On November 1st, Zhangjiajie will welcome 2013 China Water-skiing Championship and the performance of jet skis. 13 representative teams coming from Hong Kong, Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and so on, including about 120 players. They will compete in 9 competition items.This is the first time for China Water-skiing Championship and the performance of jet skis enter Zhangjiajie, which means a organic integration of water-skiing and world natural heritage. That will also help improve the popularity and reputation of Zhangjiajie. Without doubt, Zhangjiajie will be positively driven to build a world-known tourist attraction.Translated by Becky

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On Oct. 29th,The fourth session of China’s most desirable places has been held in Beijing, Sponsored by China TV Association of tourism and undertaken by BTV, the laurel has been granted to 20 scenic spots including Hunan Hongjiang Ancient Commercial City,Shanxi Pingyao Ancient city, and Shandong Mount Tai Scenic spot.Located in the convergence of Yuan River and Wu River, It originated from the Spring and Autumn periods, formed in the flourishing Tang Period and then thrived in Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is renowned for purchasing tung oil(China wood oil), wood,white wax,opium. As a material distribution center of five provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan and economic, cultural, religious centers in southern part of western Hunan, it has been crowned as “Xiangxi(Western Hunan) Pearl”, “Small Nanjing”, and “Southwest Metropolitan”. Today, according to experts, The Ming and Qing ancient buildings are still well-preserved in the ancient commercial city, with a total of 380 several buildings covering an area of about 200,000 square meters,such as the sub-cellar houses, temples, Escort agencies(Chinese security company), banks, traders, importers, workshops, shops, inns, brothels, newspapers, tobacco shops.By Brenda

News 2013-11-01 21:14 View：1065

On the morning of October 30, Second Hunan Internet Cultural Festival, jointly sponsored by the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, the Internet Publicity Office of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, and the Provincial Internet Information Office, opened in Changsha.Centered on "Chinese Dream: Hunan Chapter", this internet cultural festival focuses on the idea of "Dreaming". Seventeen internet cultural activities have been specifically undertaken by such units as Hunan Official Web Portal .These activities include a series of activities related to "My Chinese Dream--- Dreaming Hunan", the government affair microblog forum themed "Hunan is My Home, Construction by All the People", the “Growth Road of Young Mao Zedong” internet pilgrimage, the internet broadcast exhibition of “Discovery of Beautiful Hunan”, the “Chinese Dream, Hunan Love” thematic cartoon creation competition, and "International Friends Eye on Hunan" internet micro-film show.The "International Friends Eye on Hunan" internet micro-film show, undertaken by the Hunan Official Web Portal, is the only activity specially held for international friends living in Hunan. The activity is aimed at displaying international friends' living experiences in Hunan and Hunan's impression in their eyes via photographing their experiences, and providing a platform for international friends to show, exchange and communicate, and integrate in Hunan. The activity is scheduled to officially start in the middle of November this year. Details of the activities will be released on the Hunan Official Web Portal soon.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-11-01 20:15 View：1791

ZJJ Wulingyuan late autumn, The landscape is like a painting. The yellow and red leaves dresses up the whole scenic spot, making the Chinese and foreign tourists become intoxicated to ZJJ Wulingyuan core scenic.It is understood that since late October, everyday ZJJ Wulingyuan appreciates more than 10000 tourists from home and abroad.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-10-31 15:55 View：2941

Zhangjiajie Government and Hunan raising livestock Bureau of aquatic products held a conference meeting related to protect Zhangjiajie giant salamanders in Changsha. Deputy Mayor of Zhangjiajie city Xiang Zuoyi introduced, by 2017, Zhangjiajie will own 1.3 giant salamanders per person, with a increasing income of about 3000 yuan. And the overall production value will get to about 5 billion yuan.ZJJ Giant salamander is the existing largest amphibian in the world. They live three hundred and fifty million years on the earth. Besides, they are contemporary “Earth monuments” and “Living fossil” together with dinosaurs. They are listed the lists of secondary national protected aquatic wildlife.Translated by Becky

News 2013-10-31 15:53 View：1029

The sand grain in Devonian stratum in the whispering wall of ZJJ Wulingyuan and the ripple marks of the cliff paintings in Tiaoyutan are rare geological relics. They could not only be opened to the public, but also evidence for studying the ancient environment and the changes between the sea and the land. The coral fossils, found in Permian strata in Tianzi Mountain, look like markings on the back of a turtle, so it is called a “Tortoise figure stone”. Furthermore, They are good materials for carving various crafts.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-10-31 14:02 View：1612

The 2013 China (Hunan) Red Culture Tourism Festival themed "Beautiful and Worshipful Travel to Shaoshan" was unveiled in Shaoshan City, on the morning of October 29. Du Jiahao, governor of Hunan Province declared the opening of the festival. Shao Qiwei, minister of the China National Tourism Administration delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. Hunan is home to abundant red tourism resources, owing to its long-standing reputation as the cradle of Chinese Revolution and home to great proletarian revolutionists. This festival was held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong. Four themed activities will follow the opening ceremony, including 300 enterprises' joint investment in Shaoshan, inspiring experiences at the communist revolutionary base, train travel to Shaoshan and longing self-driving tour along young Mao Zedong's road to communist revolution. Opening ceremony of the 2013 China ( Hunan) Red Culture Tourism Festival. Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On Oct 29th, According to the CPC Hunan Party Committee’s requirements on Taiwan working group, The journalists from Taiwan United Daily News arrive in Zhangjiajie and start the three-day field interview in terms of Zhangjiajie’s unique tourism products and investment environment.It is reported that excepet the exclusive interview on the administrators of ZJJ Wulingyuan site, the interviewing group of Taiwan United Daily News will make surveys in Tianzi Mount, Yanjiajie, Golden Whip Stream, Yellow Dragon Cave, Baofeng Lake and Charming Xaingxi and other natural cultural attractions, and come to ZJJ Yellow Dragon Cave CO., LTD and Tianzi Mount ropeway Co., Ltd to make deep inspections into the work and life situiation and investment states of the Taiwan businessmen.According to Liu zefang, The journalist from Taiwan United Daily News, Zhangjiajie is one of the most favorite travelling places for Taiwaneses;in line with what they have seen and heard in Zhangjiajie, They will issue full page of reports on Taiwan United Daily News, United Evening news and Economic Daily with pictures, and publish same reports on Taiwan United Daily News website, promoting Zhangjiajie’s tourism resource, landform, scenary, investment project and development expectations from a multi-angle, which may extend Zhangjiajie’s reputation and popularity in Taiwan and attract more Taiwan businessmen to travel, invest and do business in Zhangjiajie.By Crystal

News 2013-10-30 15:54 View：1101