Zhangjiajie salamander has unique and precious value, which is the foundation of the “World business card”. The giant salamander is “Earth monument” and living fossils, which is contemporary with dinosaurs. And it is the indicator of the ecological environment, which is included in the list of aquatic wild animals under state protection (Category II).Zhangjiajie has unique advantages for salamander industry. Firstly, it has the good ecological environment. Secondly, zhangjiajie, as well-known tourist destination at home and abroad, has unique advantages in the field of incomparable cross-trade and cross. Thirdly, brand advantage is obvious. Zhangjiajie is the world’s first institute of giant salamander and the first national nature reserve.Translated by Sophia

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ZJJ Old Taoist Bay,a uprising star in Zhangjiajie, locates under the foot of the south of Tianmen Mountain.With the highest altitute of 1488 meters，Old Taoist Bay is named after a person,who is a Taoist priest once cultivated himself and preached here.Recently, ZJJ Old Taoist Bay has launched a photography competition themed with to seek the most beautiful Old Taoist Bay.Contributors are requested to take photos within the Old Taoist Bay scenic zones.Submission methods: You can enter bbszjj.com and put you works in Photo column.Meanwhile,you should send your works to Old Taoist Bay’s offical mailbox: zjjlaodaowan@163.com.Paper submission due:From today on till six O’clock in the afternoon on 10th December,2013.The map of  ZJJ Old Taoist Bay

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Spring city Kunming the provincial capital of Yunnan province has already joined hands with Changsha the provincial capital of Hunan province,to open the direct flights between them since 26th Oct.The direct flights between Changsha and Kunming are daily flights,which take off at 11 :55 from Changsha to Kunming and arrive at 13:55.The return flights start at 9:15 and reach the airport at 11:00 in Changsha.At present, there are two routes between Kunming and Changsha.One is from Kunming ,passing by Changsha and arrives at Taizhou,another is from Kunming,passing by Changsha to Changzhou.The former flight operates on every Tuesday and Thursday,the latter on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.By Aileen

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Liuyang held a culture industry promotion fair themed ”Charming Liuyang" in Shanghai on October 29 to solicit investment for its 16 cultural projects. Investment agreements on four projects were concluded at the fair, including Liyang River Ecological Culture Entrepreneurial Town, and Night of Liuyang River Theatre.Liuyang has more than 1,500 culture enterprises which created a total added value of 13.5 billion yuan in 2012. In recent years, Liuyang has accelerated construction of its culture industry park, relying on the established core cultural brands "Liuyang River" and " Liuyang Fireworks" . It has gradually become a new characteristic culture city in central China.Cao Lijun, secretary of the Liuyang Municipal CPC Committee remarked that Liuyang has profound history and culture, unique ecological resources, convenient dimensional transport network and enormous potential for dynamic economic development. These advantageous conditions must play positive role in further promoting development and upgrading the city's culture industry and providing bright prospects to this industry.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On October, 27, the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, Office of the Leading Group of Hunan Provincial Cultural Reform and Development and Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau jointly held a meeting in Zhangjiajie, aiming to develop and promote the western Hunan’s cultural tourism industry and integrate the development of culture and tourism. More than 70 representatives from various tourism enterprises attended the meeting. Director of the Hunan Publicity Department, Xu Yousheng also delivered a speech at the meeting. Western Hunan has abundant fairy mountains, rustic folkways, unique culture and resources. Its tourism reserves, including more than 70 national and world-level tourism resources and 49 national intangible cultural heritages, account for 41% of the province’s total. Tapping on this tourism structure, it can enrich the contents of cultural tourism, upgrade tourism quality and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the industry.At present, as the three-dimensional transport network in western Hunan has been formed, ecological tourism led by the picturesque Zhangjiajie, cultural and ecological tourism headed by the charming Fenghuang and exploration of ancient cities, towns and villages led by Hongjiang are undergoing rapid development.Translator: Shen ZuolinSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Sponsored by Happy Old Man Newspaper, Named by American robotic vacuum–iRobot, and organized by Zhangjiajie Yongan International Traveling Agency, The national final battle “Pretty China–National Middle-aged and elderly Model Contest” will be held in Zhangjiajie Charming Xiangxi Theater on Nov 2nd.Lasting for four months, after mass-election from Changsha, Guangzhou, Jinan, Beijing and Zhangjiajie, Over 100,000 contestants will join the fashion party, guiding the old fashion trend.Is the noble and classic Daiyu(The heroine of one of China four major classic novels–A Dream in Red Mansion) More elegant and moving? Or the western jeans are more charming? Or the green and ecological costume that made from garbage bags is more eye-catching? On Nov 2nd, 14 top model teams across China will gather in Zhangjiajie’s T stage to contend for beauty, nobility and temperament and strive for the champion. Who on earth is the real model Hipster? Come to Zhangjiajie on Nov 2nd and you have a date with fashion.By Crystal

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“Wherever there is the end of the journey, wherever there is the beginning of next journey. There is at least one adventure that can discover the desire of your inner soul. Amid the river and mountain, you can have more choices… This is freedom; there is Zhangjiajie” On Oct 26th, in the 6th Yangshuo climbing Festival, The first-run of Zhangjiajie outdoor traveling trailer attracts over 10,000 outdoor sports lovers and receives huge praises. Shi wenxuan, the member of outdoor traveling workgroup indicates after viewing the trailer, many outdoor lovers activate to have contacts with them and learn more about the information of outdoor traveling in Zhangjiajie.The trailer lasts 57 minutes and took about three weeks to finish the photo-taking, editing and dubbing. Most of the materials are the real scenes of early resource survey. In order to display Zhangjiajie’s outdoor traveling resources in an all-around way, the director adds the extreme sport–fly crazy in the clip late. Ending the trailer by the scene of fly crazy is to highlight the theme of “This is freedom; there is Zhangjiajie”.It is said developing outdoor traveling is the sally port to transformation and upgrade of Zhangjiajie, and is a new measurement to heat up its tourism. After finishing the early outdoor traveling resource survey, the trailer starts the first shot of Zhangjiajie’s exploration of outdoor traveling and also becomes the national outdoor traveling trailer of the first traveling city.By Crystal

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Sauce pepper fish back, Double shot stowed whitebait, stream river shrimps burning… In the Golden Oct, The 8th Hunan Cuisine Gourmet Festival & 6th Yueyang Lake Fresh Food Culture Festival kicks of in Yueyang on Oct 26th. Lili Fishing Port, Big Pot and Yueyang Outlets and other 40 mainstream catering restaurants present a series of activities that are featured with lake fresh foods. The gourmet festival will last until the end of Oct.Sponsored by Hunan Commercial Office, Hunan Daily Newspaper Group, Yueyang Government and Hunan Catering Association, The festival is aimed to discover the new connotation of Hunan cuisine and recommend the gourmet culture of lake fresh food, by based on the traditional Hunan cuisine. During the event, Dongting lake fresh special catering companies co-present “Dongting all-fish banquet”–The special cuisine for free taste, and other major mainstream catering companies also present a series of preferential activities. The festival is featured by “Dongting eight treasures”–The delicious and cheap lake fresh food, enabling the citizens to enjoy the lake fresh food of Dongting Lake.By Crystal

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