Follow the footsteps of Mao


Trip description

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!

Day 1: Changsha, the capital of revolution

Day 2: The cradle of the Great Helmsman

Day 3: Lushan, the "city in the clouds"

Day 4: Zhunyi and the birth of the myth

Day 1 : Changsha, the capital of revolution

Day1 : Changsha, the capital of revolution ©François JANNE DOTHEE


Start with a stay in the province of Hunan, the home province of Mao Zedong and the origin point of the Long March. In Changsha, the municipal museum follows the general lines of the communist revolt, which became a revolution.




Day 2 : The cradle of the Great Helmsman

Day2 : The cradle of the Great Helmsman ©canghai76 - Shutterstock.com


Not far from there, in Shaoshan, 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"

Day3 : Lushan, the "city in the clouds" ©Agence de Promotion de Madère


Continue to Jiangxi, 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

Day4 : Zhunyi and the birth of the myth ©François JANNE D'OTHEE


For Guizhou, don't miss Mao's big statue indicating the way to follow, and then head towards Zunyi. 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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