Zhuzhou Travel China, Zhuzhou Tour Guide

China Zhuzhou City:
Zhuzhou

General Information:
Zhuzhou is a new industrial city, about 50 km from Changsha, and the largest transport hub south of the Yangtze River.

Geography:
Zhuzhou is located in the eastern part of Hunan Province and aside the middle reaches of Xiangjiang River.

Zhuzhou Map

Climate:
Zhuzhou is located in subtropical monsoon climate zone, so it has warm weather and abundant rainfall.

Zhuzhou Economy:
Zhuzhou is a major heavy industrial base in Hunan. The Zhuzhou Electrical Railway Engine Plant, the Zhuzhou Hard Alloy Group, the South Power Equipment Company and the Zhuzhou Smelt Group are all key backbone enterprises directly under the Central Government.
The industry category is complete in Zhuzhou. It has been formed gradually that metallurgy, machinery, chemical and building materials industry are Zhuzhou's four pillar industries and electron, electric-power, coal, ceramics and other industries have been made Zhuzhou's new industry system. More than 50 China's firsts have come into being in succession, including China's first air-engine, first electric locomotive, first carbide alloy top hammer. Zhuzhou is really key industry base in Hunan Province and south China, of which industry output volume stands second place in 14 cities Hunan Province.

History:
Residents of the Zhuzhou area hunted tigers and wild boars prior to the 1940's. After sustaining damage from Japanese occupation during WWII, the city of Zhuzhou became one of Mao's "model cities" and was largely reconstructed to become an industrial center during the Great Leap Forward.

Arrive:
Three railway lines (Beijing-Guangzhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi and Hunan-Guizhou) cross here. Zhuzhou railway station is one of five special class passengers & goods transportation stations in China and the biggest goods transportation marshalling station in South China. In Zhuzhou the highway transportation reaches out in all directions. The Xiangjiang River passing the city is open to navigate for all seasons.
It is only 40 minutes drive from Zhuzhou to the Huanghua International Airport in Changsha.

Zhuzhou Tourism:
It is not a tourist city with any notable landmarks. Visitors may want to spend time visiting YanKing Square (named for Shen Nong) with it's sweeping views of Zhuzhou and large statue paying tribute to this legendary figure. Much of the areas beauty was destroyed by the new factories that were erected to produce mass amounts of steel and other industrial commodities.

Zhuzhou Attractive points:
Fireworks festival
A fireworks festival is held annually during the month of September with the cities of Zhuzhou and Changsha alternating the festival site.
Mausoleum of Emperor Yan
Emperor Yan, one ancestor of Chinese nationality, was buried in Yanling County. The Mausoleum of Emperor Yan is a famous place in China and has the famous name of "the First Mausoleum of China". Every year, a lot of people come here to worship the ancestor, large memorial ceremony is held periodically by provincial and municipal government and social group.