The Second Guiyang Culture and Art Festival held its opening ceremony in Ouyang Hai Square of Guiyang County on December 19. Li Xiping, vice director of the Standing Committee of Changsha Municipal People's Congress, attended the opening ceremony.Themed with "A Beautiful Guiyang", the 6-day festival will consist of three main events following the opening ceremony, namely, "Songs along Chongling River", "Discoveries of an Ancient City" and "Happy Guiyang". The festival will conclude with an awarding ceremony. In addition,  painting, calligraphy and photography exhibitions will also be staged successively from December 19th to 31st.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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December 15, 2011, Zhangjiajie second model contest was successfully concluded in Western charm Grand Theatre. 

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December 18, 2011 Zhangjiajie central bus station, officially put into use.Zhangjiajie Central Bus Station is located in the west part of the new train station square in Guan Li Ping Street, Yongding District of ZJJ, the new-built Central Bus Station which is invested by Zhangjiajie Economic Development Investment Group, covers an area of 300-odd mu (approximately 20 hectares) with a main building of 8000-odd square meters.Enjoying a 2000-odd-capacity waiting room and a 300-odd-capacity parking lot, the new bus station is designed to reach a passenger flow volume of more than 15,000 in rush hours. It is a huge step forward in terms of bus station construction concerning its well-equipped facilities.

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Recently, The picture of Zhangjiajie Tianmenshan glass plank is concerned on the Internet.Russia's national radio and television reporter had come to Tianmen Mountain, and experience the adventure Tianmenshan glass plank.In the near future,Tianmenshan glass plank will be displayed in front of the Russian people,by the form of fun News.

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Ensure the Protection of Tourists' BenefitsThe Travel-Quality-Monitoring Agencies of Zhangjiajie and Nanking Cooperated with One Another to Renovate and Administer the External Liaison Office of Zhangjiajie Travel Agency in Nanking.On November 15th,2011, the travel-quality-monitoring agencies of both Zhangjiajie and Nanking called on the 23 executives of the external liaison office of Zhangjiajie Travel Agency in Nanking and held a meeting about the quality monitoring of scenic spots and tourists source places, and the improvement of travel agencies' behaviour and manner when receiving tourists.The meeting also promulgated the following requirements: firstly, the branch offices of Zhangjiajie Travel Agency in Nanking must obey the REGULATIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF TOURIST AGENCIES; all the agencies in Nanking should establish branch offices according to the regulations if they want to work on business there; and all the renovation work ought to be finished before April 1st, 2012. After the renovation, the Nanking Travel and Tourism Administration will recommend the legal branch offices to all the dwellers while lawfully clamp down the illegal, and the agencies that are found cooperating with the illegal agencies will be seriously punished. Further more, the meeting also referred to the consultation about the price of travel, the administering of tour guide, the monitoring of travel quality, etc.It almost was the first time in China that the executives of both the scenic spots and the tourists' resource places had closely cooperated with each other. The delegates of the Nanking Travel-Quality-Monitoring Agency said that they would take full advantages of this cooperation to improve the management of not only the tourist cities all over the whole country and also the external liaison offices. What's more, the delegates of Zhangjijaie travel-quality-monitoring agency said that it was difficult to administer the external liaison office located in the tourist resource places so that cooperation was strongly necessary. Since Zhangjiajie is one of the most important tourist cities around this country, they earnestly wanted to cooperate with the Nanking travel-quality-monitoring agency and to protect the selling of high-quality products while get rid of the fakes so as to manage the better service and administering.Translated By Vincent Chou

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The "Xiang (Hunan) Custom and Charm--Cross-strait Special Performance of Folk Music and Dance" was unveiled at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei on the night of Dec. 10. The performance attracted nearly 2,000 audiences.The performance will also be staged 6 times respectively at the Performance Hall of Hsinchu County Cultural Center, the Music Hall of Tainan Municipal Cultural Center in Hsinying District, the Buddha Memorial Hall of the Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaohsiung and so on.This is also the first time for people across the Straits to show intangible heritage on a same stage. Hunan Province dispatched over 80 actors and actresses for the event. The performance includes the drum dance and songs of Miao people, and the songs and warriors dance of Paiwan People of Taiwan. The show lasted for 80 minutes. Miss. Wang, in her twenties and from Taiwan, said that she has awakened to the wonder of Hunan Culture and she would love to visit Hunan some day.Translator: Li LingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Final of the 4th Tour de Xiangjiang River Cycling Race was held in Changsha on December 12. Over 300 players from Professional Men's Team, Amateur Men's Team and Women's Team participated in the competition.Zuo Jianqiu, one-armed player from Xiangtan, said that he felt happy when finishing his competition even though he could not obtain any position. He enjoyed the journey more than the destination since cycling is not only a good  physical exercise but also important for mental fitness.According to Chen Jianmin, secretary-general of Hunan Cycling Association and initiator of Tour de Xiangjiang River Cycling Race, 3 national champions have emerged from the competition since its founding in 2004.Chen stated that the competition aimed at carrying out the programs of national fitness and environmental protection, as well as promoting low-carbon life.Translator: Wang Xiaolu Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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