Hunan

Since the Tang Dynasty in 716 AD, the Yueyang Tower has guarded the Northern gateway to the Hunan province, the point where the Yangtze River meets the Xiang River at Lake Dongting. The site, once a platform for the Wu Kingdom (222-250 AD) general Lu Su to train his naval troops1, offers a beautiful and strategic panoramic view of the surrounding area and a near bird’s eye view of the lake – one of China’s largest bodies of fresh water. The tower had already been through numerous reconstructions, most recently during the Song Dynasty in 1054, when Hsia Yung (mid 14th century) masterfully depicted an idyllic scene of life in Yueyang: scholars stroll about in the foreground amongst the trees and rocks, people enjoy a meal in the tower, and…

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HNUBS is fully responsible for formulating and implementing its own strategic plans. In compliance with the premise of the overall planning and related policies of Hunan University, the Business School autonomously works out and implements its strategic plans. Specifically, the long-term strategic plans are discussed and put forward by both the Strategic Advisory Committee and all members of the faculty and staff. For instance, the Business School has made its own Strategic Planning of the 12th…

the most representative of China. These eight major cuisines and their corresponding geographical locations are: Chuan (Sichuan and Chongqing), Lu (Shandong), Su (Jiangsu), Min (Fujian), Zhe (Zhejiang), Hunan (Xiang), Hui (Anhui) and Yue or Cantonese (Guangdong), (Zhu et al., 2013). The corresponding regions of origin for each of these cuisines can be seen by referring to Figure 1. Figure 1. Map of Chinese Provinces (“Map of China Provinces & Cities”, 2016). The eight regional cuisines are…

because there were more people involved. The only problem was it would rain. Rain would slow down the process because there would be tons of water. When done digging, the workers came across bamboo mats. They removed the mats and found a burial chamber. They lifted the top of the chamber and found the chamber was divided into five sections. In those five sections were a big black coffin, with treasures around the coffin. They unpacked the treasures from the sides before trying to move the…

Although there was an alliance, the fact that Mao was working closely in the NP provoked his own party. He returned to his home, Shaoshan, for a rest from 1924 to 1925. While there, he saw peasant demonstrations that were occurring because of the shooting of Chinese by foreign police in Shanghai (May and June of 1925). He then realized the revolutionary potential of peasants. Before this, even though he came from a family of peasants, his view of peasants was the traditional Chinese…

Amanda Burnett 5/4/16 D - Block World History The Mao Zedong (TseTung) Genocide Through his campaign for Industrialization, the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong caused the deaths of 45 million civilians living in the People 's Republic of China. Through various events in the life of the chinese communist leader, Mao Zedong, it lead him to the powerful communist leader that he had become. On December 26th, 1893 Mao Zedong or Mao TseTung was born into a family of peasants,…

Chinese Gumbo and Schezuan alligator. Leong’s restaurant was bombed prior to opening, but then was loved by the public because the chef served comfort food very similar to their traditional fare, like deep-fried peanut butter egg roles. After President Nixon visited China in 1972 and Americans witnessed him enjoying a Chinese banquet on television, the demand for Chinese food surged in the States. General Tso’s Chicken was introduced during this “golden age of fine dining in the United States,”…

I Want to Be a Human Geneticist Every feature on your body has a story behind it —from the color of your hair and skin, to all your moles and freckles. It is the job of a human geneticist to uncover these stories under the microscope. Hunan geneticists have amazing abilities. They can tell you why some of your features are similar to your parents and other relatives, or why you have allergies. They can also trace where your ancestors came from based on a small sample of your blood, hair, or…

6 Rightist From Small Shop Song Wenzai, my grandfather-in-law, was not tall, but handsome with big, clean eyes and bushy eyebrows, straight nose. The inspiring righteousness flowed in his forehead. The heavy beards were all the way on his both cheeks. With a strong Hunan accent, high voice, smiled all the time, he was a kind man with a cheerful look. With his childhood family poverty, went to apprentice learned hand printing as a teenage in Hunan province. At age of twenty, he came to…