Enjoying the feast of world country music, listening to sweet-sounding angelic voice, discussing the prospects of cultural development …On August 14th, the activity organizing committee of the music week releases that the forum–“ZJJ’s Cultural Dream” will be opened in Hallelujah music hall of Yellow Dragon Cave during the music week in which 11 cultural celebrities will take part in.It is reported that themed with “ZJJ’s Cultural Dream”, the forum is hosted by famous compare–Zhang dandan from HNTV and is opened on September 1st. The guests present who stand in a professional points will explore ZJJ’s road to the cultural development in terms of music, architecture, sculpture, painting, culture, chess, city management, etc, analyzing ZJJ’s cultural dream and providing advices for ZJJ’s cultural construction.The cultural celebrities that are invited include: China Chess institution dean–Wang runan, China Religious Culture Communication Association president–Ye xiaowen, the national 1-class artist and the maker of “Martin Luther King” statue–Lei yixin, the national 1-class screenwriter Mei shuaiyuan, dean of the school of architecture and landscape design of Peking University–Yu kongjian, and famous musician–Gao xiaosong.The man in charge of the committee indicates the host of the music week is to display and exchange the arts essence from all nations in the world and promote cultural contacts among nations. The forum of “ZJJ’s Cultural Dream” during the music week is to explore ZJJ’s road to tourism and cultural development, as well make different culture and thoughts contact with each other, which may pave road for building Zhangjiajie cultural business card.By Crystal

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Etong mall and ETM machine’s settling in Zhangjiajie as well as Guangdong Etong’s enterring Zhangjiajie to open intelligent tourism were launched officially. This project will not only improve Zhangjiajie urban informationization, but also have much effect on turning Zhangjiajie to a competitive tourist city which is good for traveling, living, trading and longing.Zhangjiajie Tourism Administraion, Zhangjiajie Commercial Affairs Bureau, Association of Zhangjiajie industry and commerce, tourist enterprises, headquarter of Guangdong Etong, media and leaders from financial institutions took part in this conference.CEO of Guangdong Etong Deng Guisheng comprehensively introduced Etong products’ properties at the conference. He indicated that they would form an intelligent shopping experience center covering whole Zhangjiajie and perfectly combine web with internet of things so that all Zhangjiajie visitors and residents could freely enjoy the convenience and comfort brought by intelligentialized life.Translated by Becky

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An increasingly anticipated and internationally welcomed musical ceremony is going to kick off in Zhangjiajie on August 31, which is the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week.According to official reports, there are six themed activities will add luster to this music feast:Activity one: The Opening Ceremony, Which will welcome music groups from 23 countries (Regions), nearly 400 performers, over 200 journalists and more than 1,000 distinguished guests.Activity two: The Music Tour. It is reported that the music tour will be held at Yellow Dragon Cave’s ecological square, Four Waters Surrounding the Gate, Tianmen Mount,Baofeng Lake and other core scenic spots.Activity three: The Gala Night. Dancing with people from different countries and different nationalities at night on Xibu Street, which is the famous commercial street in Zhangjiajie, is going to be an unforgettable memory for participants.Activity four: The Harley riding. Two hundred Harley-Davidson motors will run across the iconic stage set up between the paddy fields and the waterwheel at the opening ceremony, which deserves to be expected.Activity five: The Cultural Dream of Zhangjiajie. Chinese dream is a prevalent topic for every Chinese this year. In Zhangjiajie there is a cultural dream will present to you with the efforts of masters from all walks of life.Activity six: The Closing Ceremony. Lasting for a week, 2013 ZJJ International Country Music Week will hold the closing ceremony at afternoon on September 4th in Tianmen Mountain Xiagu Theater.More wonders and more friends are waiting for you during 2013 ZJJ International Country Music Week. Just come and enjoy.By Aileen

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The Changsha Municipal People’s Government and the Singapore Construction Bureau signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on green building and green ecological city construction on August 16. According to the MOU, both parties will carry out extensive exchange and cooperation in such fields as city planning, ecological city construction, technology promotion and application of green building. Through the promotion of communication, training, technology introduction and cooperation in demonstrative project development, the two sides will share the modern concept and technology in green construction to promote Changsha’s capability of green construction and green ecological city planning. Translator: Zhang Shu Source: changsha.gov.cn 

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Though having entered Autumn according to solar terms, people are still staying in high temperature. So everyone is urgently yearning for cool weather. Zhangjiajie becomes a preferable choice.Natural air conditioning—Zhangjiajie Grand CanyonZhangjiajie Grand Canyon is not very high in altitude, but gentle breeze always touches one’s face there despite burning hot outside. As one of the most important scenic spots in eastern tourist line, wonderful waterfalls are commonly seen there. On the bottom of Zhangjiajie Grand Gorge, a tourist line is set up by board along a quiet brook. Walking along this tourist line, Visitors can not only enjoy beautiful natural landscape, but also view history-related human landscape of generations.Ice-cold and clear Golden Whip StreamSerious drought this year makes most streams cutoff, while Golden Whip Stream keeps flowing.Golden Whip Stream is the most beautiful in Wulingyuan, with clear stream and cruising fishes. Famous writer Shen Congwen once praised Golden Whip Stream as “a young girl of Zhangjiajie”. At present, Golden Whip Stream receives the maximum tourists everyday. The stream feels ice-cold even at noon when sun is the strongest.Translated by Becky

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Admission tickets for the opening and closing ceremony for 2013 ZJJ Country Music Week, entrance tickets for tour places:Yellow Dragon Cave,Baofeng Lake,Tianzi Mountain, Shuiraosimen,Laomo Bay and Xibu Street, board and lodging as well as a package of Tujia local specialty. Expenses on articles above must cost you much .Amazing news shows that you are possible to be free for all of these.Issued by organizing committee of 2013 ZJJ Country Music Week, the latest information tells 20 lucky fellows are expected for free trip in Wulingyuan during music week.How to be the lucky fellow?Micro-blog master: @Zhangjiajie Travel and @ZJJ Country Music Week official blog, then transmit the hunting information to three friends. The last step is to hand in your personal introduction.Wechat master: @Zhangjiajie Travel (Micro signal:zjjwly) and @Zhangjiajie official Wechant (Weizjj), Then ransmit the hunting information to three friends. At last hand in your personal introduction.20 lucky fellows are selected by chance through the two ways. Try your micro-blog and Wechant; you are the next lucky one.By Aileen

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According to the announcement made by Zhangjiajie Tourist Star-rated Evaluation Committee, Wulingyuan Jinyu International Hotel was authorized as a three-star hotel. And this is another great achievement under the guide of improving hotel management in Wulingyuan.This year, on the basis of promoting tourism externally, Wulingyuan also put more emphasize on managing hotel industry and improving the quality of service in hotels. Wulingyuan Tourist Administration intensively opened training class for hotel service personnel so that effectively boosting the overall quality of service.Combining 2012 annual re-check result of all star-rated hotels in Zhangjiajie with the evaluation standard, Wulingyuan positively supervise the perfection on accommodation facilities and management mechanism.Up to now, Wulingyuan owns more than 20 three-star hotels, including 2 five-star hotels and 2 four-star hotels. That is to say, Wulingyuan centralizes the most star-rated hotels in Zhangjiajie.Translated by Becky

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Recently, Beijing observed the grand press conference of 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week.As reported, 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week will invite famous musician Gao Xiaosong to be the art director, and national A rated singer Lei Jia be the artist consultant.From August 31th to September 4th, 25 well-known overseas country music teams coming from 23 different countries and 8 domestic music teams will show the angelic voices in beautiful Zhangjiajie.In those international music bands, some once wrote theme song for music week, some once was invited to perform for royal personages such as Margaret Thatcher, Princess Soraya, some mix many kinds of musical styles and musical elements, some are full of national features.Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week has successfully been held in both 2009 and 2011 and it has become a representative exchanging culture with foreign countries. China Ministry of Culture once gave special praise in an article, saying that “Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week was proved to be a successful practice since it skillfully used soft power to improve national image”.Translated by Becky

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