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Changsha has jurisdiction over 5 districts ( Furong , Tianxin , Yuelu, Kaifu , Yuhua districts ), 3 counties ( Changsha, Wangcheng, Ningxiang counties) and Liuyang cityA city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. City can also be a synonym for " downtown. Introduction A city usually consists of residential, industrial and business areas.
The earliest settlement was probably founded in the first millennium BC. By 202 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 3rd century BC 4th century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC Events October 19 Scipio Africanus Major defeats H it was already a fortified city. During Han DynastyThe Han Dynasty ( Traditional Chinese characters: , Simplified Chinese characters: , pinyin Hanchao 202 BCE 220 CE) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. During the Han Dynasty, China officially became a Confucian state and pr it was also the capital of kingdom Changsha.
The celebrated Ma-Wang-Dui (馬王堆) Tombs of Han DynastyThe Han Dynasty ( Traditional Chinese characters: , Simplified Chinese characters: , pinyin Hanchao 202 BCE 220 CE) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. During the Han Dynasty, China officially became a Confucian state and pr was constructed between 186Centuries: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC Years: 191 BC 190 BC 189 BC 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC 185 BC 184 BC 183 BC 182 BC 181 BC Events The Roman S and 165 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC Years: 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC Events December Ju. The earliest tomb (no. 2), as it was excavated in the 1970s, had preseved the corp of Lady Xin-Zhui in a surprisingly good conditions. Also founded in the tomb were earliest versions of Dao-De-Jing written by Lao Zi, and many other historical documents.
During Sui DynastyThe Sui Dynasty ( Hanyu Pinyin: Sui, Tongyong Pinyin: Suei, 581- 618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of rule by warlords. Bodhisattva, sandstone, Tianlongshan Grottoes, S, Changsha was a county.
Yuelu AcademyThe Yuelu Academy (also as known as the Yuelu Academy of Classical Learning , S. Chinese: , T. Chinese: , pinyin: yue l shu yuan) is located on the east side of Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, China, on the west bank of the Xian (岳麓书院) was founded in AD 976 ( Song Dynasty), destroyed by war in 1127, and rebuilt in 1165 ( Southern Song Dynasty). The celebrated philosopher Zhu Xi (朱熹) taught in this school in 1165. The school was destroyed by the Mongols but restored again in the late 15th century ( Ming Dynasty). In 1903 it became Hunan High School. The existing architectures owe themselves to the restoration of 1981– 1986, presumably according to the Song design.The 1903 Treaty of Shanghai between China and Japan opened the city to foreign trade. Consequently, factories, churches and schools were built including a college built by Yale University which later became a medical centre.
Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China began his political career in Changsha. He was a student at the Hunan Number 1 Teachers' Training School from 1913 to 1918. He later returned as a teacher and principal from 1920 to 1922. The school was destroyed during the civil war but has since been restored. The Former Office of the Hunan Communist Party Central Committee where Mao Zedong once lived is now a museum that includes Mao's living quarters, photographs and other historical items from the 1920s.