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BRAXTON POWELL

Finally seeing you, I'm glad I didn't give up

Last year, on a whim, I suddenly visited Changsha, wanting to pay homage to Xin Zhui. But I underestimated her charm, and couldn't get a ticket on a whim. So last year, I left with disappointment. But she seemed to have some kind of magic that made me think about her all year round. This year, I came in the snow, without regrets, and finally arrived at the Hunan Provincial Museum. I still chose to live next to the museum, and it only takes two minutes to walk to the museum. I left the house unhurriedly, but to my surprise, the queue had already lined up a kilometer away before the doors even opened. As a history worker, I am truly happy that the museum is loved by the people. But as a visitor, I selfishly hope that there are fewer people, even fewer, so that I can quietly reminisce and reflect. After entering the museum, I went straight to the Mawangdui exhibition hall on the third floor, and rushed forward without stopping, after seeing the famous silk books and plain clothes, I finally arrived at the tomb. The museum has turned the entire tomb into a large projection light show, which is extremely shocking. After taking several elevators down, I finally arrived at the body of Lady Xin Zhui. After a thousand years of vicissitudes, she lay there quietly. After the archaeologists excavated, they dissected the body and found that she had many diseases. How much value she has provided for archaeology! Through the excavation of the Mawangdui tomb in the Western Han Dynasty, we can explore the people's clothing, food, shelter, and transportation, aesthetic beliefs, clothing preferences, medical technology in the early Western Han Dynasty, she has given us too much... The subsequent Aegean civilization special exhibition, Yangshao culture special exhibition and the Hunan characteristic Hunan people special exhibition, I watched them all with satisfaction. After checking in at the coffee shop, I reluctantly left. The check-in of museums in various provinces in China is still ongoing, and my steps have never stopped.
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Changsha, Hunan, is the perfect place for a weekend getaway from south or central China. Changsha has three highlights for me: 1. The food 🌶️ 2. Hunan Provincial Museum 🏛️ 3. The Yuelu Academy ⛩️ Hunanese food, 湘菜, is fiery hot and exquisitely flavoured. Numerous restaurants serve barbecue, beef cooked with chilli peppers and other local specialities. It's also famous for its streetfood, particularly Changsha stinky tofu (choudoufu). I'm not a big fan but many people rave about it. Just follow the odour of an open sewer to find some 😆 The Hunan Provincial Museum is excellent. The main exhibit is the treasures excavated from a Han Dynasty tomb discovered near Hunan, including thousands of well preserved grave goods. The prize attraction is a unique 'wet mummy', the body of the wife of a local ruler, which was enbalmed using a chemical process preserving the soft tissue (unlike Egyptian mummies, for example, which are dried out.) The museum entrance and main exhibits are free but some temporary exhibits require a ticket. The Yuelu Academy (岳麓书院,Yuelu Shuyuan) is an ancient centre of higher learning. Dating back centuries, it became one of China's first modern universities, Hunan University. The original academy can be visited inside the Hunan University campus. Finally, Changsha is notable for its most famous son, Mao Zedong, who was born in a village outside Changsha city (Shaoshan). Orange Island, a long low island in the Xiang River that flows through Changsha, is a pleasant park home to a massive statue of the handsome young Mao's head. He stares down the river as if looking into the future. Orange Island is also the best place to appreciate Changsha's modern skyline, which is colourfully lit at night.🌃 On several main railway lines, Changsha is only a few hours from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and other major cities.🚄 #qingmingtravel #urbanexplorer #lightthecity #changsha #hunan #foodie #foodieheaven #streetfood #weekendgetaway #staycation #weekendtrip
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