Since this year, ZJJ Wulingyuan Tourism Bureau actively guides Charming Xiangxi to pursuit national 4A scenic spot. It aims to integrate sightseeing, performing arts and hunan cultural tourism.According to introduction, Since last year, Charming Xiangxi launched 4 A-class tourist scenic spot building engineering. With the investment of nearly 3 million yuan, it upgrades scenic marking system, Tourist service center, culture landscape and safety facilities. It would have a comprehensive service function and better hard and soft environment.At the same time, Zhangjiajie tourism actively support Charming Xiangxi, making intensified the efforts on marketing extension quality upgrade the stage performing arts.It is reported that the national tourism scenic area quality grade evaluation committee will have declaration of Charming Xiangxi at the end of this year.Translated by Sophia

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On May 31st, French tourists check-in Wulingyuan Guan Shanyue Hotel. They give much satisfactory to the environment.Since April, foreign visitors come to the hotel every day, The main market is Europe and the United States. These foreigners are addicted to the fantastic natural scenery, more want to stay in the local unique national culture.Guan Shanyue hotel, is a courtyard pattern, with the creative and romantic emotional appeal.Translated by Sophia

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As we have learned, On Dragon Boat Festival this year, “Zhangjiajie, Charming Xiangxi” received thousands of audiences both at home and abroad people, with the audience satisfaction rate of 100%.This year’s Dragon Boat Festival met with international children’s day, Tourists had significantly increased. In the core scenic area wulingyuan, many visitors were in an endless stream. To further optimize the environment of reception, grand theatre started to create engineering 4A scenic spot, Which has invested nearly 3 million yuan to the comprehensive quality, such as identification system, tourist service center, cultural landscape, the safety facilities, software services and others.Zhangjiajie, Charming Xiangxi is a sitcom after 15 years of large-scale folk epic. It has twice showed on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, And obtained the national cultural industry demonstration base, National key project of cultural tourism, 30 strong brand of Chinese culture. It has become the main cultural tourism products for the Chinese and foreign tourists in the world natural heritage site.Translated by Sophia

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The 3-Day Dragon Boat Holiday happened to close to Children’s Day when ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic area went on an interphase of rainy or fine weather. According to incomplete statistics, Over 138,000 domestic and foreign people were received among which parent-child tour made up more than 40%. Some scenic areas, hotels and restaurant offered preferable policies and service, even for free.

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The most recent heavy rain flooded the popular tourist site of Fenghuang Ancient Town in Central China's Hunan province. However, the rain didn't shadow tourists' enthusiasm in visiting the scenic area, which is renowned to the world for its time-honored houses and cultural relics.Fenghuang, or phoenix, is "the farthest from the public and nearest to the heart", according to New Zealand author Rewi Alley, who also wrote that it "is one of the two most beautiful towns in China".Night view of Fenghuang Ancient Town. Fenghuang, or phoenix, is "the farthest from the public and nearest to the heart", according to New Zealand author Rewi Alley, who also wrote that it "is one of the two most beautiful towns in China".Source:China Daily

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On the first two days of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the performance of Zhangjiajie-Charming Xiangxi saw over ten thousand domestic and overseas audiences. "The performance is so wonderful that it deserves its reputation," Mr. Zhao, a tourist from Singapore, spoke highly of the performance after walking out of the Charming Xiangxi Grand Theatre in Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie. According to an official from the Wulingyuan Ethnic Affairs Bureau, Zhangjiajie-Charming Xiangxi, a folk play created after 15 years' of efforts, has been staged in the Spring Gala twice. It has been honored as the project for the national cultural industry demonstration base and the national cultural tourism project, and is on the list of the national top 30 cultural brands. It has become a main cultural tourism product for Zhangjiajie, a site listed on the World Natural Heritage, to attract domestic and overseas tourists.Various shows are staged.The audience full of joy.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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To mark the annual Dragon Boat Festival, locals of Fenghuang Ancient Town held a dragon boat race on Tuojiang River on June 1. Tourists and citizens cheered for their favorite teams at the stilted buildings along the river. Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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An activity was launched on May 30, 2014 in Zhangjiajie to collect the most beautiful guidewords for charming Xiangxi from all the tour guides in the country, with big prizes of nearly one million yuan. Zhou Fang, vice chairman of the CPPCC Zhangjiajie Municipal Committee, attended the opening ceremony. The guidewords are required to showcase tourism performance of charming Xiangxi, a card of Zhangjiajie's cultural tourism, as well as relevant contents. The guidewords, ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 in word count, should also be fluent, thoughtful, practical, originative, and aesthetic in language. The deadline is November 28 this year. The electronic version should be sent to the mailbox 2897761556@qq.com. The final results will be released on March 28, 2015. One will be selected as special prize, with 200,000 yuan, one as the first prize with 100,000 yuan, three as the second prize with 50,000 yuan each, five as the third prize with 20,000 yuan each, and 90 as prize for excellence with 2,000 yuan each. The launching ceremony of the activity to collect the most beautiful guidewords for charming XiangxiTranslator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On May 28, Zheng Lianghui, a 68-year-old folk artist from Daijialong of Chengjiao Township of Miluo City, made his 70th small dragon boat in his simple work shed. The scaled-down dragon boat, is skillfully carved with high-quality and well-known wood materials like rosewood and camphor wood. Being handmade work, the size of the small dragon boat varies from 60 centimeters to 100 centimeters. With unique characters, the works created by the old artist enjoy great collection value. “The skill is passed down from my forefathers, and the technique improves with experience.” said Zheng Lianghui. At the first national “Chinese Dragon Boat Culture Exhibition” held in 2013, the small dragon boat made by Zheng was included in Chinese Sports Intangible Culture Heritage Protection and Promotion Project. It was also learnt that Zheng’s son has mastered this skill, and Zheng’s nephew has also begun to learn it. Thus this traditional old skill along the Miluo River bank has been passed down to the next generation. An old artist from Miluo making a dragon boatTranslator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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he delegation of"Cultural China· Master Lecture"left for Europe on May 24 and will deliver a speech at Association Des Amis De Nouvelles D’europe in France at 14 o’clock on May 27, so as to present the brilliant Huxiang cultural feast to the overseas Chinese in Europe. The delegation is being headed by Xiao Xiangqing, director of the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Hunan Province and Zhang Jiewo, director of the Liaison Office of the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Hunan Province.Zheng Jiaming and Tang Haoming, experts in Huxiang culture, will deliver lectures at the forum. Mr. Tang is the former Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, chairman of the 6th Hunan Social Sciences Federation, and general producer of The Dynasty of Empire Yongzheng. Mr. Tang acts as the Chairman of the Hunan Writers Association and is the author of Zeng Guofan.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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