The 15th Hunan Tea Culture Expo & the Spring Tea Exhibition was launched in the Hunan Province Exhibition Hall on May 8.The four-day expo stages a series of activities including performances on tea ceremony in Han and Tang Dynasties, fragrant incense ceremony and spatial-art ikebana, forum on Buddhist and tea, the Second Famous Tea Auction, as well as exhibition of creative painting on palms, and tea clothes. The expo has attracted over 500 well-known tea enterprises from home and abroad including Dark Tea Garden and Butterfly White Tea. It has also invited such masters in dark-red enameled craftwork as Zheng Qiubiao and Lu Wenjian to exhibit their craftworks and exchange their experiences. Excellent works by masters in painting and calligraphy, as well as many exquisite root carvings and ceramic artworks are exhibited at the expo. A tea-drying master shows traditional tea-drying technique at the expo.Various tea wares are exhibited at the expo. Since tea is inseparable from art, excellent works by masters in painting and calligraphy are exhibited at the expo.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Hunan will showcase the achievements and growth potential of its cultural industry at the 11th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF) held from May 14 to 18.Themed “Interconnection, integration and innovation”, Hunan delegation will center on promoting an integrative development of media. Hunan’s strategic layout and main achievements in cultural innovation industry, as well as the progress of “Internet Plus” action plan and digital programs and products of Hunan cultural enterprises will be exhibited at the fair.Hunan Pavilion at this fair emphasizes participation, practicability and internationalization. Various interactive activities such as performance and lottery drawing will be laid on to encourage audience participation, aiming to lead online to offline experience and thus transformed potential visitors into customers of the exhibiting enterprises. Meanwhile, the pavilion highlights the merging of Hunan features and international elements, to promote Hunan culture to the world.During the fair, Hunan delegation will organize the 2015 Chinese Culture Brand Release Ceremony & 10th Anniversary of Chinese Culture Brand Release, as well as promotion conferences for Hunan’s key programs on integrative development of media.Translator: Zhu MengxiaSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On the evening of May 4, China’s first large-scale tourism performance on intangible cultural heritage, “Fantasy of Zhangjiajie”, was staged at the Zhangjiajie Theatre. With a total investment of 41 million yuan, the performance reflects Zhangjiajie's landscape, intangible cultural heritage and local folk custom. It consists of such five chapters as “Nirvana · Tianmen Mountain Opens”, “Heyday · Tusi (a system of appointing national minority hereditary headmen in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties) Manor”, “Blood-rain ·Southeastern Yongding”, “Lingering · Top of Zhangjiajie”, and “Dancing Trippingly · Mountains and Streams”. It comprehensively displays Xiangxi (western Hunan) culture via plots and stories in an original manner in about 80 minutes.Live performance of the “Fantasy of Zhangjiajie”Translator: Hao Jingru

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On April 25th, The world’s first installation tunnel elevator – Zhangjiajie tianmen mountain elevator official began the normal operation.Mountain elevator runs in the tunnel, All the day from the bottom to the top of the hill. With a total of 12 segments, a total escalator cascade operation length of 897 meters, it has the hoisting height of 340 meters, a total span of 692 meters. There are 16 sets super high overloading bus type escalators, three high overloaded bus type escalators, having one-way transmission capacity of 3,600 people/hour.The tianmen mountain elevator is one of the most difficult, high technical requirements and the highest construction hoisting height in the world. It becomes a new miracle.Translated by Sophia

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On April 22nd, Group after group of South Korean tourists visit Wulingyuan scenic area core Yang Jiajie cableway. Since this year, in Yang Jiajie scenic spot, we can see many gorgeous South Korean tourists, and hear the praise of Yang Jiajie beautiful scenery. According to incomplete statistics, April 21, Yang jiajie cableway has received more than 360,000 guests, including 18% in South Korea.In April last year, as the opening of Yang Jiajie cableway of opening, magnificent peak has quickly become the popular attraction for Chinese and foreign tourists. As a core “Rising star”, Yang Jiajie ropeway makes a “Resource integration” with Tianzi mountain, Baofeng lake, and so on. The tourist market shares continuously “Inflation”. Yang Jiajie scenic spot in South Korea guest’s eyes, the peak wall wonders are “The miracle of miracles”. Such a height jagged stone group, it can completely be preserved, is rare, and has a very high scientific, ecological and aesthetic value.This year, Wulingyuan scenic area has a reception of has more than 63,000 people from south Korean team.Translated by Sophia

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The cloud-capped and beautiful Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Zhangjiajie in the rain attracted numerous visitors on May 1.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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In the most beautiful April day, It is a good time for a spring outing.April 25th, In Zhangjiajie Huanglong hole ecological square, green willows, floral flowers and green grass shade, are the symbol of spring. Tens of thousands of visitors is going to have an outing to admire the view.Translated by Sophia

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Tourists walk on a pavement built with glass on the cliff at the national forest park in Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, May 2, 2015. Many tourists come to experience the glass pavement built on the cliff of Tianmen Mountain with an altitude of about 1,430 meters during the May Day holiday. Source: Xinhua/Shao Ying

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