Peng Bo, a six-year-old drummer from Baojing, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, won the gold prize in the 11th World Chinese Youth Art Festival.This event was co-hosted by the Malaysia Branch of the World Federation of Overseas Chinese and the China International Cultural and Arts Communication Association and undertaken by the organizing committee of the “Chinese Culture Wu Zhou Xing” program. It was staged in a theatre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with over 1,200 candidates from three countries and two regions participating in it. The contest was divided into group A and group B for the youth, children and preschool players. Accompanied by his mother, young Peng Bo participated in the Children group A’s competition on behalf of Hunan. His performance of “Shanwa (kid in the mountains) Playing Drums” won the gold prize with the highest score of 9.88.Young Peng Bo is performing on the stage.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The 2015 China Pushi Hungry Ghost Festival was celebrated in the famous historical and cultural town--Pushi Ancient Town of Luxi County on August 25, 2015. Pushi Hungry Ghost Festival is one of the traditional festivals in Luxi. During the festival, the locals will hold large ceremonies to worship deceased ancestors, relatives and friends, carry forward the traditional morality of loyalty and filial piety, and pray for good weather, peace and prosperity.In Chinese culture, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Hungry Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month, in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in spring) and Double Ninth Festival (in autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, during Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. (Source: Wikipedia) Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On August 16th, Zhangjiajie ice world project officially started.The project is organized by Zhangjiajie tourism development co., LTD., with an investment of 600 million yuan, which is located in Zhangjiajie international tourism economic zone. It covers an area of 200 mu.Project location advantage in transportation is obvious, with the source of Zhangjiajie advantage, it will build a set of service for tourists, including water entertainment, leisure, fitness, food and accommodation, shopping, entertainment and information services for the integration of high-end sports and leisure tourism project.Project mainly includes the ice world, forest restaurant, water park, folk customs street four functional groups.Thanslated by Sophia

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On August 23, when over 300 cyclists from nationwide set out from the starting line, the 2015 “Zhang Guying Village – Dayun Mountain” mountain bike race was launched in Yueyang County of Hunan. On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the bicycle race aimed to recall the memorable revolutionary history and commemorate the revolutionary martyrs as Yueyang County was then a main battlefield of southern Hunan.The race was divideed into men’s group and women’s group. Starting from Zhang Guying village, cyclists passed the beautiful Tieshan Reservoir, named as “Thousand-island Lake in Hunan”, and ascended 15 kilometers along the slope roads before reaching Dayun Mountain. After fierce competition, the first 40 male cyclists and 20 female cyclists to reach the finishing line were granted trophies, bonuses and prizes.Translator: Zhu MengxiaCyclists ride during the race.

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The list of the 15th China's top 100 counties with most outstanding economic strength and basic competitiveness was released in Beijing on August 22.There are four Hunan counties from Hunan included, namely, Changhsa County, Liuyang City, Ningxiang County and Liling City.After ascending to the China’s Top 10 Counties list for the first time last year, Changsha County moved up one place to 8th this year, still playing a leading role in Midwest China. Liuyang City moved ahead to 28th from 60th in 2012, entering the Top 30 for the first time and making the fast progress in top 100 counties. Ningxiang County ranked 39th and improved the most increased by 11 places compared with the previous year. Liling County has increased by 2 places to 82th.Translator: Yang ChengfeiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Located at the Taihe Tower of Zhijiang Peace Cultural Park, the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall was officially open to the public on August 21, initiating Hunan’s campaign of exhibiting the history of Anti-Japanese War.Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Xu Yousheng (L) and vice chairman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee Liu Xiao (R) jointly unveil the plate of Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Exhibits at the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Director Xu (R2) is visiting the exhibition.Exhibits at the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Exhibits at the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The China Southern Airlines will launch the first direct flight from Changsha to Tokyo on October 26, 2015. Changsha passengers to go to Tokyo will never make a transfer. It will only take three and half hours from Changsha to Tokyo, to cut nearly half of the travel time.The flight will be operated by Airbus A320. Every Monday and Friday, it (Flight No.: CZ8415) takes off from Changsha at 9:00 and arrives at Tokyo International Airport at 12:30. Then, it (Flight No.: CZ8416) departs from Tokyo for Changsha at 13:30 and lands at 18:10. All the above time is Beijing Time.The China Southern Airlines has opened the regular flights from Changsha to Shizuoka and Osaka. With the season changes, the company plans to launch the flights from Changsha to Nagoya, Hiroshima and Fukuoka to provide various choices for Hunan passengers' Japanese tours.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A tea garden in Chenzhou, Hunan Province in Central China opened to visitors on August 18, 2015.The move is being welcomed by enthusiasts who want to experience tea harvesting while on country excursion.The city of Chenzhou is known for its tea culture and authorities hope moves like this will help boost local economy through tourism.Visitors attracted to tea picking in the tea plantations in Chenzhou, Hunan Province in Central China on August 18, 2015.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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