of the four famous academies in China, and it was established by Zhudong, magistrate of Tanzhou prefecture in 976A.D at the time of Northern Song Dynasty. The academy accepted disciples throughout the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was only in 1903 that the academy was transformed from a school of traditional Confucian learning to an insitute of higher learning and in 1926 it was officially named Hunan University. Aiwan Pavilion is one of the four famous pavilions in China
(3) Introduction of Hunan Provincial Museum Founded in the early 1950s, Hunan Provincial Museum is located in Kaifu District of Changsha City, adjoining the Martyres’ Park and covering an area of 51,000 square meters. The museum boasts abundant collections that feature the cultural relics excavated from the world-famous Mawangdui Tombs of Han Dynasty, the bronze wares of the Shang and the Zhou Dynasties, cultural relics of Chu Dynasty, pottery and porcelain works from various dynasties, calligraphy works and paintings, and modern cultural relics, thereby being listed as the largest historical and artistic museum in Hunan Province, as well as one of the first eight National Foremost Museums eligible to be co-constructed by central and local governments.