Since Nov, A strong autumn atmosphere has prevailed in Yellow Dragon Cave Ecological Square: Red maple leaf, yellow gingko and wall-scattered Boston ivy attract many a tourist for photographing and some photo studios are by chance to come to the square for shooting. According to official figures from the attraction site, since Nov, Yellow Dragon Cave has received near 50,000 tourists to enjoy the autumn scenery and visit the cave.It is reported with an area of 139 mu, Yellow Dragon Cave Ecological Square is designed by Yu kong jian, The dean of Architecture and Landscape Design Institute of Peking University and professor of HarvardUniversity. Besides, It was awarded the National Environmental Art Prize. The biggest feature of the square is its tradition combines modern and its humanity combines nature with the largest-scale recovery of Zhangjiajie farming culture.By Crystal

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On Nov 21st, ZJJ People’s Government and France Dyane Mountain Tourism Planning and Design Co., Ltd, hold MOU signing ceremony, and start to carry out cooperation on expanding Zhangjiajie’s outdoor leisure and tourism, for building up Zhangjiajie into a international well-known outdoor leisure and tourism paradise. Chen danfeng, the member of Zhangjiajie standing committee and deputy mayor attends the ceremony.As a red-blooded new-type tourism model, developing outdoor leisure and tourism is an effective way to transform Zhangjiajie’s tourism, as well as a vital measure to realize the dream of tourism resort. On the ceremong, Chen dan feng and Olivie who is the ECO of France Dyane Mountain Design Office sign on the MOU.According to the MOU, the two parties will start extensive cooperation in outdoor leisure and tourism; France Dyane Mountain Tourism Planning and Design Co., Ltd, will formulate development planning for Zhangjiajie outdoor leisure and tourism and offer sustainable and effective assistance to the project; at the same time, France Dyane Mountain Tourism Planning and Design Co., Ltd, will recommend Zhangjiajie’s outdoor project to potential interested parties in France and Europe, which enhance the two parties’ exchanges and pave way for building friendly cities relation between Zhangjiajie and renown cities in Alps.By Crystal

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“Harmonious and happy homeland of shaddock, gathering in Jiangyong”. The 2nd China Shaddock Festival & Agricultural product Fair Opening Ceremony in Nanling Region kicks off in Fenghuang Square of Jiangyong County on the morning of Nov 11th. About 30,000 people who come from HK, Taiwan, Macao, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Jiangyong County merrily gather in here to observe the harvest. Shi yan ping, the member of Yongzhou standing committee, Shu ping, the member of city standing committee, Zheng bo shun, the deputy director of municipal people’s congress and Zhou xiu ying, The vice chairman of municipal political consultative conference attend the activity.Situated in the southern border area of Xiangxi and Jiangyong is enrich in natural and cultural landscape and selenium. It is well-known by its thousands-year riddle of Jiangyong Nvshu, thousands-year of ancient village–Shang gan tang, Yao people’s honeland–“Qian jia dong” and as well as popular for “Five species in Jiangyong”. The county was honored successively “The Homeland of China Shaddock” and “The hometown of China henry steudnera tuber”.In order to enable tourists to feel the unique charm of Jiangyong’s specialty, like shaddock, the festival carries out a series of activities, such as “Three-thousand-year of culture” self-driving, Picking shaddock journey, and tasting shaddock in taking part in “Pomelo orchard fruit party” and “Shaddock sports meeting”, inducing tourists to be hooked.By Crystal 

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Zhangjiajie-Wuhan 550km 8:30AM,Only one per day;Coach with hard sleeper The cost is CNY180.It is about 10 hours dirve.

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Recently, Lonely Planet (LP), The famous travelling book in the world appraises and elects the 2014 global top ten travel places, offering new directions for people who are searching the best travel destinations in their 2014. Among the top ten destinations, The natural scenery and humanistic connotation enchant LP’s travel experts.Hunan becomes China’s only province that selected into LP.LP’s remark is: Hunan, China: the next hot travelling destination.Bestowed with incomparable scenery, rich cultural connotation, some remote places of Hunan have not received much attention from the rest of world. Decades of years ago, Its northwest mountains were known among the local minorities. But now, a new-type transportation network that connected by high-speed rail, high expressway and non-stop flights facilitates domestic and foreign cities to arrive cities in Hunan. City of Sky, the highest skyscraper in the world and the first phase of the Changsha metro that covered large scale will be finished in 2014. The province that combined tradition and modern together may serve the reason for your journey.Source from: Changsha Tourism Bureau WebsiteBy Crystal

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At 10:00 am, Nov 18th, in Pinglang Village, Jishou City, Xiangxi Tujia Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Wulingyuan(Xiangxi) Tujia Miao Culture Ecological Protection Zone Construction & Digital Protection for Autonomous Prefecture Intangible Cultural Heritage project officially initiates its boot ceremony.Warm sunshine shining in Dong River Valley, Festival atmosphere prevails in Pinglang Village, Jishou City, where Miao people settle in. Dressed in festival splendid attire, they beat the Miao drum and sing Miao songs. After a brief ceremony, under a citrus tree and on the beach of Dong River, the first digital protection national intangible cultural heritage project–“Xiangxi Miao Drum Dance” is recorded amid such original and ecological situation. Shi shun ming, The 64 year-old inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage project and the second-generation Miao “Drum King” gives the performance of “Celebrate the harvest”.In May, 2010, The national Ministry of Culture approved to set up “Wulingyuan (Xiangxi) Tujia Miao Culture and Ecology protection Pilot Zone”; In march 21st, 2013, The over-all planning of the protection pilot zone has pasted the accreditation by Ministry of Culture; there are 24 items from autonomous prefecture that selected into national intangible cultural heritage list and 62 items that selected into provincial list; There are 22 national representative inheritors and 44 provincial representative inheritors. In Nov this year, China Digital protection Center for Intangible cultural Heritage carried out the first group of digital protection pilot project, autonomous prefecture became the first one in these 13 pilots and also one of the pilot that has two prefecture-level digital protection pilots for intangible cultural heritage.Source from: Hunan DailyBy Crystal

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It has been over a month since the closing ceremony of third ZJJ International Music Week was held at Yellow Dragon Cave. Even though the Music Week has gone, flags of 23 countries still flutter in the ecological square of Yellow Dragon Cave, which forms a beautiful scene.At the entrance of Square of Yellow Dragon Cave, On the five propaganda column shows maps of five continents and 23 national flags stand upright beside the map. Especially under the background of green mountain and blue water, flags are sparkling under blue sky. At the same time, representative songs of different nations continuously played. What a harmonious scene!After the closing ceremony, the stage and other decorations were remained to let more tourist get close to and know more about Country Music Week. The International Country Music Week has successively held for three times. In the future, Zhangjiajie will be built into a holy land of international country music week every one yearns for.By Patricia

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Recently, The journalist has learned from the management office of ZJJ National Forest Park, ZJJ National Forest Park haa been approved the first pilot project of low carbon attraction in Hunan, which is also the one and only low carbon attraction pilot in Hunan.In recent years, In line with the principle of “Protection First, Development Second”, ZJJ National Forest Park has done many efforts on energy-saving, emission-reduction, ecological green-recovery, pollution treatment and reources protection, and carried out the integrated construction of ecologically civilized village and scenery-village, making a low carbon road.As a low carbon attraction pilot, The management office of ZJJ National Forest Park will put more emphasis on the follwing eight aspects in future:1.Build a standar system for low carbon development;2.Expand low carbon in architecture;3.Enhance low-carbon in transportation;4.Propel low-carbon in operation management;5.Highten the capacity of forest carbon-sink;6.Build diversitified low carbon development system;7.Innovate the development mechanism of new low-carbon;8.Reinforce the competence of low-carbon development.It is estimated by 2015, the management office of ZJJ National Forest Park will basically build a low-carbon development system in terms of regulations, policy, standards and technical manual; by 2020, it will perfect low-carbon development policy, low-carbon technology supporting, low-carbon development promotion, carbon-emission caculation, which enable Zhangjiajie to update its low-carbon attraction brand.By Crystal

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The Hunan Province Foreigner Photo Contest, undertaken by the Hunan Official Web Portal,As part of the 2nd Online Hunan Culture Festival  is to be launched from November 25th to December 15h, 2013undertaken by the Hunan Official Web Portal. ,The Contest, as part of the 2nd Online Hunan Culture Festival, is the only activity held for international friends working, studying, living and traveling in Hunan. It will offer a stage for them  the Hunan Province Foreigner Photo Contest is to be launched from November 25th, 2013 to Decmeber 15h. It will provide a stage for international friends to express their thoughts and views through art, voice their stories and share their feelings concerning life in Hunan,express their feelings and views through photographing art, communicate and strengthen their connection with Hunan, and further promote Huxiang culture to the world.Several events will be held during the Photo Contest including Hunan photography expedition toursphotography vacations throughout Hunan, international photography salonsinternational photo gallery showings, awards ceremony, photo exhibitions and more! 100 international friends will be invited to take a tour and have the opportunity to take photosexpedition tours to in famous tourist attractions, historical sites, leading enterprises, characteristic industries, and new towns around Hunan during Nov. 25 to Dec. 15. During the international photography salons, participants, local photographers and netizens will be invited to share photography skills together. Submitted photography will be showcased at photo galleries throughout the province. Contest participators, local photographers and netizens are invited to attend the events.On the morning of October 30, 2013, the Second Online Hunan Cultural Festival opened kicked off in Changsha. Seventeen internet cultural activities such as a series of activities related to "My Chinese Dream--- Dreaming Hunan" have been launched. The photo contest is the second internet time theme activity undertaken for by Hunan Official Web Portal to undertaken the activity of the Second Online Hunan Cultural Festival. following Last year, it had successfully undertake the activity of "Selection of Top 10 Huxiang Cultural Events" held successfully in 2012.

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Construction of an international airport has started in Zhangjiajie City, famous for its world natural heritage site Wulingyuan, announced the Hunan Airport Group on Wednesday.Expected to open in 2015, the Lotus International Airport will be the second international airport in the central China's Hunan province.Located in the mountainous western part of Hunan, Zhangjiajie is home to the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, recognized as China's first national forest park in 1982.The floating pillar-like formations and dense foliage in Zhangjiajie appeared in Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" in 2010, which has further boosted its reputation as an international tourist destination.To cater to the tourist boom, the new airport has been designed to handle 5 million tourists a year, in addition to 19,000 tonnes of cargoes and mails.The current Lotus Airport built in 1994 only handles domestic flights.By 2015 and after a planned investment of 535 million yuan (87 million U.S. dollars), the new airport will cover a total area of 59,532 square meters, and be able to handle 45,000 flights a year.It is also expected to shore up economic development in Zhangjiajie's surrounding regions, where 71 counties are on China's poverty-stricken list.Source:Xinhua

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