Zhuzhou 株洲Zhūzhōu

About Zhuzhou

Zhuzhou, where the Beijing–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Kunming railways meet, was one of the first cities the People's Republic built up for industry, and it still makes electric locomotives. Liling, to the east, is known for underglaze-painted porcelain, claims the inventor of fireworks as a native, and keeps the old Lujiang Academy by its river. In Yanling County in the far south, the Mausoleum of the Yan Emperor has been the officially honoured tomb of the legendary ancestor since the Song dynasty.

Listed sites in Zhuzhou

16 sites in Zhuzhou are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Mausoleum of the Yan Emperor 炎帝陵 5A scenic area · National heritage site
  One of four places in China honoured as the tomb of the Yan Emperor (Shennong), the legendary ancestor credited with farming and herbal medicine, at Luyuanpo in Luyuan town, Yanling County, beside the Mi River.
• Fantawild Adventure Zhuzhou 株洲方特欢乐世界 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large theme park of the Chinese Fantawild chain in Shifeng District, northern Zhuzhou, opened in 2011, with themed indoor attractions, outdoor rides and shows.
• Former Residence of Li Lisan 李立三故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  The childhood home of Li Lisan (1899–1967), a Chinese Communist politician and Politburo member, on the eastern side of Liling, known as Yuyuan ('Taro Garden') from the name over its gate.
• Huahu Valley 花湖谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  A privately developed rural resort in Yantang town east of Chaling, built by the Hunan Wanzhang Group round flower fields, a lake and a gorge; its crape-myrtle garden opened in 2018.
• Jiuxian Lake 酒仙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large reservoir in the hills of north-eastern You County, held back by a 50 m earth dam on the You River built in 1958–60 and renamed from Jiubujiang Reservoir in 2004, with about 11 km² of clear water among forested hills.
• Lujiang Academy 渌江书院 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A traditional academy in western Liling, founded in 1175 and moved to its present site in the Qing dynasty, with whose teaching the scholars Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming and Zuo Zongtang are all associated.
• Red Army Slogan Museum 红军标语博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  A museum in Yanling county town devoted to the slogans that Red Army units painted on village walls in this area in the late 1920s and early 1930s, opened in 2011 and described as the only museum of its kind in China.
• Shennong City Park 神农城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A large modern park in Tianyuan District, central Zhuzhou, themed on the Yan Emperor Shennong and laid out round Yandi Square with its statue of Shennong carrying a herb basket, Shennong Lake, the tall Shennong Tower and the Shennong Grand Theatre.
• Shennong Valley National Forest Park 神农谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national forest park in the mountains of eastern Yanling County, covered in primary forest and threaded by streams and waterfalls such as the Zhulian (Pearl Curtain) Falls.
• Site of the Chaling Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Government 茶陵县工农兵政府旧址 4A scenic area · on the map
  The old prefectural and county yamen of Chaling, an official compound in use from the Southern Song to the Qing, where the Communists set up China's first county-level 'workers', peasants' and soldiers' government' during the Jinggangshan base period.
• Yunyang Mountain 云阳山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A forested mountain rising straight behind Chaling county town, protected as a national forest park of about 89 km², which local tradition links with the Yan Emperor Shennong and with tea, and which was briefly honoured as the Southern Peak in the early Tang.
• Chaling Ancient City Wall 茶陵古城墙 National heritage site · on the map
  The Southern Song city wall of Chaling, built of stone in 1231–32 along the Mi River, of which about 1.5 km survives with two gates and their barbicans (Yingxiang and Yingxun), a ramp and more than 700 m of riverside embankment.
• Former Qunli Porcelain Factory 醴陵群力瓷厂旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  The former Qunli Porcelain Factory in north-western Liling, founded in 1958 as the Liling Art Porcelain Factory with state funds to make fine underglaze-painted porcelain, which produced tableware for national leaders, the Great Hall of the People and the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and so earned the nickname 'Red Official Kiln'.
• Liling Kilns at Weishan 醴陵窑 National heritage site · on the map
  The national listing for the Liling kilns, which fired ceramics from the Song to the Republican era, centres on Weishan village in the hills north of Liling, long the heart of the local porcelain industry and known mainly for blue-and-white bowls.
• Lujiang Bridge 渌江桥 National heritage site · on the map
  A ten-arch stone bridge over the Lu River in central Liling, built in 1925 just upstream of a crossing recorded since the Song and destroyed many times by floods and war.
• Shuikou Site of Mao Zedong's First Company Party Branch 水口连队建党旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  The Ye family ancestral hall in Shuikou town, southern Yanling County, where on 15 October 1927 Mao Zedong admitted six soldiers of his Autumn Harvest Uprising force to the Communist Party in the upstairs room, founding the first party branch at company level.

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