The "Colorful Hunan—2015 ‘Cultural Heritage Day’ & Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Activities", hosted by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture, is scheduled to open on June 13 in Shaoshan.The three-day event is themed "Incorporating intangible cultural heritage into modern life", with the China (Shaoshan) Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Park as the main venue. The event includes three parts, namely, the launching ceremony for the event & the opening ceremony of the China (Shaoshan) Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Park, the Outstanding Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Representatives Exhibition, and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Marketization Utilization Forum. Some of Hunan's intangible cultural heritage projects including traditional music, dance and opera will be performed on the site.At present, the park has completed exhibition area construction for 14 cities and prefecture. It has come to the exhibition arrangement phase, and will be officially open on June 13.China (Shaoshan) Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo ParkXiangtan Exhibition HallTranslator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Planned by painter Chen Rongyi, the Chinese Painting Exhibition on Beautiful Biancheng (Border Town) in Western Hunan is being held in Hunan Meilun Fine Arts Museum from May 30 to June 25. At the exhibition, 62 paintings created by the old, middle-aged and young Hunan painters, covering the time span of over 30 years, fully present the geo-culture of the mysterious western Hunan.The paintings were previously exhibited in Thailand’s Bangkok as one of the activities of “Hunan Culture in Thailand” campaign. From perspectives of the original, spiritual, simple and mysterious humanistic society, splendid landscape, and modern development of western Hunan, the painters have described it as a colorful place integrating original ecology with modern life, via freehand brushwork and fine brushwork in traditional Chinese paintings.Xu Yousheng, director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, visits the exhibition. The figure paintings with strong flavor of western Hunan are exhibited.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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In order to further improve service of Changsha subway, Changsha Metro Group Co., Ltd. will join hands with Hunan Yawen Media Co., Ltd. to launch the campaign of offering convenient and warm services to passengers at Wangchengpo Station, Orange Islet Station, Wuyi Square Station, Railway Station, Wanjiali Square Station and South Railway Station along the Subway Line 2 from June 1. The companies will set up service platforms and release special telephone numbers of 19 stations, to offer free assistance to passengers and provide relay-style services for the disabled in subway stations.Professionals will be arranged to answer enquiries and offer guidance to passengers. The service platforms will also be equipped with emergency supplies including presbyopic glasses, mobile phone chargers and medical kits.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A gala was held in Changsha on May 26 to promote the outstanding works of the “Splendid Xiaoxiang, Happy Hunan” First Hunan Original Song Contest and First Photograph Contest on Hunan Tourism.Ten music works were appraised as Top 10 classic songs on Hunan tourism and another ten works as outstanding songs. As for the photograph contest, 150 photos stood out and won prizes. These music works and photos exhibit the attractive Hunan to the tourists around the world.Performances at the gala for the Hunan Original Song Contest & Photograph Contest on Hunan TourismTranslator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On May 24th, 2015 Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain ladder downhill skills competition showed to the public.Garrett, Bernard kohl,Mike Montgomery and Andrew Taylor 4 contestants showed the dazzling bicycle skills,letting the audiences feel the extreme sports bicycle unique charm.Afternoon skills competition was a dazzling technique performance.Skills competition shortened the length of the track, so the players had an acceleration of the ladder platform jumping to complete the difficulty movement in the air.During the game, each player jumps after three times to get the highest score.In the end, with the skill and courage, Mike Montgomery won the champion of skills competition with 87.66 points.Translated by Sophia

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Cycling Challenge in Tianmen Mountain Zhangjiajie China!May 23th-24th,2015.

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A grand Miao festival was marked on May 25 at Shanjiang Town, west Hunan's Fenghuang County. About ten thousand Miao people in beautiful ethnic costumes celebrated the traditional holiday by singing folk songs and performing Miao dances. The festival falls on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, and it's a time for the Miao people to pay homage to their ancestors and heroes, and to have a get-together. It was included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2011.On May 25, Miao girls performed folk dance during the “Girls’ Day”. 14 ethnic minority township teams of Suining County made a performance tour along the trunk road, bringing different experiences for visitors. The festival falls on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Zhangjiajie,a scenic national park in the country's Hunan province,is set to open the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in July.Spanning two cliffs in the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon area,it will stretch 430 meters (1,410 feet)long and 6 meters(20 feet)wide,hovering over a 300-meter(984-foot) vertical drop.In comparison the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the United States is 21 meters(69 feet) in length and stands 219 meters(718 feet) above the canyon floor Canada's Glacier Skywalk in Alberta.which opened last year extends 35 meters(115 feet)from the cliff and is a little bit shy of 300 meters in height.The footbridge was desighned by Israeli architect Haim Dotan,who is also behind Expo 2010 Shanghai's Israel Pavilion.Dotan says the bridge will serve as a runway for fashion shows and be able to hold up to 800 people at once.The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie skywalk will also offer the world's highest bungee jump,stealing the title from Macau Tower's 233-meters(764-foot)-high attraction.Zhangjiajie is a 56 square-kilometer designated tourst park inside the bigger Wulingyuan Scenic Area.it's been open to the public since 2009 and is said to have been the inspiration behind the beautiful planet of Pandora in James Cameron's 2009 "Avatar" film.

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