Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Hunan is sometimes called and officially abbreviated as '' æ '' ( pinyin : XiÄ ng ) for short , after the Xiang River which runs through the province .
Simplified: Hunan is sometimes called æ ( pinyin : XiÄ ng ) for short , after the Xiang River which runs through the province .