Sight Seeing in Changsha

Thursday in Changsha is almost over and tomorrow at 3 PM we are leaving to fly to Guangzhou for Sarah’s medical exam and Visa processing. We spent the last two days doing some sight seeing. Apart from being the capital city of Hunan Province, Changsha is regarded as one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China.
We went to visit Yuelu Academy which is about 1000 years old and was almost completely rebuild after the Japanese Bombings. There was a small Garden with some of the most amazing flowers to see, such beauty.
We also visited the Hunan Provincial Museum to see the recoveries of the relics including the Mummy from the Mawangdui Han Tomb. All three tombs were excavated between 1972 and 1974. According to the research this place was a family graveyard from at least two thousand years ago. The Museum does display the body of the mother, quite interesting.
We also visited the Changsha Embroidery Museum which was amazing and fascinating. Everything here is literally hand embroidery and some of the pictures take years to complete I can not begin to describe the amazing artwork this is and how beautiful the finished products are. I wish there would have been a way to take one of the larger pieces home. Unfortunately we where unable to find a piece containing Yongzhou Scenery anywhere.