On Oct 26th, The first China·Changde Peach Garden Chrysanthemum Festival unveils its curtain in the fairyland on earth–Peach Garden scenic spot. 100,000 basins of Chrysanthemum attract tourists, especially the photographer lovers and literature lovers.The chrysanthemum festival is sponsored by Changde tourism bureau and Peach Garden tourism management sector and is organized by Peach Garden tourism management and tourism bureau and Peach Garden Operation and Management Co., Ltd. During this festival, many activities will be hold, such as “Chrysanthemum festival & traditional spirit and culture regression” forum, “The most beautiful Peach garden” internet composition contest, photography contest and enjoying chrysanthemum in the golden autumn to express your filial piety. On the opening ceremony, “The most beautiful Peach garden” internet composition contest and photography contest also kick off. At the closing ceremony, all works will be assessed and the winner will be honored.In this year, except boosting the tourism markets in Changde by the festival, it is attribute to the deep parentage between Peach Garden and Chrysanthemum. Staff in the attraction indicates,“The Peach Garden is the prototype of Tao yuanming’s Peach Blossoming Spring. He loves chrysanthemum for his lifetime and so it is natural to held chrysanthemum festival in Peach Garden attraction”.The festival will last to Dec 8th, and tourists can enjoy over 300 kinds of chrysanthemum with 50 modeling. Especially the two-side with 398-meter chrysanthemums in Peach Mount deserve your visiting.By Crystal

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Recently, Western Hunan Cultural tourism industry integrative development initiative was held in Zhangjiajie.At this initiative, attendees put forward that Hunan province will take Zhangjiajie as the bibcock, and take Fenghuang and Langshan as 2 tourist centers to build 4 high-quality tourist belt on the basis of 5 cities: Zhangjiajie, Changde, Jishou, Huaihua and Shaoyang.According to Hunan Tourist Administration, They will put emphasis on supporting ancient stronghold’s application for the list of world heritage, Langshan’s creating another 5A scenic spot. They will try to build more than six 4A scenic spots in western Hunan in 2014. At the same time, they will work hard for getting the goals that receiving 0.28 billion visitors and achieving a tourist revenue of more than 300 billion yuan in Western Hunan by 2020.Translated by Becky

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In 2011, The first-tier “Wing outfit flyer”–Jeb Corliss who is an American and dressed in wing outfits to fly through the Tianmen Cave, which created a record of flying through the natural cave with unpowered wing outfits in the first time. Billions of people in the world have witnessed this thrilling challenge on TV or net.There are more thrilling and complex stories behind the several-second wing outfits scene in TV. In order to remember this legendary moment and make more people to learn about the whole process of the activity, the world wing outfit federation produced the whole activity and its back story into a documentary by the blockbuster shooting, named Tianmen.At present, the world famous documentary channel–American National Geographic Channel has bought out the right of broadcasting of Tianmen in the global and will be on the air in over ten countries’ televisions, such as Germany, France, Italy, Russia, New Zealand, Norway, Japan, South Korea, etc, from November this year. At that time, billions of audience in the world will have the chance to enjoy the fantastic “Wing outfit flying through Tianmen” documentary, as well as to appreciate the splendid scenery especially the steepness and gorgeousness of Tianmen Mount.From 2011 to 2013, ZJJ Tianmen Mount has hold three wing outfit flying events and each crazy flying has attracted huge attention from global media and audience. The 2012 1st Wing Outfit Flying Championship has been regarded “One of the top 25 excellent inventions in the world in 2012” by Time magazine. The 2nd Wing Outfit Flying Championship that just was over in this year has provoked afro-master reports from domestic media and even attracted 100 foreign media to make tracking reports. The wing outfit crazy flying has become a perfect carrier that builds up Zhangjiajie’s image in the whole world, besides, the successful marketing of Tianmen Mount has been taken as a success profile of tourism resource and image propaganda and marketing.By Crystal

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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

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The activity of "Photographers Across Taiwan Strait Take Photos-24 hours in Western Hunan" was launched in Changsha on October 28. On the evening, Director of the Hunan Publicity Department Xu Yousheng met with the delegation from Hong Kong China Tourism Press headed by vice president Wang Miao.Hosted by the Hunan Publicity Department and Hong Kong China Tourism Press, the activity invited over 40 photographers from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other provinces. They would leave for scenic sites, ancient towns and minority villagers including Wulingyuan Scenic Spot of Zhangjiajie, Fenghuang Ancient Town of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town, in order to record the picturesque landscape, minority cultures and lifestyle and customs with their photographic lens.Director Xu extended welcome to the photographers. He expected them to capture the brilliant moments of ethnic groups in Western Hunan, showcase a magic, fascinating and advancing Western Hunan, and further upgrade its tourism image and raise its fame home and abroad.Mr. Wang stated that Western Hunan boasts unique multiethnic cultures and splendid scenery. Taking the activity as an opportunity, the photographers will make Xiangxi play a more important role in promoting tourism and cultural exchange between Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and mainland China.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On the 6th,Yangshuo climbing festival, Zhangjiajie outdoor travel advertising video broadcasted for the first time as reported previously. This video attracted broad attention of thousands of outdoor travel fans.The whole advertising video lasts 57 seconds in total. From the shooting, editing to dubbing, It takes about 3 weeks generally. Its materials are from real pictures collected in earlier investigation. In order to show the resource of Zhangjiajie outdoor travel, The director also added wing-suited flying in it. Using some frames from the wing-suited flying competition as the end to point out the theme again“This is freedom, this is Zhangjiajie”.As reported, developing outdoor travel is becoming a new sally port for Zhangjiajie’s transition and upgrade. This video is marked as the beginning of Zhangjiajie’s exploring in outdoor travel. Besides, Zhangjiajie becomes the first tourist city to own an outdoor travel promoting video in China.Translated by Becky

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In the 2013 Happy Xiaoxiang literature and art joint performance, Tianzi Mountain’s Red Moon in Won Third Prize.It is understood that the “Happy xiaoxiang” performance has selected a total of 20 excellent programs to get the first prize, 30 second prize, 50 third prize. Zhangjiajie has eight performances which got the first, second and third prize, respectively.Translated by Sophia

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On October 27th, Zhangjiajie first inspirational television series “Zhangjajie South Travel”, was started in zhangjiajie radio and television Channel 3.Zhangjiajie south travel group after three months, successively went to Guangdong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan and other places, looked for hundreds of Zhangjiajie successful people, selected 15 outstanding zhangjiajie people, to show their stories, their courage to fight, love home.Translated by Sophia

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