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15 July 2015

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Longping Rice Museum

Photo/Wang Zhiwei
Located on the east bank of Liuyang River and encircled by East Renmin Road, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway and Binhe Road, the museum is a core scenic spot along the Liuyang River Scenic Belt. The design of this museum is based on the shape of rice. Its several buildings, similar to rice grains in appearance, are assembled as a blooming rice flower.
In an exhibition area of about 6,000 square meters, there are three regular exhibition halls: Rice History; Rice Technology; and, Yuan Longping and Hybrid Rice. More than 700 exhibits are displayed to show China’s farming culture in an all-around way.

The Yuan Longping and Hybrid Rice Exhibition Hall  highlights Yuan and his team's achievements in hybrid rice research, and showcases Yuan's contributions to the world as the "father of hybrid rice". It uses literature and documents, sci-tech archives, and plant specimens, together with high-tech methods like circular-screen theatre, miniature scene, and 360-degree holographic display to tell Yuan's stories and China’s hybrid rice history. Since its trial operation, the museum has received over 400 groups of leaders and honored guests and more than 100,000 visits coming from all over the country.

Address: No. 668, East Renmin Road, Furong District, Changsha
Admission fee: free
Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 (last entry at 16:00) from Tuesday to Sunday
Chinese source: Changsha Evening News