At present, travel blogger Xiao Zhang (dirty general) has cycled all the way from the cave entrance in Shaoyang to Huaihua City, along the 320 National Highway over Xuefeng Mountain, enjoying the beautiful scenery of Xuefeng Mountain in early spring along the way, and also encountered a lot of confusion.
Dirty always rides on the steep slopes of the bay and the steep cliffs and deep valleys of National Highway 320 Snow Peak
Why are there so few National Highway 320 vehicles?
Before 2007, the Xuefeng section of National Highway 320 was an important passage for Huaihua and some Yunguichuan vehicles to travel to eastern Xiangdong and even Guangdong. "Xuefeng Mountain, mountain after mountain, 331 bends, 331 passes, all are 'ghost gate passes'." The nursery rhymes sung by children describe the thrilling winding road of Xuefeng Mountain. Due to the steep slope and high altitude, the Xuefeng Mountain Winding Mountain Road has always been a "gray section" in the minds of passing drivers, and people are eager for cars to pass through the mountains like a mountain armor. Shaoyang-Huaihua Expressway, which started construction on September 19, 2003 and opened to traffic on November 8, 2007, is the main trunk line of Shanghai-Ruili Expressway (National Expressway G60), and is also a strategic transportation channel connecting East China, Central South and Southwest China, and the first expressway in Hunan Province to fully enter the mountainous areas. Among them, the Xuefeng Mountain Tunnel has a total length of more than 7,000 meters, shortening the distance from 2 hours to 7 minutes over Xuefeng Mountain, so there are basically no passing vehicles on the national highway.
Shanghai-Kunming Expressway Xuefeng Mountain Tunnel
Why is Anjiang Town like a county seat?
Anjiang Town belongs to Hongjiang City, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, located in the middle of Hongjiang City, as of the end of 2020, the registered population of Anjiang Town was 81,993 people, from 1952 to 1975, the Qianyang Prefectural Party Committee and the administrative office were stationed in Anjiang for 24 years. After 24 years of development, Anjiang once became the "city card" of Greater Xiangxi, far better than the Jishou of Xiangxi Prefecture at that time. At its peak, Anjiang City covered an area of 5.8 square kilometers, with more than 250 state-owned industrial and commercial enterprises in the territory, and the permanent urban population reached 110,000, including 15,000 Anjiang spinning mills. Anjiang is the birthplace of the world's rice cultivation civilization and hybrid rice. Academician Yuan Longping has worked and lived in Anjiang Agricultural School for 37 years, very much loves Anjiang, a hot land that provides him with a scientific research platform, and has formed an indissoluble bond with Anjiang, as early as the 60s of last century, Yuan Longping named his three sons born successively Yuan Anding, Yuan Dingjiang, Yuan Dingyang, which means rooted in Qianyang Anjiang.
Statue of Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice
Why does the county seat in China resemble a town?
The shortest distance between China and Huaihua City, which is 6 kilometers, was established as a county in April 1998 and was once known as the "youngest county in the Republic". Because the county seat of China is very close to Huaihua City, many people who work in China buy houses in Huaihua and enjoy the treatment of working in the county and living in the city.
Huaihua City