On November 30th, a big “tujia daughter meeting” blind date activity held in WuLingYuan XiBu street, attracting many tourists enthusiasm to participate in. The three-day activity will let Chinese and foreign friends come together to appreciate the unique romantic “Oriental valentine’s day”, the evening of 30 will be held the grand literature evening party.The blind date activity is full of national regional characteristic of the literature and art performances, through these activities, host tried to deduce industrious and kind-hearted tujia people′s love story, with rich tujia folk customs.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-12-01 22:11 View：1070

In the morning of November 23, 2012, the big LED screen on the Times Square of New York, regarded as the crossroads of the world, had played ZJJ’s publicity film for the first time. This piece of screen, which was hired by the Xinhua News Agency for long term, once played two chapters of the national publicity film of China namely the chapter focusing on personalities of China and the publicity films of Shanghai and Chengdu. From then on, ZJJ publicity film will be constantly played everyday, which will make better informed of Zhangjiajie the people around the world especially those living in New York.Translated by Vincent Chou

News 2012-12-01 10:33 View：1258

Zhao Mountain, one of the eight famous views in Hunan, has a long history of about 3000 years. It is located in the boundary of Changsha and Xiangtan.Recently, the upgrading development program ceremony was held in Zhao Mountain, that’s to say,Zhao Mountain will welcome a reformation soon. It is planned that the main scenic spots will be integrated and the touring line will be reorganized in order to add the image design experience of visitors. The emphasis is said to be put on forging the five core scenic spots.As estimated, 5 billion yuan will be invested on this project. The aim is to attempt to create an AAAAA ecological tourism resort district within 5 years, which involves a whole network of culture, tourism, religion, business, relaxation and habitancy. On that occasion, Zhao Mountain will act as an optimum entertainment place for civilians in Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-30 18:28 View：1452

This year, high speed road from chongqing to hunan openning, which greatly shorten the distance between chongqing to zhangjiajie. Next year, after the opening of zhangjiajie to Huayuan city high speed, the traffic will be more convenient. And next year chongqing to zhangjiajie is just six hours’ drive, scenic spot may be appropriately increased, such as peach garden, fanjing mountains, etc. Meanwhile , the journey is also not too tired.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-11-29 18:26 View：3356

The world's longest and highest glass bridge that joins summits of two mountains is set to start construction in 2013 at Zhangjiajie Great Canyon. The project feasibility has got nod from domestic and international experts at Wuhan-based China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute CO., Ltd. (BRDI). Experts resolved to build up world's first cable-stayed glass bridge over mountains with a world's highest bungee jump platform at the center. It's said that new synthetic material will be first utilized in a bridge project. The bridge will be located on mountain cliffs at both sides of the canyon between Lishuya District and Wuwangpo District. The bridge is about 3.2 meters' wide and 330 meters' long with a relative height of 400 meters between the bridge arch and valley floor. Without normal support of steel and concrete piers, it features its complete glass structure with transparent bridge pavement. Translator: Guo Yan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-29 18:19 View：5058

Hunan Expressway Administration Bureau revealed that 16 expressway sections with a total length of 1,320 km are scheduled to be open for traffic by the end of the year. This achievement will make Hunan first among other provinces in terms of national expressway construction targets and will also mark a historic high in expressway mileage in the province. Forty-nine expressway projects have kicked off in the province since 2008. By the end of 2010, the length of expressways under construction hit 4,064 km, ranking first across the country. Added to the in-use road length, the entire expressway network totals 6,450 km, rising to the national top three from the 17th place in 2007. The provincial transport department has urged responsible officials and workers to strive to guarantee the readiness of the 16 expressway sections before the new year. Due attention must be paid to ensuring project quality and security, operation reliability and stability, with advanced consideration of next year's work. The 16 expressways included are Jishou-Changdong Expressway (traffic ready), Ningyuan-Dao County Expressway, Loudi-Xinhua Expressway, Hengyang-Guiyang Expressway, Guiyang-Linwu Expressway, Jishou-Huaihua Expressway (Jishou-Fenghuang Section ready), Changsha-Xiangtan Expressway, Yanling-Mu Village Expressway, Yanling Expressway, Nanyue Expressway, Dawei-Liuyang Expressway, Liuyang-Liling Expressway, Tongcheng-Pinjiang Expressway, Rucheng-Chenzhou Expressway, Chenzhou-Ningyuan Expressway, and Yongzhou-Nanshan Expressway. Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-28 18:16 View：1166

China International Travel Mart is one of the largest, most influential comprehensive travel trade fairs in the Asian-Pacific region nowadays.Recently, Shanghai international expo center ushered 2012 China International Travel Mart. On behalf of Hunan Travel Bureau, vice-inspector Bu Yuehui led the Hunan team (including 11 cities, autonomous prefectures, 28 travel exhibitors) attended this well-known trade fair.This year’s travel trade fair was in a large scale. The gross area of all exhibition halls was about 57.5 thousand square meters. The nations and districts that exhibited this time reached 104. And the exhibition stands summed 2514.Hunan pavilion mainly focused on “splendid Xiaoxiang, happy Hunan”, which not only extruded Hunan features, rich culture and other travel resources, but also caught the attention of numerous participators.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-27 18:22 View：1573

A Buddhist music fireworks show, themed "Sanskrit Performed in Zhaoshan, Buddha Blessing China", was held in Zhaoshan, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, on the evening of November 25. Renowned monks from China, South Korea, and Singapore performed to convey the spirit of equality, compassion, love, kindness, and following the fate implied by "go out of secularity" and "go into secularity". The show was composed of three chapters. It began with the recitation of "Origin" created by Great Monk Shenghui, Vice President Buddhist Association of China. Chinese monks played different styles of Buddhist music in a conventional Buddhist way; South Korean monks played an exotic drum dance; and Ven Sik Kwang Sheng, President of the Singapore Buddhist Federation, sang "Smiling Heart", amongst rounds of applause. Interludes such as "Buddha", "Blessing", and "The Thousand-hand Bodhisattva" made the show more resplendent.South Korean monks perform the drum dance. "South Shaolin Warriors" martial arts performance Distinguished monks play Buddhist music "The Trail of the Monk in A Winter Mountain". Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

News 2012-11-27 18:14 View：1475