With the purpose of respond to the tourist subject that put forward by National Tourism Administration—joyful and healthy visit in 2012, integrate tourist industry, cultural industry and fitness industry of the elderly, and also create a full bodied atmosphere for the old cultural tourism, Zhangjiajie will soon receive the first Chinese international cultural tourism festival for the old from September 20th to September 25th. Together with the Chinese elder tourism association, Zhangjiajie tourism association gave the great honor to this city Zhangjiajie for its out-of-print natural landscape. On the occasion, viewers will see the parade consists of the middle-aged and elder art troupe all over the world in company with the local elder art troupe in Zhangjiajie trunk road. By means of giving various performances that full of chic, local color as well as national characteristics, the participants will easily sense old people’s vigor, optimism and fitness. At the same time, we can set up a good image for the elder cultural tourism festival and welcome the convening of the 18th National People’s Congress.Translated by Becky

News 2012-07-19 23:57 View：1751

Among these years’ ceaseless development, Hunan scenic spots mainly present two traits: (1) universal coverage of high grade scenic spots; (2) diversity. Up to now, every city in Hunan has its national 4A scenic spots. In the following 3 years, Hunan will keep on adding a hundred more national scenic areas. According to statistics, at present, Hunan province has already had 184 high level scenic spots totally, including 6 5A areas , 55 4A areas and 86 3A areas. Meanwhile, management services level also witness remarkably improvement in Hunan scenic spots. Hunan earnestly implements related management regulations, puts the dynamic management into practice and deals with all kinds of lawsuit in time. If an obvious quality and satisfaction degree reduction are found during the re-checking round, the scenic spots level will be cancelled or dropped stoutly. In addition, press will give those spots bulletin and announcement. That means every acquirement of the scenic spots level is not perpetual, it asks for continuous maintaining all the time. In the long run, Hunan will launch the tourism projects construction based on “251 major tourist project”, eco-cultural tourism in western Hunan as well as Xiang River ecological economics. Changsha and Zhangjiajie are going to be built into international tourism destination cities as soon as possible. What’s more, Hunan will offer priority to change Shaoshan, Hengshan, Fenghuang, Yueyang Tower, Langshan, Emperor Yandi Mausoleum and Emperor ShunDi Mausoleum to international tourism destination spots. By 2015, we are striving to make our projects come true.Translated by Becky

News 2012-07-18 23:52 View：1386

Recently, experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage conducted a field trip in Hunan's Tongdao Dong Autonomous County to investigate the Dong Village's applying for the World Cultural Heritage.Tongdao, dotted with a large number of distinctive ancient villages and buildings, is one of the sites with best-preserved cultural heritage of Dong minority. In order to support Tongdao Dong Villages' applying for World Cultural Heritage, the first one in Hunan province, the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan Provincial Government have brought the application into Hunan's "12th Five-Year Plan" and established a special team to offer human resources, materials and financial aids. An office was established by Tongdao County to better protect and manage the "Hundred-mile Dong Culture Gallery" as well as the renovation of Dong villages.Tongdao also conducts studies on Dong village culture by cooperating with universities like Tsinghua University and launching cultural exchange activities. Additionally, over 20 series of books on Dong culture have been published. Citizens are also encouraged to contribute to the application. Translator: Chen BingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-07-18 23:40 View：1218

On July 18, the 2012 China (Yueyang) Wild Lotus Tourism Festival was held in Junshan, Yueyang City. Opening ceremony of the 2012 China (Yueyang) Wild Lotus Tourism Festival This festival includes such activities as opening ceremony, folk culture performance, 2012 lotus fairies selection, contract signing of economy and trade projects as well as photography competition on scenery and folk culture of Junshan. The highlight of the festival lies in its distinctive folk culture, including "the lotus fairy's talent show on the T-shaped stage", and two original folk songs "Leledong" and "Brother and Sister Gather Lotuses Together". The famous Chinese singer Chen Sisi sang "Love Song of Naxi" and "The Beautiful Road" on site and the poetry "Enjoying Flourishing Lotuses is a Must in Junshan" was recited by two actors Kang Zhuang and Du Ninglin. The folk culture performance, consisting of three parts, namely "source of lotus", "love of lotus" and "charm of lotus", shows a flourishing China and ecologically splendid scenery of the Dongting Lake area, a land of fish and rice. The performance of folk song "Leledong" Lotus fairies' fashion show on T-shaped stage Translator: Huang JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-07-18 23:36 View：2197

From 12 to 13, Four foreign participants who had took part in the 11 th "Chinese bridge" of the World University Chinese Competition came to the zhangjiajie wulingyuan scenic spot. They decided to carry out core activities of cultural experience. Hunan satellite TV crew filmed the whole procedure.The four players are from Britain, Belgium, Australia and Madagaskar. They took a group of exteriors in the YuanGuJie scenic spot, then enjoying tujia minority cultural experience activities such as SangZhi folk, songs of crying marriage."Chinese bridge" the World College Students Chinese Competition was a large international Chinese game. It was sponsored by the Chinese national hanban. Since 2002, it has been successfully held ten periods, from more than 70 countries nearly 100000 players involved. Overseas young students through the game show, sharing the success and happiness of learning Chinese. And more than 1000 excellent participants came to china to attend the semi-finals and the final competition. As the star brand of promoting Chinese, "Chinese bridge" is called Chinese "Olympic", which has become the the platform of Chinese learners to exchange learning experience and show learning outcomes. This year's 11 th Chinese bridge game was held by hunan satellite TV for the whole, there were more than 120 players around the world come to changsha.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-07-17 23:46 View：1528

The 2012 World’s Top Limit Challenge of Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie--- Jean-Yves Blondeau, French, a unique “rollerman “in the world planned to challenge the No.1 Road of the world , the twisted road of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie in May,2012. However, the date was delayed by various factors and changed to next Sunday, 22nd,July. He will be the first rollerman who challenges the high-risk mountainous highway.Jean-Yves Blondeau, a graduate from a design school in Paris, France, invented a type of skating clothes with 31 wheels. Apart from the wheels under his plantar, the rollers under his prothorax, back , elbows and knees enable him to skate in different forms like a transformer.Last year he skated from the peak of Alps in Switzerland at a speed of 70 m/h, which even exceeded the motorbike driving on the road. Nevertheless , compared with Alps, the twisted road of Tianmen Mountain differ greatly due to 99 sharp turns-big slope, speedy camber, great danger. Succeed or not? we will see next Sunday.Translated by Brenda

News 2012-07-17 23:41 View：2085

German-based Kempinski Hotel has inked an agreement with Hunan Shuntian Group to settle in Shuntian International Financial Center, which marks a progress of Hunan province on introducing world-renowned hotel brands. Since 2009, 18 top international luxury hotels have been successively introduced in Hunan, of which 13 hotels are now under construction, such as St. Regis Hotel, W Hotel, and Sheraton Hotel of U.S. Starwood Group, JW Marriott Hotel, Marriott Hotel, and Renaissance Hotel of U.S. Marriott International Group, Hilton, Howard Johnson, Hyatt Regency, Intercontinental, Kempinski and Shangri-La.Additionally, 5 hotels including Sofitel, Berman, and H.K. World Trade International are contracted to be built.Many other projects have signed agreements of intent or conducted negotiations. Translator: Chen BingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-07-16 23:34 View：1219

On 10th July this year,Zhangjiajie Mayor Zhao xiaoming met vice mayor Jean Paul Aldi of Perpignan France and his delegation .Both sides attended the  signing ceremony of jumelage LOI( letter of intent).In the ceremony,vice mayor Liushuhua and Aldi respectively on behalf of Zhangjiajie and Perpignan cities signed on the sister cities LOI.On the basis of equality and mutual benefit ,both sides will conduct cooperation and communication in fields of economy,trade,culture,education ,etc with various forms. Perpignan located in southern France is a city famous for tourism ,which closes to Mediterranean . In the meeting ,Mayor Zhao xiaoming introduced ZJJ’s natural heritage protecting conditions as well as the development of economy .He said Zhangjiajie is one of the most popular and well-knowned travel attraction in China with the out-of-print quartz sandstone landscape__Zhangjiajie Landscape . Meanwhile Perpignan, is a beautiful city too.Our two cities are similar in tourism industry .In closing , Mayor Zhao xiaoming hope both sides take the opportunity to enhance mutural friendship.Aldi expressed appreciation for Zhangjiajie’s achievements of economy development and environmental protection .He also pointed Zhangjiajie natural sceneries impressed him so much that he and his delegation will promote it to French people.Through this visit,Aldi asserted ZJJ is a lively and attractive city ,which attaches great importance on sustainable development .For cooperation ,he said the two cities exist huge potencial.At present,Zhangjiajie city have twinned with six cities ,such as Naruto City Japan, Hadong-gun Korea, Canillo of The Principality of Andorra.The mutural development and communication of sister cities provide a broader stage and more space for Zhangjiajie ‘s  external exchange and opening up.Translated by Aileen

News 2012-07-16 00:18 View：1746