The 19th of September, 2012 marked the unveiling ceremony of Wu Guan zhong’s statue in National Forest Park of Zhangjiajie. Several distinguished leaders and guests attended the ceremony.Wu Guanzhong, born in Jiangsu province, is a well-known master of Chinese traditional paining. Besides, he is an ardent lover of ZJJ . To search for painting materials, Mr. Wu went on a journey to Xiangxi in the late autumn of 1979. As he came to ZJJ, he was so enchanted by the mysterious, charming and breath-breaking scenery that he created a huge painting and a delicate prose. In his words, it was a city full of hidden beauty and natural miracle.Thereafter he established a friendly relationship with the local people and have been dedicated to championing for the city he adores deeply, especially Zhangjiajie National Forest Park which was called Zhangjiajie Forest Area. Through his full support with other famous celebrities, it helped draw national leader’s attention and later on build the first national forest park of China in 1982.For the moment the people in ZJJ are very proud of the city for its status as a world-class tourist city. In honor of him, the city awarded him the Honorary Citizen of ZJJ in 2008. To the sorrow of the citizen here, he passed away 2 years later. Although he is away, his spirit will always with them.Translated by Emma

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Recently, The ring city bicycle friendly race and Tianmen Moutain bicycle challenge was held in Zhangjiajie. This was also one of the subject activities of the first Chinese older international cultural tourism festival.In order to advocate caring about our city as well as low carbon life, more than 1300 bicycle enthusiasts went cycling around Zhangjiajie and challenged the well-known winding hilly road in Tianmen Mountain together.All participators were divided into three groups: men’s prime group, men’s youth group and women’s mass group. The first person to reach the finishing line was a 45 year-old university teacher named Zong Yuerong, coming from Kunming,Yunnan province. It took 1 hour, 17 minutes and 12 seconds for him to finish the whole journey.Translated by Becky

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Zhangjiajie Dayong bridge park build in 2002, covering an area of 93000 square meters, of which green coverage rate more than 50%. Every Friday and Saturday zhangjiajie Dayong bridge park is full of people, which has a boisterous atmosphere. In the music fountain plaza, as the familiar xiangxi folk melody, coloured water column rhythmically dancing, thus showing a fantastic and beautiful scenery.In the square of zhangjiajie Dayong bridge park, a “wood” word composition of reinforced structure tower reveals the characteristics of the city. Zhangjiajie is given priority to natural tourism. The wooden font steel landmark, is on behalf of double wood meaning forest, thus many wood forming the whole zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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Hunan Provincial Commodity Price Control Bureau released public notice on September 22 that with the approaching of Mid-Autumn Day and National Day, Hunan will lower ticket prices of a group of tourist attractions from September 30 in a bid to create a favorable environment for tourists and promote tourism consumption. The admission fee of "Five islands and one village" (snake island, bird island, monkey island, crocodile island, lock island and folk culture village) in Zixing City of Chenzhou will reduce from 120 yuan to 100 yuan. The ticket price for the 4A scenic spot Qianzhou Ancient Village in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture will drop from 100 yuan to 80 yuan. Citizens will be admitted to the 4A national scenic spot of Wanfo Mountain in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County of Huaihua City at 100 yuan instead of the previous 120 yuan. The entrance ticket of the 3A city park of Yuqiao Village of Liuye Lake in Changde City will be reduced from 45 yuan to 30 yuan. The cultural relics under provincial protection Long Family's Compound in Xintian County of Yongzhou City can be accessed at 30 yuan, 10 yuan lower than that of the previous. In addition, ticket prices of the 4A national scenic spot Nanhuashan Culture-themed Spot in Fenghuang (Phoenix) County and the 3A scenic spot of Lu's New House in Hengyang City and Chunxi Village in Pingjiang County of Yueyang City will go down. The 4A scenic spot Dayong Town in Zhangjiajie will be open to tourists for free.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On Sept.19th, Zhao Xiao-Ming, mayor of Zhangjiajie met with Eric Duluc, president of Fédération Internationale du Tourisme. Zhao extended a cordial welcome towards E. Duluc’s visit, and expressed his gratitude for the awarding LAURIER D’OR to ZJJ.E. Duluc showed his appreciation to ZJJ’s economic development and its effort made to protect the environment. He said, in order to give an access of ZJJ’s charm to more French people, he would arrange a group of French journalists and photographers to make a special report in ZJJ. Fédération Internationale du Tourisme is going to work with ZJJ to hold a contest among local hotels, so as to improve accommodation service and raise their competitiveness as well.Translated by Misu Spark LeeSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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Changsha launched the 2012 Car-free Day themed with "Love Changsha, Green Travel" on September 21 and the First Alliance for Cities of Green Travel was founded. From 6:00 to 18:00 on September 22, cars under 7 seats (apart from taxis, police cars, ambulances and school buses) with even tail numbers on car plate are forbidden to travel in the area surrounded by the East 2nd Ring Road, South 2nd Ring Road, Xiangjiang Road and Sany Avenue, the Orange Islet Bridge and the Xiangjiang Tunnel of Yingpan Road; those cars are also not allowed to travel in the area among Furong Road, Laodong Road, Xiangjiang Road and Wuyi Avenue.Translator: Zhangshu Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Fourteen students from Changsha University of Science and Technology are pedaling their way to Zhangjiajie.A low-carbon campaign themed with "Subsidize low carbon travelling; Bring your micro-blog to see the sea of forest in Zhangjaijie" concluded successfully at Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Zhangjiejie on September 20.The campaign, launched on June 28, attracted over one thousand low carbon travelling-lovers from provinces and municipalities including Hunan, Hubei and Chongqing. The youngest participant is only ten years old and the eldest 67. The low carbon journey totaled approximately 300 thousand kilometers.This event has promoted not only Zhangjiajie's tourism brand, but also the concept of travelling with low carbon and environment protection. It is learned that free-ticket and grants were provided by the scenic area to participants, first of its kind nationwide.Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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International Old-Age Culture and Tourism Festival will last till Sept.25th. During the festival, hundreds of quinquagenarian-travel groups from over 20 provinces and cities such asBeijing,Shanghai andGuangzhou etc. will be in ZJJ, together with the delegation of culture and sports to participate parade in matrixes, art performance contest, Tour of Zhangjiajie Cycling and Heaven-Linking Avenue Cycling Challenge and so on and so forth.Zhang Wen-Yuan, president of The Chinese Society for Futures Studies, honorary chairman of The Chinese Travel Union for Elder People, and president of China Association of the Universities for the Aged is declaring opening of the First International Old-Age Culture and Tourism FestivalWu Yu-Shao, vice chairman of China National Committee on Aging is delivering a speechExcited quinquagenarian visitors in the paradeDancing, Tai Chi, and Rouliqiu showcased vitality of the performersForeign friends coming from afarTranslated by Misu Spark LeeSource:Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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