Paths of bluestone flanked by wooden houses are winding through their ways, as if at one stride they catch your eyes leading you into the ancient and quaint township—Fu Rong Township.Here it is! Located in Yongshun county of Jishou city in Hunan province, Fu Rong Township, with its over two thousand years history is increasingly attracting tourists both from home and abroad. Once ascending the ladders and stepping on the flagstone, your eyes are dazzled by the numerous stalls on either side. Various goods, particularly those with unique local style are displayed and tourists pack streets. Different from the modern architectures, the wooden houses with low sharp roofs like birds spring their wings to soaring into the sky, give you a sense of sediment of the history a scent of plain beauty.As you walk around, you may see bountiful authentic snacks with their scent inviting you. One that you must have a try is called Mi Toufu( a kind of bean curd). Different seasonings, such as vinegar, paprika, soy placing on the table you can add any of them according to your taste. And in hot summer, a bowl of cold one can give you a fresh. Apart from those, imposing waterfall rolling and roaring with mighty force down the deep pool, Tujia ethnic Diaojiao lou(a unique building hanging on the cliff) and various foods also offer you much pleasure.Once you step on the soil, your heart will be melting in all the surroundings here. Pack your heart and start a fascinating journey.By Crystal#gallery-2 {margin: auto;}#gallery-2 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-2 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}

News 2012-08-11 13:50 View：1814

The construction of Hunan Yanghu Water Recycling Plant was officially launched on the afternoon of August 9. It is the first water plant that adopts the ecological technology "traditional secondary biochemical treatment--- constructed wetland plus natural wetland" in China.The plant is a demonstrative project of the "Two-Oriented" Society construction at the pilot area on the west bank of Xiangjiang River and the key eco-environment engineering. Based on the traditional secondary biochemical treatment technology, three aquatic plant ponds and 12 wetlands will form a special aquatic ecosystem to perform secondary sewage treatment, which can purify the water and absorb odor in the plant. The treated water can reach primary A level, representing the first case of water recovery in the province.It is learned that the 50-square-kilometer water recycling plant (including the Changsha Yanghu District and Hanpu District) now has a daily sewage treatment capacity of 40 thousand tons, which is expected to reach 120 thousand tons in 2020.Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-11 12:20 View：1177

On August 8th, 100 Hunan girls chopped 511 kg of red pepper in just 10 minutes. They set a new world record for the largest scale of hand-chopped hot peppers. The record was witnessed by Zhang Jian, senior authentication officer of the World Record Association.That afternoon at a square in Window of the World Park, 100 Hunan girls in red t-shirts, knives in hand, quickly started chopping the peppers in wooden basins as soon as the order was given by the hosts. In a flash, red peppers were minced to pieces. Li Xuanxu, bronze medal winner of the women's 400m swimming medley at the 2012 London Olympic Games, also took part in the activity. Soon afterwards, pieces of chopped pepper were put together to make a special national flag that covered an area of 15 square meters. The pepper flag was made to honor the Chinese athletes competing in the London Games.Translator: Wu LirongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-10 12:18 View：1757

Hunan's Laosi Town, Regional Defense System Relic and Tong Ethnic Group Villages Contend for World Heritage Tentative List.The State Administration of Cultural Heritage is about to release a new "World Heritage Tentative List". With no world-level cultural heritage before, Hunan this time has three items contend for the list: Laosi Town in Yongshun County, regional defense system in Fenghuang and villages of the Tong ethnic group. It seems that Laosi Town has the great chance to win the event. The regional defense system in Fenghuang includes over 470 military relics such as towns, military outposts, ligatures, flank walls, etc. Fenghuan was a military town from Yuan to Ming and Qing Dynasties. The fully-equipped and well-built defense site is the product of cultural blend between local culture and Chu culture, culture of Miao ethnic group and culture of Han Chinese. The villages of Tong ethnic group in southwest Hunan are jointly applied by six counties in three provinces (Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi). With well-preserved Tong culture, Tongdao and Liping, Sanjiang in the above three provinces respectively, being contiguous to each other, are the core regions for the dialect of southern Tong people. Translator: He Yao Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-09 12:15 View：1354

The Hunan economy mid-term report was officially released. According to the report, the GDP of Hunan in the first half year grew by 11.5%, higher than the national average and the fiscal income of the province, increased by 22.5%, better than what was expected. Meanwhile, it is estimated that the total outcome of the early indica rice will reach 8.17 billion kilogram this year, up 105 million kilogram than that in 2011. Recently, the initiation of 92 key projects of the first batch of Hunan's demonstration areas for undertaking industrial transfer have been restarted to facilitate the "Open-up and Rise" strategy in Hunan for another economic boom. Under the increasingly tense atmosphere, Hunan gains strength from three industries (the primary industry, the secondary industry, and the tertiary industry) boosting its economic progress. In the first half of 2012, Hunan's total volume of retail sales in social consumption reached 363.29 billion Yuan, up 15.5%, with a five-month accumulative growth above 15%. Its export reached 5.34 billion US dollars, up by 18.3%, higher than the national average whereas the total export-import volume realized 9.71 billion US dollars, an increase of 7.5%. Hunan's fixed investments saw a year-on-year rise by 24.2% , with medical treatment and public health increasing by 45.4% and housing guarantee projects growing by 4.6 times. Translator: Hao Jingru Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-09 12:13 View：1140

On the morning of August 5th, twenty-odd bicycle enthusiasts experienced Changsha's first bicycle-only lane and tour around the tunnel construction site of Nanhu Road. This event was organized by Hunan Radio Traffic Channel (FM91.8 Changsha) as a move to support Chinese athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games. There are three exits on both sides of Shuyuan Road and Naihu Road respectively, at the east bank of the southern line of Nanhu Road tunnel under Xiangjiang River.. The construction of this tunnel is scheduled to be completed at the beginning of 2013 and will open to traffic in June, 2013. In order to relieve traffic jams and upgrade transport service quality, the 1.5 meters wide orange-yellow lane has been constructed for the convenience of cyclists and to benefit and encourage bicycle enthusiasts. Translator: Xiao Juan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-08 12:11 View：1414

China's longest high-speed railway, starting from Beijing and ending at Shenzhen, will open to traffic at the end of 2012, cutting the single-way time between the two cities by fifteen hours to around nine hours. Once the railway is in operation, the travel time between Changsha and Beijing is expected to be just 6 hours, compared to 13 hours and 17 minutes by the fastest normal-speed train Z18. Translator: Liu Fen Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-07 12:07 View：1214

July 27, at about five in the afternoon,a rainbow arises over Wulingyuan scenic spot of the world natural heritage Zhangjiajie Be specific,it appears over the “Celestial beauty scattering flowers”spot.With the decoration of baby-blue sky,white clouds and verdant mountains ,the rainbow looks more charming and magnificent.Tourists present are deeply absorbed in the fairyland.From a scientific view ,a rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth’s atmosphere. The colours visible in the rainbow are red ,orange ,yellow ,green, blue ,indigo ,violet.Nowadays,due to the scorching weather,monkeyrain is a frenquecy in Zhangjiajie in a short time,which contributes to lower the heat as well as creates favorable conditions for a rainbow .By Aileen

News 2012-08-06 23:23 View：1500