Talk:Shaoshan

The geographic coordinates are given as 27°51'40" - 28°1'53" N, 112°23'52" - 112°38'13" E . Why these intervals? Are two locations actually given here -

(1) 27°51'40" N, 112°23'52" E

(2) 28°1'53" N, 112°38'13" E ?

I have been unable to find the correct values, but I believe it's not far from (1). Shaoshan is in fact two locations, viz. the actual village, and the touristic centre located at the (today oversized) railway station by the same name. In addition, the farm where Mao was really born may be situated outside the village proper; I don't know. However, I doubt that these different locations are separated by as much as 30 km (the distance between (1) and (2)). Can anyone fix this info? --Niels Ø 10:05, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Shaoshan is simply just used to describe a certain geographic area. It's not like a regular city, people generally live quite far from each other but the entire area is called Shaoshan. Shaoshan is just one location and Mao's historical residence lies in Shaoshan. There's really no such thing as a village proper as there is no central building to a village or anything as you would find in a town. User:Lu Xun 00:18, 5 May 2006

Thanks for the reply. I took the liberty of signing your post, based on the info in the "history".--Niels Ø 08:17, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, no problem. I'm pretty knowledgeable about the area since I've been there many times. Lu Xun

Does anyone know about the over-sized railway station? I thought it would be undersized. Lu Xun

I visited Shaoshan in 1992. The train to/from Changsha (a 4 hour trip) stopped at a station that I remember as being quite large, but as far as I remember it was more the length of the platforms than their number that impressed me, so it really may just reflect the length of the trains passing by. The square in front of the station building was quite large too; there probably used to be Red Guards marching back and forth singing "The East is Red". That day in 1992, it was used for drying rice - I saw a single worker with a rake, turning the rice over, and no-one else apart from me and my travelling companion.--Niels Ø 16:52, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I have been to Shaoshan many times yet I have never gone by train (too expensive). Lu Xun

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Confusing sentences[edit]

The following sentences appear to be grammatically incorrect:

"On the one hand, driven economy in many rural areas. On the other hand, spreading the Chinese nation's traditional culture and let people know more about Chinese nation's traditional culture."

When trying to fix them, however, I noticed that I have no idea what they are supposed to mean. Can anybody help? Baum42 (talk) 11:08, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]