Seven Chinese cities agreed on Saturday they would form a joint campaign to inscribe the ancient maritime Silk Road into the UNESCO World Heritage list.The seven port cities, namely Beihai, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, Yangzhou, Penglai and Zhangzhou, signed a program of action at a forum in east China's Zhejiang Province, pledging to cooperate on the application efforts.A platform will be built to facilitate governments, museums, and cultural relics authorities of the seven cities to co-study and preserve cultural heritages related to the ancient trade route, said the agreement.The seven cities served as important export ports in Chinese history, from which silk and porcelain products started to be shipped to regions as far as east Africa more than 2,000 years ago. Source: Xinhua

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Spending less time on the way, and more time at zhangjiajieAt 12: 01: 29 on November 17th,2011, Flight Number HL7762 with the type of A320 OZ3212 managed its two-and -a-half-hour maiden voyage with 139 tourists from the Renchuan Airport of South Korea to Lotus Airport of Zhangjiajie, which presented the formal,wider opening of foreign airlines at zhangjiajie, and Spending less time on the way, and more time at zhangjiajie.In recent years, Zhangjiajie had more and more foreign tourists,so that The Hunan Provincial Party Committee, The Provincial Government, The Zhangjiajie Municipal Party Committee, The Municipal Government, and some other relevant departments tried hard to achieve the full opening of international flights.so as to build Zhangjiajie an international tourism city. Finally,In November 2010, China's State Council approved Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport of opening to foreign airlines.According to the personage inside course of study, Most foreign tourists had to go to Changsha by air first, and then take an express bus or a train to go to Zhangjiajie, the destination, in the past, which totally cost 8 hours more than the present direct way, and definitely wasted their time. Fortunately, this newly-opened airline has been contributing to the smooth flow of traffic and the extending of foreign tourism market.Translated By ZhoutingSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

News 2011-12-11 20:15 View：1627

On Nov. 09, as the picture illustrated, a tourist was walking on the glass plank road at the Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie. The newly-built glass plank road in the Zhangjiajie Timen Mountain National Forest Park had been formally opened to the tourists. This glass plank road, with clouds flowing on, located at the west route by the cliff in the National Forest Park, is with the length of 60m, and its highest elevation reaches 1430m, inclined to compare with the Ghost-Valley Plank Road by the cliff, the glass viewing platform stretching to the air, and the wooden suspension bridge spanning across the valley according to the relevant introduction. All the tourists are required to wear shoe covers in order to keep the road entirely clean and transparent for sightseeing.Translated By Vincent Chou 

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On Nov. 09, as the picture illustrated, a tourist was walking on the glass plank road at the Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie. The newly-built glass plank road in the Zhangjiajie Timen Mountain National Forest Park had been formally opened to the tourists. This glass plank road, with clouds flowing on, located at the west route by the cliff in the National Forest Park, is with the length of 60m, and its highest elevation reaches 1430m, inclined to compare with the Ghost-Valley Plank Road by the cliff, the glass viewing platform stretching to the air, and the wooden suspension bridge spanning across the valley according to the relevant introduction. All the tourists are required to wear shoe covers in order to keep the road entirely clean and transparent for sightseeing.Translated By Vincent Chou 

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From Nov.23 to Nov.26, HNTV International joined hands with HK NOW Mango Online to shoot an on-site film of the core scenic site of ZJJ——Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area. The featured show will be released in four parts in January, 2012, 15 ms/ part.Translated by Misu Spark LeeSource: Zhangjiajie Official WebNatural scenery of  ZhangjiajieNatural scenery of  Zhangjiajie

News 2011-12-09 00:54 View：2348

By invitation of Zhangjiajie Neodalle International Travel Service Agency co, Ltd, or NITS, a 38-person delegation of tourism administrative officials, media and traveling salesmen from countries such as U.S, Canada, Russia and regions like HK etc had a three-day inspection of the main tourism sites of ZJJ. The delegation was deeply impressed by ZJJ's miraculous Karst natural scenery as well as the mysteriously indigenous folk culture.Both sides expressed their good wishes to ZJJ, hoping that through this exchange and the newly-established platform for sightseeing, the propaganda work can be furthered so as to bring more tourists to ZJJ to embrace the picturesque natural scenery and folk customs.Translated By Misu Spark LeeSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

News 2011-12-08 00:51 View：1223

On the evening of Dec. 5, Lu Jianping, director of the Publicity Department of Hunan Province and his Fujian counterpart Yuan Rongxiang agreed upon cultural development cooperation. This is reported to be the first time the two provinces have initiated cooperation in the field of culture. Both provinces are included in "9 + 2" Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) regional economic cooperation area (9 refers to nine provinces of Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and 2 refers to Hong Kong and Macao). To carry forward the cultural undertakings and accomplish the goal of building a culturally dominant province, the two provinces have exerted greater efforts in exploring interprovincial development pattern of culture and exploiting their individual strengths for mutual benefit. The two sides have vowed to further the bilateral communication and cooperation in creating fine literary and artistic works, developing the cultural market with joint efforts, and strengthening cooperation in cultural projects and communication among relevant talents, in a bid to boost the cultural industry.To realize this common goal, the publicity and cultural departments of the two provinces are scheduled to establish a multi-level exchange visits mechanism and a work information sharing platform. Fujian and Hunan delegates sign cultural development cooperationTranslator: Zhou Jingqi Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-12-07 11:11 View：1164

Starting from Dec.01, tourists visiting Tianmen Mountain only need to pay RMB 225/ person, and time for tickets selling has been adjusted from 8:00-16:00. The Tianmen Mountain Cableway will remain working as usual in winter. Due to the freezing weather, the forest sightseeing cable car will cease to work; likewise eco-cars to Tianmen Cave will stop business operation when the highway freezes.It is annually the season of ice and snow of Tianmen Mountain from December to March, during which tourists can arrive at the summit by cable car, visiting Ghost-Valley Plank Road, the suspension bridge across the canyon and Tianmen Mountain Temple etc, and enjoying the picturesque scenery of the “Southern Land of Snow”.Translated By Misu Spark LeeSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

News 2011-12-07 00:44 View：2780