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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Red Stone Forest is located in Guzhang County of Western Hunan, a scenic area of ​​about 20 square kilometers. Scenic spots throughout the tall rocks of various shapes,The stone color is changeable, and change with the weather, time and season.The stone is red in Sunny day, the stone is black in the rain, the stone is brown and red on a cloudy day;and Stone colored difference in the morning and evening.Such a peculiar color stone called the world is unique.Source: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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The construction of the glass path, cable car, bungee jumping and other supporting facilities will be started in the latter half of the year at the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, which is expected to be open to the public at the end of 2013. The glass path, projected to be the longest in the world, will fill in the gap of bungee jump experiencing in Zhangjiajie. World's famous designer Haim Dotan, who designed the Israel Pavillion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, will be the chief designer of the glass path. It will be built between the peaks on both sides of the grand canyon. According to the plan, the whole path completely built of transparent glass will be 330 meters in length and 3.2 meters in width and it is going to be 265 meters away from the bottom of the grand canyon. In the middle of the path, the world's highest bungee can be experienced.Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Scenic Spot is famous for its grand canyon and there will be various types of landscapes ranking highly and distributing densely, which is going to change its current single sight-seeing tour to a multi-functional tour for resort, leisure, entertainment, exploration, conference and business. Translator: ZhanpingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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