The 13th “Chinese Bridge” - Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students unveiled its curtain in Yuelu Academy on the afternoon of July 6. A total of 126 contestants from 110 divisions of 87 countries will compete with each other. Themed “My Chinese Dream”, the competition held its opening ceremony in Yuelu Academy. With the opening of the gate of the academy, what appeared in front of the contestants were five bronze figures embodying essence of Huxiang culture. At the opening ceremony, a grand ritual - First Writing Ceremony was held. First Writing Ceremony highlights enlightenment education for every student before they are admitted to school. Guided by famous calligrapher Fan Zeng, all competitors ground the ink and took up their brushes to write the most beautiful Chinese character - “行”, which conveys Chinese wisdom of “knowledge and action going hand in hand”, and also encourages competitors to prosper with the knowledge. After the  the “Cross the Bridge” competition and quarter-finals, the winning 30 contestants will contend in the seni-finals of “outdoor reality show” in Xi’an of Shaanxi Province, Jingdezhen of Jiangxi Province and Anhua of Hunan Province. Five contestants will be chosen to enter the finals. Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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By AirThere are two flights from Changsha Huanghua International Airport to Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport every day. The flight departure times are 08:50 and 19:10. Each flight takes half an hour and ticket price is about 500-800 yuan. (Southern Air CZ3984 19:10pm- 20:00pm).By TrainTrain is also another choice since there are 8 trains from Changsha to Zhangjiajie in per day. And the fast one is with duration 4 hrs 38min from 08:29 to 13:07Train Timetable from Changsha to ZhangjiajieTrain No. Departs Arrives Depart-Arrival Duration Distance(km)K533/K536 Changsha Zhangjiajie 02:39-07:32 4h53m 396K9072/K9073 Changsha Zhangjiajie 04:08-09:45 5h37m 396K967/K966 Changsha Zhangjiajie 07:43-12:35 4h52m 396K1373/K1376 Changsha Zhangjiajie 08:05-14:02 5h57m 396T8308/T8309 Changsha Zhangjiajie 08:29-13:07 4h38m 396K9031/K9034 Changsha Zhangjiajie 22:12-09:30 11h18m 720K9064/K9065 Changsha Zhangjiajie 22:18-03:39 5h21m 396K9024/K9025 Changsha Zhangjiajie 23:44-04:51 5h7m 396By Regular busFirst: By airport bus to Changsha bus station(Changsha West Bus Station OR Changsha East Bus Station)Second: By Regular bus to Zhangjiajie city(120RMB/per for one way trip,About 4 hours one-way time) We recommend Changsha West Bus Station.The Changsha-Zhangjiajie Highway has been completed and opened to traffic from October, 1st of 2005, thus considerably shortening the time and distance between the two destinations from previous 8 hours to the present 4 hours by bus.Join-in Bus to ZhangjiajieDuring Zhangjiajie Peak Season(March-November),It is very convenient to get Join-in Bus(Car & Vehicle) between zhangjiajie and changsha.also you can directly bus to zhangjiajie city.and reduce the transfer troubles.The most important thing is that you can get preferential prices(USD30-50/P.P).If you need this information,Pls contact us thru online-email service(shuire@gmail.com)

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On the morning of July 3th, The tourist Resort-Zhangjiajie was clear after rain. Large-scale sea of clouds appeared in Wulingyuan core scenic area, Where a few photographers shot a dreamlike spectacular admiring wonder of “Mirage”at the entrance of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.It is said that this“Mirage”was not a false scene. In fact, It is an upscale hotel located between Zhangjiajie urban area and Wulingyuan area. Under the misty flowing clouds and fogs, It became dreamlike. Far away from it is Tianmenshan, The soul of Wulingyuan, As well as surrounding mountains. They were very pleasing and enjoyable against those clouds.Transalted by Zumi

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The 15th Cross-strait environmental resources & Ecology conservation conference will be held in ZJJ Wulingyuan world natural heritage site, World geological park scenic area from July 5-11.At the appointed time, Scholars from the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong will widely and closely communicate with each other. Around the theme of construction of ecological civilization, and enjoy the beautiful homeland, The meeting will discuss from “Ecosystem and biodiversity protection”, “Ecological environment protection, restoration and reconstruction”, “Climate change and disaster prevention”, “Ecological civilization and beautiful home”, “Zhangjiajie landscape and geological science” five aspects.It is understood that the seminar from all walks of life scale is much higher than ever before. Among them, scholars and students at the university from Taiwan and Hong Kong are nearly 10 to 60 people. Besides academic communication, At the same time, The participants will also visit Zhangjiajie core landscape and Zhangjiajie world geological park.Translated by Sophia

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On July 5th,2014, It is the first weekend in July. During the core scenic tourist attraction, with sunshine and fresh air, Tianzi mountain, Huangshi village, Huanglong hole have a lot of tourist. Everywhere we can hear the laughter of tourists. According to incomplete statistics, The wulingyuan scenic area has a tourism scale of more than 50,000 people.In order to further improve the external tourist traffic environment, Through various efforts, Zhangjiajie has made major process in railway, Highway, Aviation market development. Zhang high-speed opens the channel of southwest tourism market. The chartered flights from Zhangjiajie to Taiwan, Taiyuan, Yinchuan, Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Qingdao, And other areas and cities, Cut down the space distance of Zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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On the afternoon of July 5th, More than 100 media reporters came into the world natural heritage Wulingyuan to visit Baofeng lake scenic spot.The next three days, They will travel to Wulingyuan ten miles gallery, Yangjiajie and watch folk customs feast “Charming Xiangxi “. Zhangjiajie tourism product and the high-quality goods route and Zhangjiajie unique ethnic customs, Attract more customers to Wulingyuan tourist resort.Translated by Sophia

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The 14th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP2014) was held in Changsha on July 5. 800-plus scholars and experts of transportation industry from more than 10 countries attended the conference.The theme of the conference is “Safe, Smart and Sustainable Multimodal Transportation”. The participants will not only exchange innovation concept on safe, smart and sustainable development, but also discuss the development and application of advanced technologies in transportation field. The conference was held in central China for the first time, which is conducive to create a good platform for promoting the development of transportation science and technology.Chen Guangze, director of the Ethiopia National Bureau of the World Bank, delivered a speech at the conference. He said that the World Bank pays great attention to transportation issues of sustainable cities and remote areas. The World Bank hopes to establish cooperative relationship with the Chinese government, strengthen the cooperation of transportation major in colleges, and cultivate excellent talents for the development of sustainable transportation.Translator: Yang ChengfeiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Recently, The tourism community website has announced that China’s first “Travel Specials” information platform would on the formal operation. The information platform will collect, sort, analysis, monitor various tourism special information both at home and abroad to provide travel reference. On the other hand, It can provide opportunities for the product display of tourism operators and sales channels.According to understand, The information platform of “Travel Specials” has the following features: Data guide, adequate flow, strong interactivity, rich category, information standards, to achieve the change from a social company to a data type. The structural optimization of the data and information provide users with a neutral and objective and personalized service.Translated by Sophia

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