On Sept. 15, 2016, Baofeng Lake Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie offered self-made mooncakes prepared by Tujia people to everyone visiting here, in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Sept. 17, 2016, the last day of the three-day Mid-Autumn holiday still saw crowds of tourists visiting the Red Carbonate-Rock Stone Geopark located in Xiangxi. The landscapes shaped hundreds of millions of years are stunning. An aerial view of the beautiful Red Carbonate-Rock Stone GeoparkThe spectacular Red Carbonate-Rock Stone Geopark Geological wondersTranslator by Yu Jiangjiang

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The photo above shows citizens are watching greeting dance performed by Miao people of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture on Sept, 15, the very day of Mid-Autumn Festival this year. The greeting dance, as a part of a temple fair, was held by Changsha Huogongdian Restaurant for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. A series of performances on intangible cultural heritage given by minority groups such as Miao, Tujia, Bai, Yao, Uyghur, and Gaoshan enchanted citizens and tourists.Translator by Xiao Juan

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On the evening of Sept. 7, 2016, a lotus-shaped dome bar which resembles a flying saucer when seen from outside lighted up the skyline at the foot of Tianmen Mountain and on the bank of Lishui River. As its 45-diameter retractable roof opens, 110,000 LED lights which were mounted on 10 lotus petal-shaped steel tiles turn it into a huge blooming lotus flower. As the roof closes, it resembles a luminous pearl. The dome bar, named Genting, is known as the world’s largest one and is scheduled to open to the public on the evening of Sept. 10. It only takes over 8 months to finish such a big project since the commencement from Dec. 22, 2015. With an investment of 280 million yuan, the new bar will be able to host up to 3,800 guests over an area of 210,000 square meters. It is a cultural complex featuring 66 separate KTV boxes, one eastern style mini-bar and one western style mini-bar. Customers visiting the bar will be treated to a range of attractions including a 360-degree rotating stage, futuristic lighting, and holographic projection facilities. Domestic and international artists are expected to play in the international bar and music venue. Now a Ukrainian art troupe, together with Russian and African artists is busy with their rehearsal. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A grand road show was staged at Changsha Wanda Plaza on Sept. 2, to mark the 2016 Sino-Thai Culture and Tourism Friendship Caravan. Thailand folk dance, China’s Erdos dance and horse head string instrument performance, attracted numerous audiences. The 2016 Sino-Thai Culture and Tourism Friendship Caravan is co-organized by the China International Culture Association and Thailand Tourism Bureau, in order to promote “Belt and Road” Initiative-guided cultural construction, and give a boost to cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Thailand.The nearly 6000-km-long road trip began in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The caravan would pass seven Chinese provinces and twelve provinces in Thailand. Along the 38-day trip, a number of tourism and culture promotion activities would be organized. The caravan arrived at Changsha on Sept. 1. They were organized to visit Orange Isle and Yuelu Mountain, and watched a special Hunan folk custom show at Hunan Province Song and Dance Theater after the road show. Participants will enter Thailand territory on Sept. 10. The ending ceremony for the long trip will be set on Sept. 29 at Bangkok Chinese Culture Center. Translator: Pang YuehuiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Changsha received 1.068 million tourists, achieving a comprehensive tourism revenue of 1.251 billion yuan, during this Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Folk custom was a highlight of this holiday. Yuelu Mountain, Dufu Pavilion, Dawei Mountain, Weishan Mountain, and Shiyan Lake were preferred by tourists to enjoy the full moon. The Flower and Lantern Festival held on the Orange Isle, and lanterns display and Food Festival held at Yanghu Wetland Park attracted over 230,000 visitors. Intangible cultural heritage performances made by ethnic groups at Changsha Huodgongdian Restaurant enchanted citizens and tourists. Mooncake DIY was popular at many scenic spots and recreational farms too. In this holiday, road trip and tour by high-speed rail were preferred by most tourists. The expressways around Changsha and the Changsha South Railway Station saw a holiday rush since Sept. 14 evening. Family tours were hot during the holiday, especially parent-child agritainment activities, such as fishing, picnic, shrimp catching, wild plants picking, and making dumplings. In order to guarantee a safe and harmony holiday, Changsha administration for tourism supervision and all scenic areas took measures to maintain order in traveling. Volunteers at the Orange Isle Scenic Area have contributed a lot to ensure orderly and civilized tours. Neither serious complaints nor accidents were reported during the three-day holiday in Changsha.Translator: Pang YuehuiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Changsha’s Meixi Lake International New Town won the “Global Human Settlements Award on Planning and Design” 2016, according to a news release announced at a press conference held by Xiangjiang New Area on the afternoon of Sept. 13. The “Global Human Settlements Award on Planning and Design” is the annual worldwide prize launched in 2005 by the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS). Known as “the Oscar in Human Settlements”, it is currently the most prestigious human settlements award in urban architecture and design in the world. Translator: Xiao Juan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On the morning of September 3, Zhangjiajie Huanglong hole ecological waterscape square area shows a radiant beauty. A lot of fog rise from the surface of the water, and the shore flower complements in the thick fog, a red sun in the morning, looking like a fairyland.As we have learned, in Huanglong hole ecological square, Internal and external temperature has a big difference, so in the morning, when humidity is bigger, it is easy to form fog scene.Translated by Sophia

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