To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, to follow the footsteps of great men and to inherit the spirit of revolution, students of Grade 8 traveled to Changsha.

The light rain turned cloudy on October 26. We arrived in Changsha at 8 o’clock in the morning. Children started their first day of travel with curiosity after breakfast. As the first stop, we went to Hunan Museum, which is one of the national first-class museums, regarding the protection of outstanding historical cultural relics as its own duty. As a landmark in Changsha, the culture of it is an important window of understanding the progress of Huxiang civilization and appreciating the mysteries of the Huxiang culture. The museum is divided into several parts. Celadon pavilion attracted students at the moment and the most eye-catching one is the porcelain in Qing Dynasty. The main body of them were drawn on the shape of flowers, such as lotus, peony etc. At that time Chinese porcelain has entered the flourishing era. The next one is the most famous Display of Han Tombs of Mawangdui in Changsha, whose biggest highlight is the 1:1 restoration of the tombs. The cultural relics are placed as they were when they were unearthed, which integrates the construction of architectural space with the display of cultural relics. We finally visited the body of Mrs. Xinzhui. She surprised us extremely. The corpse has not decomposed for more than two thousand years, which was 154 cm long. After this visit students have a further understanding of Huxiang culture.

After lunch, we went to Shaping Xiang Embroidery Museum, which is famous for distinctive characteristics of Xiangchu culture of Hunan embroidery products. It originated from Hunan folk embroidery, absorbing the advantages of Suzhou embroidery and Yue embroidery and already has a history of more than 2000 years. The vivid images, together with rich and bright colors, are the styles of Xiang embroidery. The most meaningful thing is that our teachers and students embroidered a small lion by themselves, which is also a new experience.

After dinner, students started their self-study. Today is a student’s birthday. The organizer of this travel is extremely considerate and bought a big birthday cake for the child. After the celebration we ended the day in laughter.