The First Rural Tourism Festival held in Spring will kick off in Yuanling County, Huaihua, from March 26 to 28, 2016. This event is co-organized by the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Tourism, the Development and Reform Commission of Hunan Province, Hunan Broadcasting System, and Huaihua Municipal People’s Government.During the Festival, prize draw will be open on the Wechat public account of the organizer (jxxx12301) to present “Beautiful Hunan Tourism Card” to lucky followers. A total of 10,000 cards will be given out for free by the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Tourism, with each card worth 6,000 yuan.These cards enable the owners to visit hundreds of scenic areas within Hunan for free, such as Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie, Maoyanhe River, Langshan Mountain in Shaoyang, Dripping Water Cave in Shaoshan, Emperor Yan’s Mausoleum in Yanling County, Zhang Guying Village in Yueyang, Former Residence of Zeng Guofan in Loudi, Taohuayuan in Changde, Furong Town in Xiangxi, and the Ecological Zoo, Hunan Forest Botanical Garden, and Jinggang Ancient Town in Changsha.For more information, please visit the official website of the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Tourism.Translator: Pang YuehuiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On March 19th, Learned from Zhangjiajie Charming Xiangxi Theatre, Wulingyuan district cultural tourism flagship business card – big show Zhangjiajie, Charming Xiangxi folk culture has been opened about two big shows every night, to welcome the arrival of the tourist peak season.“The first show starts at 19:00 o’clock, and the second show starts at half past eight” Staff of Zhangjiajie Charming Xiangxi Grand Theatre, Due to the increasing tourists of theatre at night, the theater will have two shows every night timely and normalizedly, carrying the adjustment to the performance time synchronization. So self-help tourism travel agency teams will arrange trip to Zhangjiajie according to the performance time.In another development, Zhangjiajie Charming Xiangxi culture square will be on the “5.1” on the eve of trial operation. The domestic and overseas tourists will become more convenient to watch “Zhangjiajie, Charming Xiangxi”. At the same time, it also can appreciate the suspension mountain culture landscape.Translated by Sophia

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Azaleas are in full bloom, Coloring the mountain. On the morning of March 19th, the world natural heritage Zhangjiajie Baofeng lake has beautiful spring scenery, giving a leisure place for the visitors from home and abroad. According to the staff of the scenic spot introduction, since azaleas bloom, nearly time visitors increase obviously, around 3,000 people every day, and rose twenty percent last year.Baofeng lake is an organic part for Zhangjiajie, which is known as the “Hanging sacred lake” in Zhangjiajie landscape. Every year in March, the hills around the lake will be full of pink azaleas, attracting domestic and overseas tourists.Rhododendron perianth, known as “Flower of Xishi”, is quite well-known Zhangjiajie flower seeds. Baofeng lake, Tanzi mountain, Huangshi village, Yuan Jiajie and Yang Jiajie are good places for viewing the cuckoo.Translated by Sophia

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An “Intangible Cultural Heritage” show was held at the ecological square of Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Cave Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie on March 18, 2016. Colorful performances such as Sangzhi folk songs, Miao drum dance, monkey drum dance, three-stick drum dance, and playing folk music instruments attracted numerous visitors from home and abroad.Translator: Yu JiangjiangSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Beautiful spring season in March, it is good time to travel. For days, “The drunken beauty lake” Zhangjiajie Baofeng lake has a hot spring tour. The South Korean tourists are coming for the first customer. According to statistics, since mid-march, Zhangjiajie Baofeng lake has a reception of 3,000 people every day, compared to last year rose more than 80%.Translated by Sophia

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Photos taken on March 15 show rape flowers blooming on the thousand-mu terraced fields of Yanpaixi Village of Guzhang County. Thanks to the profound history, extensive culture and distinctive residential houses, the village was added to the list of Chinese Traditional Ancient Villages in 2012. In recent years, great efforts have been put to renovate and revitalize the houses in poor condition, and improve the outlook of the traditional village. A great number of ancient residential houses therefore are well preserved. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Do you like to take photos while travalling? There is a good news for those who say YES to this question.From 13rd March to 10th December 2016,A photo contest is held in Zhangjiajie park yellow stone village,More detailes are to be followed.Monkey Requirments:1.All the contents of photos must be related to Zhangjiajie park yellow stone village.For instance,Plants,Animals,Sceneries,Cultures in or about this scenic zone,monkeys are highly appreciated.2.Black-and-white photos,photochromes are of type JPG,and effective pixels above 5MB3.The address for participants:zgsyxlw.com4.The highest prize is 20,000 RMB5.The deadline:10th December 2016Yellow Stone Village(Huangshizhai) is also called Yellow Lion Village,The village of Huang family.There are many tales and explanations about the origin of the name. Among them, the most popular one is told as below:ZhangLiang,with the official title Liuhou, lived in Qinyan Mountain (Former name for Zhangjiajie) in seclusion and made pills of immortality. He did this to avoid the seemingly endless disputes within the imperial government.Unexpectedly,on a certain day, he was found by the government troops and surrounded by them quickly. At this critical moment, fortunately he was saved by his master named Yellow stone Taioist. Because this village is the place that Yellow stone Taoist showed his magic and saved Zhang Liang, It is called Yellow Stone Village.There are two approaches to Tour Yellow Stone Village.One is cable way,only 5 minutes to the top.The other is hiking,3,800 steps and 2 hours are needed.By Aileen

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On March 13rd, in the afternoon, Several self-help tourists from Guangdong saw azaleas. Since early march, thousands of strains of azalea in Yang Gujie scenic mountainside area has been in full bloom, with gorgeous flirtatious attitude to greet the guests.Azalea is one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China, known as the “Flower of Xishi”, about more than 530 kinds of the country. Wulingyuan Yang Gujie azalea belongs to the evergreen rhododendron group. With warm spring temperature, Yuan Jiajie, Huangshi village, Tianzi mountain are full of azaleas, adding beauty to the world natural heritage Zhanjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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