A list of 13 most remarkable natural wonders in East Asia was released on Sina.com.cn, China's popular web portal, on August 3. Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie topped the list owning to its three thousand magic pillars that are resistant to gravity effects, which provided inspiration for the surrealist film Avatar. The unique landscape of Zhangjiajie was named by international experts as "Zhangjiajie Landform" in November, 2010.  Tourists swarm to Zhangjiajie Translator: Chen BingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-06 22:42 View：1929

In order to eascap the hot weather,The national forest park of ZJJ welcoming more and more tourists. In August 1st, the reporter came to the national forest park, seeing a stream of visitors flocked into the golden core scenic spot, such as HuangShi village and JinBian river. According to uncompleted counts, from June 1st to July 31th, the number of visitors who entered the national forest park reached more than 330000, presenting a blowout trend.The national forest park is known as the feature of ” three thousand peaks, eight hundred water”. Here are more than three thousand intricate mountains with the characteristic of humanbeings. Thus wining an amazing appriciation.Streams, spring, waterfalls are spreading around the mountains. Dense woods, flowers and plants are throughout the land. The whole park is like a huge landscape painting. And the sections of the original forest consists of the “super oxygen bar” makes visitors enjoy the pure air in the hot sun.Translated by Sophia 

News 2012-08-05 23:02 View：1612

As the temperatures continue to rise, more and more people all over the world tend to list Zhangjiajie as the first choice to be away for the summer holiday. Consequently, all of this contributes to the great popularity of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. According to incomplete statistics, from June 1st to July 27th, National Forest Park has already attracted about 0.32 million friends both from home and abroad by means of her incomparable nature beauty.From the controller, we learned that the number of new coming tourists everyday hit peak recently. Only in the forenoon of July 27th, new comers reached more than 8000.Zhangjiajie has long been known for its rich in mountains as well as water. Over here, more than 3000 mountains rising straight from the ground show various features such as spirituality. Brooks, spring, waterfall are commonly seen among these mountains. In a word, the whole park is just like a grand landscape painting without too much extra modifications. Moreover, the super oxygen bar, made up of virgin forests, offers a pleasing place for different visitors to relax and have a good time in such a hot weather.Translated by Becky

News 2012-08-04 23:11 View：1594

On August 6th to 9th, World geological park experts, Maria-Luise Frey and Flavia Fernanda De Lima will assess the protection, management, development of ZhangJiaJie world geological park during 2008 and 2012. At the same time, they will delimit gradation according to the assessment, thus aiming to ensure the world geological park develop scientifically and healthily.WuLingYuan scenic spot of ZJJ is famous for the big peak forest spectacle with rare quartz sandstone. In 2004, it got the first chance to attend world geological park. In recent years, people adhere to the principle of “strict protection, unified management, scientific planning, sustainable use”, which strengthening the protection and scientific study of geological remains. As a world geological heritage,it tries to fully reflect the features of system, integrity, nature, beauty, typicality and so on. In 2010,it smoothly through the review at the first assessment.In order to do well in the evaluation work, high attention was paid, the leading institutions and work team, formulated a special work plan, to clarify responsibility to relevant departments. With reasonable arrangement of inspection line, they hope that the protection, development and management work of WuLingYuan will be demonstrated fully, the achievement and benefits which brought to the masses of the people will be on show.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-08-04 22:45 View：1446

On the evening of August 2nd, “the sentiment of ZJJ” ,Neodalle charity concert was grandly held by the people of Hong Kong and zhangjiajie for the first time.Zhao Xiaoming, Zhangjiajie Mayor attended this event.With the theme of “big love surge, the affection of zhangjiajie”, the famous music team from Hong Kong, the 2011 champion of star road ,LiuSai and local artists of ZJJ, have performed a form with instruments, solo and due. The quiet melodious composition and sweet songs, which told the love and care for dropout students children, the aged widows who lived a difficult life and the disabled. All of these gave a deep feeling to the person on the charity concert, thus wining a burst of applause.This activity advocates human love and the purpose of helping each other,thus having realistic significance.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-08-03 22:56 View：1180

The travel peak season summer is coming to an end,so the mainstream of tourist visitors, such as students, teachers, family return in succession. Near September, the weather of WuLingYuan scenic spot turns cold gradually, and the temperature is comfortable. For the travellers who do not like “catch fashion”in the hot summer ,it provides a best choice in this period of time.From the reception situation, although the capacity of reception has decreased relative to peak summer vacation, it still has immortalization tourism momentum. At the same time, the scenic spot also can’t see long lines phenomenon, tourists travel quality have been greatly improved.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-08-03 08:58 View：1269

Wulingyuan library (cultural center) , human resources and social security bureau and tourism vocational school (namely, two hall with one school) were together built in YuJiaZui. In early 2008, the construction begain. At the end of 2010, the main body project was completed. Later, the district culture department was embarking on interior decoration and the service facilities construction.Wulingyuan library is at fourth floor, with the area of 800 ㎡. There are six functional areas,that is machine room, distribution room, collection room, adult reading room, children’s reading room and the electronic reading room.Cultural center covers an area of 1580 ㎡, including office district, dancing room, comprehensive activity room, training room and mass culture activity area. At present, all the various services facilities have been in place. The first batch of more than 15000 books has been completed retrieval and categorizing task, and the second batch of books is on the way. The library preliminary is scheduled for October 1 to welcome visitors, which will be free open to the society.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-08-02 22:55 View：1248

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Although most Chinese parents don't give a second thought about spending lavishly on their children, the mother of Xiang Miao, a high school sophomore who partook in a 16-day summer study tour abroad last year, regrets her careless spending. Xiang's mother paid 30,000 yuan (4700 U.S. dollars) for the so-called "overseas study tour," which boasts of homestay accomodation, collective learning and sight-seeing activities in a foreign country. "I would rather have taken him abroad myself if I had known about this kind of study tour. It is an eye-opener at best, rather than a way of truly enhancing his English skills or making preparations for future overseas study," she said.However, the number of applicants for such programs still saw "explosive" growth this year, according to Zhou Xiaolan, director of the marketing department at the New Oriental Education & Technology Group, a major Chinese education company.More than 10,000 students in Beijing alone will travel abroad for the group's summer study tour, more than the total for last year. "Tour packages to popular destinations such as the U.S. and Britain were booked up three months in advance and less costly tours were also nearly packed," she said. Chinese parents usually give their children a wide variety of choices when it comes to how and where they spend their summer vacation. With the affluence of the Chinese middle class growing all the time, such choices are no longer limited to domestic locations. A three-week trip may cost anywhere from 20,000 yuan to 43,000 yuan, depending on the destination. Most of the applicants are middle school students who have at least two to three years to wait before taking the national college entrance examination. Parents generally expect their children to gain a great deal from their overseas experience, and some have purposefully put their children in such programs as a warm-up before future overseas study. However, observers have warned prospective students and their parents to take caution, warning against profiteering and other shady practices. Parents have reportedly complained about too many sight-seeing and shopping activities instead of programs that can help their children improve their language and communication skills. Suzhou-based lawyer She Bin still worries about his son She Tinghui going abroad, even though the boy has already been abroad by himself once before. The boy is currently on a 12-day trip to the U.S., having already been to Singapore previously. "When he was in Singapore, he was aware that his Singaporean counterparts developed stronger skills in problem-solving. I believe that influence was important for his growth," said She Bin. The elder She recommended government-guided programs or those organized by schools and education authorities. Jiang Nan, an adviser for "global study tour" programs, advised parents to make sure they are clear about the purpose and schedule of any trip they choose to sign their children up for. "When checking the itinerary and credentials of the program's organizer, parents have to make sure at the same time that their children are really interested in exploring the place they are going," he said. Source: Xinhua

News 2012-08-01 22:31 View：1487