Economy,Ethnic group,culture and Tourism of Hunan
Economy
Hunan’s traditional crop is rice, particularly in the “rice bowl” of Dongting Lake. Corn, sweet potatoes, barley, potatoes, buckwheat, rapeseed, fruits, and tea are also produced. Although much of the province’s forested land has been cleared due to excessive cutting, many stands of cedar, pine, fir, oak, camphor, bamboo, and tung wood are found in the southwestern hills. Fishing and livestock raising are important rural activities. Pulp and paper mills are found along the upper Yuan and Zi rivers. Hunan abounds in minerals such as iron ore, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, manganese, coal, mercury, gold, tin, and sulfur. Although agriculture is still its main industry, Hunan has a variety of heavy and light industries, such as food processing, aluminum smelting, iron, steel, and textile mills, and the manufacture of machine tools, pyrotechnics, and traditional handcrafts.
Ethnic group
The population of Hunan consists of forty-one ethnic groups. The largest ethnic group is Han and the minority groups are Tujia, Miao, Dong, Yao, Hui, Bai, Zhuang, Uyghurs and so on.
Culture
The local people speak Xiang , which is a subdivision of spoken Chinese that originates from Hunan.
Hunan cuisine is one of the eight great traditions of Chinese cuisine，which is noted for its use of chili peppers.
Nü shu is a special writing system for women, which was used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County.
Tourism
• Shaoshan chong, the village where Mao Zedong was born.
• Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Yueyang Pagoda in Yueyang.
• Hengshan in Hengyang.
• Zhangjiajie.
• Feng Huang.
• Hong Jiang.
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