In the summer, Located in the northwest of Wulingyuan, Tianzi mountain has a travel peak. Since July, every day more than 2,000 people have come there, With a 200 drive vehicle reception.It is understood that due to the special road parking lot, Organic and perfect reception facilities, Tourists from home and abroad are not only convenient, Also need not take the cable car and elevator to scenic area.Since the 2011 Tianzi village has awarded “Famous town of hunan tourism”, It has increased the greening efforts and perfected the construction of infrastructure. With highlighting the long history of tujia culture, It has attracted many tourists to visit.Translated by Sophia

2014-08-21 09:49 View：718

On August 20th,2014. The World Natural Heritage Site Baofeng lake scenic area has the entrance comprehensive environmental reconstruction project. Engineering budget is more than 30 million yuan, With a total construction area of more than 7,532 square meters, About 1-year plan period.According to introducing, The entrance environment quality project is divided into four areas: The entrance area, scenic management service, ecological park area, plunge landscape area. A scenic entrance stone will be set as the theme of the scenic landscape culture symbol, To have the function of resting, waiting, communication. By expressing the plain culture landscape shape column, elegant natural sunshine lawn, abundant towering mountain landscape elements, with xiangxi folk traditional style, It will build service administrative zone with rich mountain yard Diaojiao building style.According to understand, The entrance environment quality is the first phase project. The next step will be in accordance with the “Baofeng lake detailed planning”, to gradually lift quality of scenic spot inside, increase around the wooden footway, appearance of the wild ornamental point, such as hiking club, forest farm landscape. At the appointed time, The scenic spot will increase the capacity of 416,000 passengers.Translated by Sophia

2014-08-22 09:47 View：742

At present, headquarters of Zhangjiajie Lotus International Airport extension project has been officially established, marking the start of the project.The Zhangjiajie airport reconstruction project takes 2020 as its target year. By 2020, the throughput of the airport is projected to reach 5 million passengers and 19 thousand tons of goods. Besides, the aircraft take-off and landing is expected to reach 45 thousand sorties, and the project is estimated to involve a total investment of 1.962 billion yuan. The reconstruction covers such aspects as aircraft movement area, terminal area as well as production and living facilities, public utilities, and general drawing. Since the project started in May, 2007, it has completed a total investment of about 700 million yuan. Main projects like parallel taxiway and the station site of the first phase in the reconstruction of the aircraft movement area have been completed and put into use. Meanwhile, auxiliary projects including houses for airport work, freight station, and fire station have also been put into operation. Currently, the pile foundation of the new terminal project has been basically completed.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2014-08-21 16:56 View：878

The Changsha-Nanchang section of Hangzhou-Changsha passenger line of Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway is planned to advance its opening to this September. A pair of bullet trains marked with "D" will run between Xiamen and Changsha to mark the event. This pair of trains will shorten traveling time between Changsha and Xiamen to almost 7 hours from 20 hours. It means that Changsha locals can take an afternoon train from Changsha and enjoy Gulangyu in Xiamen at night.The morning train is scheduled to start from Xiamen North Railway Station at 8:36 am and reach Changsha South Railway Station at 15:20, running 6 hours and 24 minutes. The afternoon train will start from Changsha South Railway Station at 14:10 and reach Xiamen North Railway Station at 20:50, running 6 hours and 40 minutes. Stops along the line are Changsha, Pingxiang, Xinyu, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Jianning, Jiangle, Sanming, Youxi, Putian, Quanzhou and Xiamen. The fare is 365 yuan for a first-class seat and 305 yuan for an economy class seat.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2014-08-20 16:55 View：803

On August 15, American Matthew. G. Winter and Changde girl Yin Wanyu held a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Zhangjiajie. Among the sounds of suona horn, drums and gongs, the bridal sedan chair was lifted with a thunderous bust of fireworks, attracting attention of locals and tourists.Matthew. G. Winter works as a financial professional in Chengdu. To make his wedding ceremony unforgettable, he decided to marry his girlfriend as per Chinese custom.This year the first transnational Chinese wedding ceremony in Zhangjiejie was held by a French guy and a Zhangjiajie girl in May. In recent years, more and more international couples are choosing to hold their wedding ceremony in the world-famous Zhangjiajie as a token of love for each other.The American bridegroom picks his Chinese bride from her house. The American bridegroom puts his Chinese bride in the bridal sedan chair. The bride strides over a fire pan to remove bad luck. The young couple bow to each other following Chinese wedding customs.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2014-08-18 16:52 View：1825

On August 16, the first Jishou Watermelon Culture Festival was held in its Shuangtang Town. Activities like eating watermelons, testing arm strength with watermelons, and carving watermelons attracted thousands of visitors in the town. The entire town was seen enjoying and practicing the “Watermelon culture” .Translator: Zhu MengxiaSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2014-08-19 16:50 View：669

Changsha-Nanchang Section of Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway starts a trial run on August 16, and is expected to officially put into use on this September. By then it will take only 90 minutes from Changsha to Nanchang by the “G” prefixed high-speed train, instead of 3 hours and 31 minutes by the “D” prefixed train.A train steward is offering lunch to passengers experiencing the trial run of Changsha-Nanchang Section of Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway. Translator: Yang Chengfei

2014-08-17 16:48 View：651

A high-speed 380A train waits for setting out at the West Railway Station in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 16, 2014. Some passengers were invited to experience the Hangzhou-Changsha segment of Shanghai-Kunming Highspeed Railway on Saturday. With the speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the high-speed train shortened the travel time from Nanchang to Changsha, a section of Hangzhou-Changsha segment, to one hour and 40 minitues. The Nanchang-Changsha section is expected to put into use at the end of this August. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)A passenger takes photo on a high-speed 380A train from Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, to Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 16, 2014. Some passengers were invited to experience the Hangzhou-Changsha segment of Shanghai-Kunming Highspeed Railway on Saturday. With the speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the high-speed train shortened the travel time from Nanchang to Changsha, a section of Hangzhou-Changsha segment, to one hour and 40 minitues. The Nanchang-Changsha section is expected to put into use at the end of this August. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)A high-speed 380A train waits for setting out at the West Railway Station in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 16, 2014. Some passengers were invited to experience the Hangzhou-Changsha segment of Shanghai-Kunming Highspeed Railway on Saturday. With the speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the high-speed train shortened the travel time from Nanchang to Changsha, a section of Hangzhou-Changsha segment, to one hour and 40 minitues. The Nanchang-Changsha section is expected to put into use at the end of this August. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)A high-speed 380A train leaves from Changsha South Railway Station in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 16, 2014. Some passengers were invited to experience the Hangzhou-Changsha segment of Shanghai-Kunming Highspeed Railway on Saturday. With the speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the high-speed train shortened the travel time from Nanchang to Changsha, a section of Hangzhou-Changsha segment, to one hour and 40 minitues. The Nanchang-Changsha section is expected to put into use at the end of this August. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)Source: Xinhua

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Located at in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, Shiyanping village is picturesque, with more than 90 percent of intact vegetation and forest. At the foot of the mountain, about 180 stilted buildings built by the Tujia ethnic group, one of the 55 ethnic minorities in China, are sporadically distributed and well-spaced. This ancient architectural complex, dating back to Qing dynasty, became a Key Cultural Relic unit under state protections last year. It was placed in the first batch of 50 traditional villages to be protected by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.To protect the stilted buildings, this village formulated regulations and agreements twice between 2002 to 2010, stating that a subsidy will be provided for those stilted buildings needing to be renovated and households who establish stilted buildings will be rewarded. An accountability system was adopted. According to the plan, the whole village will be under preserved and protected as an ecomuseum. Many young people go back to their hometown to start their own business due to the emerging tourism.Shiyanping village in Hunan province. [Photo/CFP]Source: China Daily

2014-08-15 16:45 View：666

The bullet train is undergoes tests in the Yiwu section of Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed railway in Yiwu city, east China's Zhejiang province, Aug 3, 2014. The 933-kilometer high-speed railway linking Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang, and Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan province, will be put into service at the end of this year. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)The Hunan section of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed rail is warming up for its official launch scheduled for the end of the year, Changsha Evening News reported.The west line of Hangzhou-Changsha section, that is the Changsha-Nanchang part of the rail, is undergoing test runs and will officially open by the end of August. Meanwhile, the Changsha-Kunming section is about to start a trial run.The test run of the Changsha-Nanchang part of high-speed rail started July 25. All the stations along this line have been ready for service. Now it will only take 102 minutes from Changsha to Nanchang, almost two hours faster than before.Source:China Daily

2014-08-14 16:44 View：812