http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardThu 9 Nov 2011 3:46:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/Hunan Province is one of the northern provinces of southern China, which is to say that it was a southern border region of the ancient, Han Chinese 'Cradle of Chinese Civilization' nucleus territory that gave rise to the China that eventually developed into the large, powerful and influential state that would come to absorb many lesser ethnic groups along the way, either by winning them over i.e., where the ethnic groups in question were not hostile to the notion of cultural assimilation (and n...Tue 18 Oct 2010 3:28:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htm...Fri 16 Oct 2008 22:47:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/minorities-festival.htm Hunan Local festivals People, living in the reaches of Dongting Lake, place emphasis on four festivals: Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month), Mid-autumn Festival, and the festival of the twelfth month of the lunar year, Dragon Boat Festival is the busiest one of them. During this day, people will hold many activities to celebrate it such as hanging calamous and moxa on the front door, eating Zongzi (pyramid-shaped dumpling of glutinous rice), drinking hsiung h...Tue 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravel http://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htmTransportation in Hunan develops rapidly and has established comparatively complete transportation network consisting of flights, railway, highway and water carriage....Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htm...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htm With a history of over 2,000 years, Hunan embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries (Hunan embroidery, Suzhou embroidery, Sichuan embroidery, and Guangdong embroidery) in China. Chrysanthemum stone caving made in Liuyang City is a unique article of the handicrafts in the world with natural patterns and intricate quality. It won the gold medal at the World Exposition in Panama of the USA in 1915. Liling color glaze ceramics earn the reputation as Essence of Oriental Art. Ch...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htm Local food Hunan cuisine is one of the eight cuisines of China and is well known for its thick and pungent flavor. Common cooking techniques include stewing, frying, pot-roasting, braising, and smoking. It mainly consists of regional cuisines from the Xiangjiang River reaches, Dongting Lake region, and the western mountainous area of Hunan and cuisines from the Xiangjiang River reaches is its representative. Nowadays, Hunan cuisine has developed into more than 4,000 dishes, among which more t...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/history.htmHunan province has a long history .With the four paddies discovered in Yuchan Cave of the south of Hunan province, it revealed the trace of human influence more than 10,000 years ago. Besides, the discovery from the old town of primitive society in the Chengtou Mountain of Li County in the south of Hunan stretches Chinese civilization to around 8,000 years ago instead of around 5,000 years ago. In recent years, the discoveries of the bamboo books of Wu (one of the three major kingdoms during the...Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htmNational roads such as 106, 107, 207,209,319,320,322 etc all go through Hunan province. There are shuttle services from the tourist cities to the scenic areas....Sat 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/hunan/transport.htm...