“Great Theater of Charming Western Hunan”attracts tourists not only by its wonderful programs but also by its charming architectural appearance. In the morning of Jul 3, a batch of tourists from Guangdong Province, at the square of “Charming Western Hunan”, listened to the presentation of tour guide with great attention. We can see from this phenomenon that Wulingyuan architectures of local characteristic is gaining popularity of a lot of tourists and is becoming a spark point of tourism industry.Wulingyuan is the first batch of world-wide national heritage land as well as an accumulation area of minority around Wulingyuan Mountain. In this beautiful land, national architectures like stilted building, wall like horse’s head until now have been preserved. Recent years, at the time of building international holiday district for tour and leisure, Wulingyuan district is also put great effort on transferring tourism mode and integrating ethnic culture. Now, Xibu Street, Square of Charming Western Hunan, Mark Gate, Square of Yellow Dragon Cave have sprung up, which greatly improved fame and attraction of Wulingyuan tourism area.Characteristic building, as an important part of national culture, will be greatly developed in future to offer tourists strong visual force and amazing spiritual enjoyment.By Patricia

News 2013-07-06 14:53 View：963

According to the incomplete statistics of the tourism department of Wulingyuan scenic spot, Zhangjiajie, the core scenic area of Wulingyuan received around 90 thousand tourists in the first half of the year, accounting for over 60% of the total of overseas tourists.Korean tourists have always been the main overseas customer source of Zhangjiajie. Taking advantage of the direct flight between two sides, Zhangjiajie vigorously promote its ecological tourism brand and ticket-free policy for students this year, in order to expand the South Korean tourist market.Meanwhile, via the convenient air traffic, some major international travel agencies of Zhangjiajie invite key tourism businessmen and mainstream media of South Korea to survey in Zhangjiajie. It is found from the incomplete statistics that Wulingyuan scenic spot received over 200 Korean tourism businessmen and media in the first half of this year.One of the reasons that Korean tourists make Zhangjiajie as their first choice for traveling is the comfortable service provided there. For instance, some hotels in Wulingyuan administrative area specially set up Korean phones and provide Korean speaking waiters, so as to facilitate the communication between Korean tourists and Chinese.Moreover, several authentic Korean restaurants have been opened in the area. The supervision over the quality of foods provided for the Korean tourist group is strengthened to ensure their food safety.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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“Zhangjiajie is such a charming place”said United Nations Secretary General Pan Ki-moon in Copenhagen, in which he attended the inauguration of Copenhagen being a new city for UN on July 4th. The present from Denmark–a album of paintings named “ China Zhangjiajie” made Pan Ki-moon fondle admiringly. Spontaneously, he gave a high praise that the beauty and charm of Zhangjiajie make people all over the world addicted.Copenhagen, the world’s sixth largest city of the United Nations, will provide offices for eight UN organizations with 1200 employees. In this completion ceremony,1500 guests are expected to attend including United Nations Secretary General Pan Ki-moon and Danish queen Margaret ii, Danish prime minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, the Danish photographer association, chairman of the Danish royal photographer Mr Peng Zhongmin. When Pan ki-moon met with Mr Peng and received the album of painting “China Zhangjiajie”, he praised Zhangjiajie’s unique folk customs which worthing people’s visiting and yeaning.In 2008, the album of painting “China Zhangjiajie” was published in Denmark and received hot welcome in northern Europe. So far, it has gained three former Danish prime ministers attention and praise in Denmark. This year on June 23, Denmark’s incumbent Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt admired the gorgeous sceneries in Zhangjiajie and said” Zhangjiajie is incomparable in its beauty”. He sincerely looks forward to having a chance to view the sceneries on the scene.By Aileen

News 2013-07-05 14:55 View：2242

The first “China’s Most Beautiful Geological Park” selected activity, jointly sponsored by the Geological Society of China, Tourism earth science, research branch of geological park and council for the promotion of geological tourism development in Henan Province came to a perfect closure. This voting campaign aims at discovering and recommending the most “unique and magnificent” geological park landscape within our country.In order to create an impartial environment, the organizers have invited experts and professional judges in tourism field to conduct the rigorous selection. Meanwhile the votes of netizens are taken into consideration. Finally, Xiangxi Red Stone National Geological Park crowned the top award with nearly 1.6 million votes.Located in the Northwestern part of Hunan,with karst, springs, canyons, caves, lakes, waterfalls rolled into one,Red Stone National Geographical Parkis one of the top eight scenic spots in Hunan. Folk customs and arts such as original ecological dances “Maogusi” and “hand-waving” are included in the intangible cultural heritage of state level.Also, it possesses high values in geological research, aesthetic appreciation, and tourism.By Aileen

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According to the news from the committee of 2013 Huizhou 4th Tea Competition that was just ended (Huizhou is a city located in the southeast of Guangdong province in China), Hunan Guzhang Maojian Tea received the support of enormous tea-lovers and consumer,winning the gold prize in the group green tea of China on June 27th.Branded as “Girl Ying”,Guzhang Maojian is produced by Hunan Girl Ying Tea Science and Technology Ltd. Located at Guzhang county, Xiangxi, it has been improving continuously the level of scientific research of tea. Based on advantageous position and abundant resources. It has upheld the traditional tea handicraft as well as making use of new skills to develope new product.It is said that, the tea competition lunched at Huzhou in Guangdong province on June 23, which was made up of 3 categories, namely, local green tea only in Huzhou. Green tea in China and Guanyin, a variety of oolong in China. Over 1000 units and a bunch of tea lovers came in person to judge different teas. Among green tea group in the China region,“Girl Ying” Guzhang Maojian show its bright to the full extent by gaining the first prize.By Emma

News 2013-07-05 14:49 View：998

The newest information sourced from Hefei Daily newspaper that chartered airplane from Hefei, capital of Anhui province to Zhangjiajie will be launched on this July 12th. This chartered airplane will perform flight on every Tuesday and Friday, till the end of end of August. The whole voyage only costs one hour.Located in the northwest of Hunan Province, Zhangjiajie city is a international famous tourism city. The fabulous sceneries and cultures have been inscribed into the World Natural Heritage List, organized by UNESCO. More over, Zhangjiajie blessed with wonderful landscapes and pristine folks has become an important tourist destination for Hefei people.Before the opening of the chartered flights, Hefei people must turn over buses in Changsha, which is time-consuming. The operation of this flight will facilitate tourists a lot. In detail, the flight starts at night from 23:20 to 00:20 morrow, its return voyage begins from 01:00 to 02:00.By Aileen

News 2013-07-05 14:48 View：956

The scheme to upgrade and modify Baisha Ancient Well Park was approved by the Changsha Municipal People's Government and the renovation is expected to start this year following some related procedures.Director of the Changsha Landscape Architecture Administrative Bureau Zhou Wen introduced that the park, after modification, will better reveal the cultural connotation of the ancient well, preferably trace the layers of the city's history, and provide more convenience and comfort for citizens and tourists. According to the renovation plan, the move is to upgrade the infrastructure and landscape design. The time-honored granite and the protecting wall around the well will be left as they are, while an open drain will be equipped above the water catchment area to prevent pollution. To make better use of the unceasing well water, a water landscape site, Run Xing (Star Lubricating) Pool, will be constructed on the north of Baisha Well to recycle the spare water.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-07-05 14:35 View：1325

ZJJ Wulingyuan is China’s first world natural heritage sites, as well as the living place of ethnic minorities. During the strange mountains, it still retaines hanging buildings, horsehead walls, etc. In recent years, ZJJ Wulingyuan is in the process of constructing international tourism and leisure resort, vigorously promotes the tourism transition, thus integrating national culture. With the purpose of protecting the original geographical characteristics construction and showing new style tourism facilities, it emerges a large number of local ethnic construction, such as Xibu street, charming xiangxi plaza, logo door and huanglong hole square. To a degree, all of these have enhanced the attraction and reputation of wulingyuan tourist area.Characteristic construction is an important part of national culture. If we increase national culture features, it can bring visual impact and great spirit to the tourists.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-07-04 14:45 View：893