The journey from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing is going to cut its time in half,namely simply 4hs is needed.On 11, June,It is reported  that the huge suspension bridge over Lishui River in Zhangjiajie succeeds in closure.This huge suspension bridge located in the connection between Yongding district and Yongshun district in Zhangjiajie at a length of 856m in main span,applies a single-span steel truss structure. The huge suspension bridge with 1194.2m in whole length and 24.5m in width across the valley of Lishui River .Its altitude difference is 400m from the bridge to the valley bottom.By report, the Lishui River huge suspension bridge is merely second to Aizhai huge suspension bridge in Hunan province.Once the bridge open to traffic, from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing will halve the journey.Translated by Aileen 

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Hunan Provincial Museum will be closed from June18, 2012 to the end of 2015 for renovations.The new museum is designed by the world-known architect Arata Isozaki. With "Great Prosperity of Dongting Lake" as the inspiration of design, the general layout is symmetrical, dignified and united with three halls, integrating Hunan culture, Chinese traditional culture and modern culture into one.After the reconstruction and expansion, the museum will cover an area of over 70,000 square meters and the number of visitors will arrive to 2.5 million to 3 million annually. It will become an important window for showing Hunan history and culture, and a new cultural landmark of Changsha City.Entrance of Hunan Provincial Museum.A bird-view design sketch of the new museum from the west side.Translator: Wang RongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Shentangwan is located Tianzishan Scenic Area,Also is an important part of the world's natural heritage.

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Photo taken on June 11, 2012 shows the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.Photo taken on June 11, 2012 shows the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.(Xinhua/Ming Xing)Workers work on the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 11, 2012. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.(Xinhua/Ming Xing)Workers work on the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 11, 2012. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.(Xinhua/Ming Xing)Source:Xinhua

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What is love? Love is a bunch of verdant saxifrages in Cuicui's dream.Cuicui is the heroine in Biancheng，a book written by Shen Congwen，a notable Chinese writer , is the closest literary work to the Nobel Prize in Literature in the mainland,also called The border town.The border town illustrates a pure love tragedy with Xiangxi local characteristics.Herein,the saxifrage serves as a love symbol in this story,beautiful and sad. Saxifrage is a common wild plant in Western Hunan，grows in the wet and dark places，especially in the cracks of the stone．This kind of perennial herbs with showy pentamerous flowers and often with basal tufted leaves.Most surprising is the shape of its leaves looks like a heart，and it is the reason why Shen uses this plant to symbolize Cuicui's love.In Xiangxi ,a girl usually used to pick a bunch of saxifrages and give to her favored boy. For verdant saxifrages symbolizing the vigor ,vitality and lasting love ,young people in Xiangxi are fond of it.When saxifrages spreading around the ground,the heart-like leaves anywhere come into your eyes,you will be amazed at the fabulous love paradise.Each year in May to August is the blossom season for saxifrages.Not only the cultural symbol saxifrages possess ,but also the ornamental and medical value.Sourced and translated by Aileen

News 2012-06-10 22:19 View：1862

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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