Stay : Follow the footsteps of Mao
A pilgrimage in the footsteps of Mao Zedong, are you interested? Or at least, the visit of the highlights of communism, whose names still inhabit the imagination of Chinese young generations: Shaoshan, Lushan, Zunyi… Don't forget your little red book… but also your history books!
Summary of the stay
Best time to go
4 days
€ - Good and cheap
Detail of the stay : Follow the footsteps of Mao - 4 days
Day 1: Changsha, the capital of revolution
Steps: Changsha
Start with a stay in province of , the home province of Mao Zedong and the origin point of the Long March. In , the municipal museum follows the general lines of the communist revolt, which became a revolution.
Day 2: The cradle of the Great Helmsman
Steps: Shaoshan
Not far from there, in , you can even visit the house where Mao spent his childhood. Museum to the glory of the Great Helmsman and slogans chanting red life: the past as a myth.
Day 3: Lushan, the "city in the clouds"
Steps: Lushan
Continue to , especially within the enchanting landscapes of Lushan. It was here, under the curious gaze of his philosopher mystic ancestors, that Mao held two conferences of historic significance in the progress of Chinese communism.
Day 4: Zhunyi and the birth of the myth
Steps: Zunyi
For , don't miss Mao's big statue indicating the way to follow, and then head towards . It was in 1935, during the Long March and after one of those conferences, which he had the secret, that Mao was elected to be the head of the Chinese Communist Party.
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