Jeb Corliss flies above Tianmen Mountain in Hunan province in September 2011. Provided to China DailyCorliss will take part in the first Wingsuit World Championship at Tianmen Mountain in October. Jiang Dong / China DailyCorlisso rockets through a hole on Tianmen Mountain in September 2011. Provided to China Daily Wingsuiter Jeb Corliss will take part in the first Wingsuit World Championship, on Tianmen Mountain, Hunan province, nine months after a crash. Liu Wei reports in Beijing. Wingsuiter Jeb Corliss broke both ankles and a fibula when flying over Table Mountain in South Africa in January. But just nine months later, he will fly again in China. In October, Corliss will take part in the first Wingsuit World Championship, to be held on Tianmen Mountain in Hunan province, competing with 15 other international wingsuiters. The location is not new for Corliss, 36, who rocketed through a hole in a 1,300-meter-high cliff on the mountain in September 2011. He jumped from a helicopter 600 meters above the hole and flew toward it. The hole's opening is 131 meters high, 57 meters wide and 60 meters deep. "It was one of my most fantastic flying experiences, in terms of both the scenic beauty and the unique location," he says. In January, however, Corliss careered into a rocky outcrop at more than 193 kilometers per hour during a free fall from the 1,067-meter-high Table Mountain. His target was a helium balloon, which moved from its original position because of the wind. Corliss crashed into a rock as he struggled to activate the emergency parachute. He then falls 61 meters and landed in some bracken. He spent five weeks in hospital, the place he "fears the most". What he has learned from the incident is never to choose a moving target, but it will not stop him from flying again. "My whole purpose in life is flying. That's why I eat, drink and wake up every morning." The race in China, known as "Formula 1 in the air", will see Corliss and other competitors leap from a 300-meter-high cliff on Tianmen Mountain. They will fly to the right, before taking a sharp turn and flying toward the endpoint. Joby Ogwyn, an experienced wingsuiter, recently had a test flight that was 45 seconds long. The race is not for learners or secondary players, in view of the challenge of taking such a sharp turn in the air. "Only about 100 wingsuiters have jumped from a mountain, and we invite the 16 best among them, such as Jeb, Joby and the guy you may have seen in Transformers 3 last year," says Iiro Seppanen, BASE jumper and president of the World Wingsuit League, referring to the stunt scene in Michael Bay's film. Corliss hopes the race will raise more awareness of the excitement of wingsuit flying and promote its development in technology and equipment. "Competition basically fuels the innovation and makes the technology move more rapidly," he says. "Every competitor will try to enhance their equipment to win the race." It will be a race against time and last three days. The 10 fastest will enter the latter stages and on the live TV show. Six will compete to be crowned champion. Corliss will compete hurt and it will be his first wingsuit competition after the incident in South Africa. His other dream targets in China include the new headquarters of the China Central Television (CCTV) - a 234-meter-high Beijing skyscraper colloquially known as "big boxer shorts" because of its shape - a 460-meter-high bridge in Jishou, Hunan province, and the 474-meter-high Shanghai World Financial Center. "I like things that have never been done before," he comments. Born to a couple of international artifacts dealers, Corliss' childhood was spent traveling around the world. By the time he was 6, he had lived in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, where his parents scouted for art. Always the new kid, he was a frequent target of bullies in school. After his parents divorced when he was 8, Corliss and his sisters and mother settled in Palm Springs, California. By the end of sixth grade, he was pulled out of school. "Flying is the thing that turned me from being a dark, unhappy child to what I am today: talkative, happy and cheery."Corliss was first acquainted with BASE jumping on TV. He saw a man walk to the edge of a cliff, step off and perform a gainer. He had strong feelings it would be his future. He would do whatever it took. At 18, Corliss began skydiving training to prepare for BASE jumping. From skydiving, BASE jumping to wingsuit flying, it took tens of thousands of jumps and injuries. A daredevil in many people's eyes, Corliss never fears talking about fear. "I am scared of the same things other people are scared of." The first time he jumped off a plane, he admits he was "scared to death". "But you cannot stop doing something you love just because it scares you. You live with your fear, control it and use it to make more careful preparations." When he smacked into the rock on Table Mountain, he did have a quick thought that maybe he was going to die. He has seen friends die. Australian wingsuiter Dwain Weston, known for his daring low-altitude acrobatics, was a mentor to Corliss. In October 2003, they planned to do a combo jump from a plane flying above Colorado's Royal Gorge Bridge. Weston struck the bridge railing, which tore his body in half. Corliss kept flying but when he landed, he was covered in Weston's blood. "Dwain was doing what he loved," Corliss says. "I guarantee you he would prefer dying like that than he would in a car accident, or from cancer or from almost any other way of dying." What matters in life, Corliss believes, is not how long it is, but what one does in the limited time available. "Once you accept the fact that there is no stopping death, you don't let death stop you from doing things you love." Source:chinadaily.com.cn

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The Zhangjiajie cultural exchange delegation returned from their "Promoting Tourism Culture of Zhangjiajie in Taiwan" tour on June 6, 2012.The delegation made a string of visits to the cities of Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung and attended a discussion on tourism with the Taipei Trade Association. They also had a cultural exchange with aborigines of the Zou Tribe of Ali Mountain, learned the volunteer management system of Kending National Park, and attended a lecture on tourism service by a professor from I-Shou University. During their visit, ten outstanding tour guides from the Hunan delegation gave several performances of rich local Zhangjiajie flavor, including Zhangjiajie Yang Opera, Lantern Opera, Sangzhi Folk Songs, and the Tujia Minority Hand-Waving Dance. Also during the visit, the group distributed thousands of brochures with information on touring Zhangjiajie. Liu Zhixuan, executive chairman of the Taipei Cultural & Educational Exchange Association and chief of Chenfeng Travel Agency, spoke highly of the Zhangjiajie promotion tour, saying "Sharing the experience with other tour guides will improve our standard of tourism service, and we look forward to seeing tourism in Zhangjiajie being better and better!" . Local tour guide introduces the scenery of Zhangjiajie to American tourists.Source: Hunan Official Web PortalTranslator: Yin Xiaodong

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Passing down along the stream about 500 meters away from the Guimen peak, a 400-meter solitarily upstanding magnificent peak，known as Jinbian cliff can be seen. Jinbian cliff is one the famous attractions of Wulingyuan scenic zone. The top part of it is slender while the lower part of it is wide. It has rectangular edges with its facets covered with stripes of joint. This formation of flagella makes it look like a whip vertically plugging into the earth. When the sunset comes, Jinbian cliff was coated with golden sunlight, sparkling and dazzling, forming an eye-catching and splendid picture. According to the legend, Qin Shi Huang ，first emperor of Qin （259-210 B.C.）in order to consolidate his rule after he unified China ordered all of his subjects to build the Great Wall with huge rocks. Goddess Kwan-yin sympathized with those slave labors, so she cut off a lock of hair her own hair and gave it to them to drag the huge rocks. Qin Shi Huang thought now that a hair could heave away a boulder, if the hair was plaited into a braid, cannot it remove a mountain? Hence, he collected all the hair and braided it into a golden whip. As expected, the golden whip is so powerful in helping built the Great Wall. Then, Qin Shi Huang named it “mountain-rushing whip” and announced to use it to remove mountains and fill up seas.This announcement irritated the Dragon King, so he called on his shrimp soldiers and crab generals to discuss countermeasures and then figured out a plan.One day, Qin Shi Huang met a fascinating girl who looks like a fairy. He was absolutely infatuated with her and decided to make her his imperial concubine. Actually, this girl was the Dragon King’s daughter and she was planning to steal the golden whip. At the wedding night, the girl found that Qin Shi Huang kept the whip with him all the time, therefore, she asked him to take off the whip before coming into the bedroom. Qin Shi Huang agreed and held a celebrating feast. The girl made him drunk and replaced the real golden whip put under his head with a fake one. Next day, Qin Shi Huang found that the girl had gone and the whip was faked. With great anger, he ordered his solders to seize the girl. Knowing that she can’t escape successfully with the golden whip, she had to toss it. As a result, the golden whip was left by the Jinbian stream, becoming the Jinbian cliff.Translated by SophiaZJJ-Eagle Nursing WhipZJJ-Eagle Nursing WhipZJJ-Eagle Nursing Whip

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File photo taken on Oct. 11, 2010 shows Hunan embroidery teacher Liu Aiyun (R, front) guides Ma Yinshen at Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province. The 76-year-old grandma Zhou Shuhua is a craftswoman of Hunan embroidery and is specially good at embroider flowers. Her embroidery craftsmanship was passed down to her daughter Zhou Lingyin, who later became an advanced embroideress at Hunan Embroidery Research Institute. The mother and daughter do hope to continue passing down the craftsmanship to the next generation, but Zhou Linyin has only one son Ma Yinshen and it is rare to see a man engaging in embroidery. In 2010, Zhou Linyin found recruitment information of embroidery major in Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College and this rekindled her hope. Then Ma Yinshen and several other male peers became the first batch of male students learning embroidery in the college and they were called "embroidery boys." These boys received systematic education, learning not only embroidery but also art knowledge and design, making them a new generation of Hunan embroidery inheritors.Mother Zhou Lingyin (L) and son Ma Yinshen (C) learn embroidery skill from teachers at Hunan Embroidery Research Institute in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, April 25, 2012. Grandma Zhou Shuhua (C), mother Zhou Lingyin and son Ma Yinshen pose for photos at home in Beishan Township of Changsha County, central China's Hunan Province, April 25, 2012. Ma Yinshen observes an embroidery work at Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, June 7, 2012. Grandma Zhou Shuhua guides her grandson Ma Yinshen in embroidery in Changsha County, central China's Hunan Province, April 25, 2012.Ma Yinshen (R) practices embroidery at Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, June 7.Ma Yinshen (back) watches embroidery works at Hunan Embroidery Research Institute in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, April 25, 2012. Ma Yinshen (C) watches his grandma Zhou Shuhua and his mother Zhou Linyin making embroidery at home in Changsha County, central China's Hunan Province, April 25, 2012. Source:Xinhua

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When a bird is 500 years old, it will burn itself. But it can resurrect the dead, and then it can become more beautiful and never die. The ancient city is just named after the bird Phoenix. It has been the areas inhabited by Miao and Tujia ethnic groups since ancient times. It's a nirvana of tourism.When you go to the city, you will feel amazing that her beauty is just like her name. Boating on the Tuojiang River, feeling the colorful life of the native, appreciating the arts and crafts of folk, hearing the sound of sweeping temple, watching the moon reflection lying under the bridge, tasting the unique food, enjoying the leisure time in the bar.Source:Xinhua

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The early summer of 2012, Zhangjiajie usher in the most prosperous of the rainy season.Here is the collection of misty rain landscape pictures.Zhangjiajie Avatar beauty to welcome you to visit.

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