According to Reuters, www.cheapflights.com, the world-renowned American travel website selected top ten charming forests to celebrate the Earth Day on April 22. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park was on the list, the only forest Park in the list from China.The other nine forests are Crooked Forest (Poland), Black Forest (Germany), Caddo Lake (United States), Sagano Bamboo Forest (Japan), Inyo National Forest (United States), Bia?owie?a Forest (along the border of Poland and Belarus), Daintree Rainforest (Australia), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica), and Waipoua Forest (New Zealand).These woodlands, whether a lush tropical rain forest or a primitive one showcase a mysterious beauty of nature, which overwhelms visitors with its miraculous and stunning magnificence.Translator: Lv XuefenSource:enghunan.gov.cn

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Song Zuying, a most famous and popular folk musician arrived at Zhangjiajie on 30th April. In the evening she appeared at the theater and watched Fox Fairy for the second time since 2011. On the scene, she wore a gauze mask with full concentration .When watching Fox Fairy, Song Zu Ying every now and then turned around and communicated with the acquaintance nearby.Her second presence for Fox Fairy in Zhangjiajie is the best testimony to show her love and affirmation to this stage play.All seats were sold out during this May Day holiday. Fox Fairy attracted seas of audience with not only the elegant music, moving plots and fantastic stage stunts, but also the newly equipped waterfall and amazing magic. Audiences presented were generous enough to give their high praise after watching Fox Fairy.By Aileen

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In order to enrich the cultural life of the masses of the people, enlarge the mass culture team of people, improve the cultural level of the people as well as fully exert the function of culture–leading the fashion, educating the people, serving the society, promoting the development. Thereupon, Zhangjaiajie Municipal and government hold the series of cultural activities.This series of cultural activities themed with “Happy Xiaoxiang Pretty Zhangjiajie” are composed of three parts. They are art performance of the masses, which start from March and end at September; elegant artwork display, which start from April and end at November; square dances and broadcast dances, which start from April and end at October.Propaganda, preliminary, rematch and the final are the four circles of all the cultural activities. The qualified programs conclude music, dances, folk arts and sketches .Only the mass culture team of people are allowed to have the entry qualification. Seas of audience and reporters will on scene to view and broadcast the visual feast.By Aileen

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Recently, the State Council published the seventh batch of national key cultural relics, in which ancient architecture complex from Shiyanping Village, Yongding district, Zhangjiajie City was listed awesomely.Shiyanping Village is located in the common boundary of three counties: Yongding, Taoyuan, Yuanling. Tujia people are the main residents there. So distinctive national features and long historic culture are presented in this village. Since 21st century, the committees have been focusing on protecting folk culture of Tujia nationality. The successful declaration this time is of great significance. Thereupon, Tujia culture-protection will go up to a new stage.Translated by Becky

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1.Market positioning: subdividing customer market carefully in order to realize individualized promotion. Wulingyuan concentrates on makeing a breakthrough in neighboring market like Hunan Province, Wuhan and Chongqing, with an emphasis put on opening developed cities owning consumption potentiality, such as Guangzhou.2.Marketing methods: numerous activities, for example, Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, are about to held in Wulingyuan within this year, on which are dependent to attract more attention home and abroad and develop tourist E-business.3.Traveling products’ structure: Wulingyuan keeps buildingZhonghuVillage,Tianzi MountainVillage and other characteristic tourism villages.4.Management service: further standardizing the order of tourist market and cracking down on violations in Wulingyuan scenic spot.Translated by Becky

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The second class tourism in Hunan province–“China’s Well-known Trademark”may again be launched in Wulingyuan.On May 2th,The person in charge of Zhangjiajie’s industrial and commercial bureau comes to Baofeng Lake company, giving guidance to the company’s work for biding for “China’s Well-known Trademark”.Currently,the related information of Baofeng Lake’s biding for “China’s Well-known Trademark” has been approved by Hunan Industrial and Commercial Bureau and is planed to recommend to SAIC.“Baofeng Lake” trademark has applied for register to SAIC in August 2001.In the past twelve years, Baofeng Lake company not only actively promoted infrastructure construction in the scenic spot areas, but also boosted the strategy of “booming the company through trademark”,realizing a sound outcome of enhancing scales of tourism reception, tickets price and brand recognition. Baofeng Lake scenic spot has successively been awarded “the National Youth Civilization”,”China’s Top Ten Leisure Lakes” and Baofeng Lake trade mark has also been recognised Hunan’s famous trademark in a successive two years.Hunan’s first class tourism–“China’s Well-known Trademark” is Yellow Dragon Cave trademark, which was recognized by SAIC in November 2011.Translated by Crystal

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During the minor vocation in celebration of the Labor’s Day, a cluster of old people in folk costume of Tujia Nationality,at the square of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, was dancing so passionately by moving brisk steps and twisting waist on the joyous tempo that a lot of tourists stopped to watch, which has added a lot of fun to the holiday.It was said that all those aged and middle-aged dancers were retired from the administration office of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and the performance was voluntarily organized by themselves,which not only enriched their own spare time life but also presented unique mien of Tujia people and spread Tujia culture.By Patricia

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Jeju Air's Boeing 737-800 flight carrying 167 South Korean tourists arrived at Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport from Busan, South Korea, at 0:40 on May 4, 2013. This is the first direct charter flight launched by Jeju Air between Zhangjiajie and Busan.The flight, coded as 7C8981/7C8982, lasts until June 28, and is scheduled on Tuesday and Friday.Following Eastar Jet, Korean Air, and Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air Korea is the fourth South Korean airline to join in Zhangjiajie's international airline operation. It is conducive to the cultivation of South Korean tourism market and internationalization of Zhangjiajie's air port.Tourists from Busan, South Korea are getting off the plane.South Korean tourists are waiting for check-in in a queue.Translator: Lv XuefenSource:hunan.gov.cn

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