Jeb Corliss , American skydiver and base jumper turns up in Changsha on Oct.9, 2012.16 world-class wingsuit pilots from nine countries. The first World Wingsuit Flying Championship is scheduled to be held at the steep peaks and dangerous valleys of Tianmen Mountain during October 12-14. Sponsored by the World Wingsuit Alliance, this competition will give birth to the first world record for unpowered human flight.Sixteen of the world's top wingsuit pilots from nine countries will take off one after another from a vertical cliff some 1,400 meters above sea level. The course takes a sharp right into the valleys and the turns back again. After passing the end of the cableway through Tianmen Mountain, they will release their parachutes before finally landing on a twisting mountain road. The fastest pilot to complete the course will be awarded the title "Wingsuit Flying King". The global sports authority has been invited to witness this world record.  Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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“The first destination of my traveling here impressed me so so much after arriving.” Mr. Li said, “I used to think that Zhangjiajie was only famous for its green mountains and clear waters never realizing it has such a touching and romantic story as The Love Story of a Woodman and a Fox Fairy which also matched with so much beautiful music.”In the night of National Day, Mr. Li, a tourist from Beijing, was deeply touched by The Love Story of a Woodman and a Fox Fairy with Tianmen Mountian and its tranquil valley as the background. Mr. Li enjoys traveling as well as searching for culture and music of deep indigenous colors. “The atmosphere grasped me at the right beginning. It’s like a crowd from different areas, sitting and listening to an interesting story.” Mr. Li said, “I was wondering I was already back to the Tianqiao Theater in ancient Beijing. So familiar!”What is traveling for? Mr. Li believes that it is for cultures. He said that the Forbidden City and Badaling both hold their popularity for recordsof abundant and heavy history. He wishes Zhangjiajie will have more cultural products like The Love Story of a Woodman and a Fox Fairy which really sheds light on the culture and custom here and makes traveling worthy!Translated by Vincent Chou

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This year golden week, zhangjiajie JinBian stream scenic spot did the following several aspects to realize safety and satisfaction.1, flow stability, road smooth. Scenic area along the line section decorated with duty police and audit staff, especially in hot spots and wild monkey haunt areas, timely adviced and guided the tourists to reduce retention time, preventing congestion.2, Clean road without visual pollution. Scenic spots with no traffic tools, completely by hand to clean up the road. Walking with cheek by jowl greatly affected the speed and increased difficult backpac. Junk transporting personnel worked far into the night every day, not to let a bag of rubbish in the scenic spot for the night.3, 24 hours on duty to make sure visitors safety. To cope with the situation that passengers came back home late, scenic spot in advance prepared for each lighting flashlight, convenient and timely for escorting tourists.4, Responsive, solving the problem of visitors timely.Translated by Sophia

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October 8th, learned from WuLingYuan cultural and sports radio and television news PB: wulingyuan library cultural center will inaugurate on October 12th. During this period, they will hold painting and calligraphy exhibition activities.Wulingyuan district party committee government with the implementation of “strong culture area” strategy, continuously strengthens the culture and tourism, culture and the masses life depth fusion, hereby building area library and the region cultural centre. The building and using of two museums will develop cultural undertakings and enrich the people’s cultural life, thus playing a great role in promoting the development of this area.Translated by Sophia

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During golden week, the war drum dropped down in the rainy day. The world natural heritage sites wulingyuan scenic spot with absolutely beautiful “zhangjiajie landform” landscape had once again become the first choice of the leisure vacation travel destination. According to WuLingYuan statistics, from September 30th to October 7th, wulingyuan realized the tourist reception scale more than 970000 person-time, year-on-year growth of 45.8%, the income reached 383.88 million yuan, up 37.87% from the same period.In the golden week, the comprehensive tour safeguard mechanism of WuLingYuan ensured the whole scenic spot orderly reception.Translated by Sophia

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The 2012 Red Bull Wing-Suit Flying World Championship is going to running from October 12 to14 in Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain.this Championship is the one the largest in scale, the most difficult in flight, the highest in risk, and the strict in contestants’ skills till now. Soon 16 contestants from 10 different countries will perform in this contest. Hold your breath!here is Challengers list.Translated by Vincent Chou1、Espen Fadnes2、Jeffery Adam Nebelkopf3、JT Homles 4、J Ray Corliss5、James Boole 6、Michael Swanson7、Ludovic Woerth8、Jon Devore9、Chris Douggs McDougall10、Livia Dickie Mary11、Joby David Ogwyn12、Roberta Mancino13、Julian Boulle14、Joakim Sommer 15、Anthony UragalloStepney

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In the past history of the most popular golden week, not only wulingyuan scenic core received the highest tourist reception in history, but also some characteristic tourism scenic spots like holes, lakes, science and technology museums received the sharp increase.According to WuLingYuan figures of October 9th, eight seven-day holiday, the world cave scenic wonders – huanglong hole was full of visitors every day. Going to ecological square, admiring the scenery of karst cave, which let guests enjoyed the joys of holiday. Meanwhile, in the Baofeng lake scenic spot had a busy atmosphere. In the daytime, Chinese and foreign tourists enjoyed boating and gorge. In the evening, appreciating tujia long epic TiMa god song with wonderful taste.At the same time, during the golden week, wulingyuan science, religion culture, leisure shopping and special tourism products were also more favored by visitors.Translated by Sophia

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Thanks to the preferential policy of expressway charge free in Golden Week, the number of independent tourists skyrocketed to a climax. Wulinyuan Resort had sold 213,000 tickets among which 88,700 were by travel agencies while the else by independent tourists, accounting for 58.4%.Up to 24:00, on October 7, 2012, the access of Changde-Zhangjiajie expressway had receipted 36,000 private traveling cars while the Wulingyuan Resort actually receipted 39,000 cars and the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Administrative Office 13,000, covering almost all provinces and most of them from provinces such asHubei,Sichuan,Chongqing,Guizhouand so on.During this period, 33 park sites, i.e. over 8,680 parking spaces, were available for independent tourists by car and most of them were charge free. Simultaneously, 30,000 pamphlets named Independent Driving Guide were distributed charge free as well. Moreover, 1,200 volunteers were also involved in the Golden Week, providing help at over 60 service points like the accesses of expressways, resorts, and other main roads. All was well by virtue of the fine arrangement and administration.Translated by Vincent Chou

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