Like so many Chinese cities Changsha, in south central China, is very ancient. Although the city may not be centered just as it was in ancient times. This city, in Hunan Province, is near where Chairman Mao, the founder of modern China, was born and began his political career.
I can remember, from childhood, the news of U.S. president Richard Nixon's visit to China and meeting Chairman Mao. This was the beginning of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China.Chairman Mao chose his successor, and it wasn't Deng Xiaoping, but that was who ended up completing the development of modern China.
Remember that, as we saw in the posting on this blog, "Understanding The World In Terms Of The South And West And The North And East", China is part of the "North And East". This is where the nations tend to have remained the same since ancient times. Permanent new nations do not come into being with changes of ideas, as is the case in "The South And West".
Not only has China been a nation since far back into ancient times, but it's cities are mostly the same ones also. The Middle East, in contrast as part of the "South And West", is also very ancient but the original cities are today mostly ruins that were replaced with new cities built by Moslems.
Another difference involving China is that early civilizations grew up around river valleys. To the west, there were great civilizations in the Nile, the Tigris-Euphrates and the Indus River valleys. In the far east, there were the early civilizations in the Pearl, Yangtze and Yellow River valleys. But the difference is that the three in the far east ended up as part of the same country, and that country is China.
The following scenes are of modern Changsha.
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Here is more of the newer part of the city.
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The western part of Changsha has many apartment buildings.
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This is the central part of the city, around the Xiang River. There is a lot of traditional Chinese architecture.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.1938192,112.9718207,3a,75y,124.5h,92.93t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMgAdB_o4Jnc7EsD2sYvlgrWI3hT84jV2Z-Tc9i!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMgAdB_o4Jnc7EsD2sYvlgrWI3hT84jV2Z-Tc9i%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-2.9338646-ya14.5000105-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
Here is the northern area of Changsha.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.2439804,113.0201569,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNk2l1LPDiCv7zuYuqZ0mzqUyG8g2dHrTxdil3m!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNk2l1LPDiCv7zuYuqZ0mzqUyG8g2dHrTxdil3m%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya73.00001-ro-0-fo100!7i7168!8i3584
This is to the southeast of the central part of Changsha.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.1685985,112.9952665,3a,75y,79.5h,92.93t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPUhzW34a_y7nUuH9dySDkO3bn7-gCdW0uMCMIb!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPUhzW34a_y7nUuH9dySDkO3bn7-gCdW0uMCMIb%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-2.9338646-ya154.5-ro-0-fo100!7i7680!8i3840
These scenes are of a mostly residential area in the far south of Changsha.
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.1391303,112.9892135,3a,75y,73.5h,97t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMZB_YqpCyaG_JZeODMGHx2G1dpbJYQ1vKZKKq6!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMZB_YqpCyaG_JZeODMGHx2G1dpbJYQ1vKZKKq6%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-7-ya343.5-ro0-fo100!7i2000!8i1000
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