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1、AsurveyofHunanHunanprovince,locatedinthemiddlereachesoftheYangtzeRiver,coveringatotalareaof211,800k㎡.ItisborderedbyJiangxiProvinceontheeast,GuangdongProvinceandGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegiononthesouth,GuizhouProvinceonthewestandHubeiProvinceonthenorth.ThebulkofitsterritoryliessouthoftheD

2、ongtingLake,henceitsname“Hunan”(“SouthoftheLake”).AstheXiangRiver,thelongestriverwithinitsboundaries,runsthroughitfromsouthtonorth,theprovinceiscalled“Xiang”forshort;andthuswehave“XiangCuisine”,“XiangEmbroidery”,“XiangOpera”,“XiangCulture”and“XiangArmy”.Thereintheprovinceusedtogrowlotus

3、flowersinprofusion,thusithasbeenreputedas“theLandofLotusBlooms”.Asubtropicalarea,Hunanhasahumidclimate,whichischaracterizedbyacleardistinctionbetweenseasonsandarathershortperiodofseverecold.Eachyearithasamoderaterainfallof1,200-1,700mm.,asufficientsunshinetimeof1,300-1,900hoursandafrost

4、-freeperiodof270-310days,whichareallfavorabletothegrowthofsubtropicalcrops.Theprovinceisgenerallydividedintofourgeographicalregions:NorthHunan,CentralHunan,SouthHunanandWestHunan.Changsha,amedium-sizedcityontheXiangRiver,istheprovincialcapital.