Recently, the opening ceremony of the first international oil painting workshop was held in Zhangjiajie. This workshop will last for 16 days. On the occasion, about 30 well-known oil painting artists, which come from 10 different countries, will create their paintings on the spot and exhibit their works in order to communicate with some Chinese painters.Based on the natural beauty of Zhangjiajie as well as northwestern Hunan, this activity aims at boosting its travel industry. At the same time, this workshop strives to achieve the co-prosperity of art and tourism so that improves the world reputation of Zhangjiajie.This workshop will be kept opening to the public during this period, which allows visitors to view the whole process of those international oil painting artists’ creation.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-06 00:23 View：1396

A tourism promotion group headed by Mr. Yang Guangrong, director of Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau, arrived in Henan, a central China province, on October 31. The group consisted of representatives from tourism bureaus, famous scenic spots, and travel agents from six cities along the high-speed rail passing Changsha, Zhuzhou, and Xiangtan. While promoting tourism resources, the group invited Henan tourists to Hunan via high-speed rail to enjoy its local customs and culture. Mr. Yang pointed out that the two provinces share great complementariness in tourism resources. He expressed his hope that with the operation of Wuhan-Guangzhou, and Zhengzhou-Wuhan high-speed rails, the two provinces will attain a boost in mutual cooperation among the tourism management administrations and travel agents and tourism marketing, thus promoting exchange and integration in this area. Themed beautiful, curious, and interesting, the promotion focused on 14 key scenic areas including Zhangjiajie and Langshan Mountain, five tourist products like golf, hot spring resorts, and happy leisure travels, and six fine routes such as visiting hometowns of celebrities, enjoying the natural scenery, and appreciating Hunan culture. Representatives of the six cities along the high-speed rail also introduced their rich tourist products. Translator: Lv Xuefen Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-06 00:21 View：1138

On November 4th, the first national tourism edition JiangNan Style premieres successfully in zhangjiajie, the international tourism resort with beautiful scenery.The zhangjiajie edition JiangNan Style is created by zhangjiajie local people,with the foundation of the South Korea MV JiangNan Style, which aims at developing zhangjiajie′s reputation in South Korea, and improving the international popularity of zhangjiajie. The zhangjiajie edition JiangNan Style with a length of four points 54 seconds, viewing the main point in the world natural heritage wulingyuan, such as TianZi mountain, YuanGuJie, Ten miles gallery, huanglong hole, Baofeng lake, and other attractions. With lively, relaxed, exaggerated technique fully displays the zhangjiajie absolutely beautiful natural scenery and unique folk customs.In this MV, we can enjoy the world rare zhangjiajie landform scenery, the mysterious zhangjiajie national culture, also can meet the beautiful beauty.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-11-05 14:21 View：1253

In October, on both fitness tourism channel sides of Golden Whip Stream, zhangjiajie national forest park carefully growing lobster flower, which have already produced fine results.Walking in the two fitness tourism channel sides of Golden Whip Stream, we can see visible flower everywhere, the color like purple, yellow, red. They contend with each other, as like a lobster the ocean. In the green field, stalk of lobster flowers just like a piece of black hair line. In the top, petals open, flowers stretch, like a shrimp mouth appearance. The petal of Lobster flowers has five or six mottled stripes, and two pieces of filaments hook its tail, as like shrimp’s tail. Autumn wind gently blows, a vast stretches of piles, colorful lobster flower, like fresh lobster. They ups and downs, alive and kicking, gives a excitement to visitors.Lobster flower is fostered successfully. It also reaches the original goal “let visitors better appreciate unique lobster flower”of zhangjiajie national forest parkTranslated by Sophia

News 2012-11-05 14:20 View：1650

“Thank you, thank you!”, after successfully conducting their telephone charge services, three foreign visitors coming from Grenada, South America expressed their pleasant to the staff in the business hall of ZJJ Wulingyuan mobile operator, using some simple Chinese.As reported, recently, with more and more overseas guests coming to Wulingyuan, ZJJ Wuingyuan mobile communication department starts to offer much international service positively.Based on such kind of measure, in the long run, it can not benefit our visitors home and abroad, but also improve Wulingyuan’s international reputation.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-04 14:19 View：1037

Lazcano graduated from college of the fine arts, University of the Basque Country, and became an expert in the oil painting department of this university now. He once painted a 7-meter Bilbao panorama for the Shanghai World Exposition.In Lazcano’s first Beijing solo exhibition held recently, most of his large works are retrospective exhibition of Bilbao Gallery. Among all, one large painting named Zhangjiajie describing the fascinating scenery, the mountains surrounded by cloud and mist, catching much attention. It is hard for one even to imagine that this kind of Chinese fine scenery is created by a foreign artist.Lazcano introduced, this was a new content, new understanding totally. He made an attempt from his own perspective.This kind of trial brings in Chinese culture, Chinese landscape, and in the eyes of himself , draws up typical Chinese mountains and water——Zhangjiajie.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-04 14:17 View：1250

The embroidery technique training class for Congos came to an end on November 1 in Changsha. Twenty-four trainees were granted course-completion certificate by the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries of the Ministry of Commerce. Experienced instructors include Wang Xiaohui, a national-level master of craft and art and Su Lisha, an embroidery master. During the three months' training, trainees obtained several methods in embroidery such as plain stitch and doped stitch, learned about the management and marketing of embroidery techniques and conducted an observation tour at the Hunan Xiang Embroidery Museum. They also paid a visit to the textile market in cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-04 14:13 View：1068

On November 1st, knowing from the opening ceremony of the fourth “SanXiang reading month”, a good news, wulingyuan people’s armed forces department and army floor street agency Wujiayu community were rated as “elegant camp” and “elegant community”.ZJJ Wulingyuan district party committee, the district government had always attached great importance to the people’s spiritual and cultural life, and actively built a platform to promote reading atmosphere. Before, in order to response the command of municipal party committee and the city government, they successfully held three session of “Sanxiang reading month, elegant zhangjiajie” activities, thus giving a hand to the fourth “Sanxiang reading month, elegant zhangjiajie” activities in the Wulingyuan library. On the 42 village, all were built peasant random house, cultural centres and free, public library, etc. The excessive elegant reading atmosphere was around us, and reading gradually became a way of people’s life.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-11-03 14:18 View：1033