Trains from Changsha to Shanghai section of the longest west-eastern high-speed railway, Hukun (Shanghai to Kunming) High-speed Railway, went into operation on December 10. With this high-speed rail line, travel time between Changsha and Shanghai has been reduced to 4 hours and 26 minutes, and between Changsha and Hangzhou to 3 hours and 38 minutes.From Dec. 10 onwards, Changsha South Railway Station will run 18 high-speed trains to Hangzhou East Railway Station and 14 to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. The full first-class and second-class fares for trains from Changsha to Hangzhou East Railway Station are 681.5 yuan and 405 yuan respectively, while those from Changsha to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station are 798.5 yuan and 478 yuan respectively.Hukun High-speed Railway consists of Huhang (Shanghai to Hangzhou) Section, Hangchang (Hangzhou to Changsha) Section and Changkun (Changsha to Kunming) Section. Huhang Section opened to traffic in 2010, Hangchang Section started operation on December 10, and the line linking Changsha and Huaihua of Changkun Section will open this month.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On December 7th, At the Panwang Festival held in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County of Hunan Province, a festive original Yao wedding customs were staged at the Tutengyuan Square of the county. Apart from villagers of the county, Yao people from Guangdong and Guangxi also came to the happy occasion. Making glutinous rice cakeCustomers who accompany the bride to bridegroom's family on the wedding dayThe bride in the sedanSource: Hunan Official Web PortalTranslator: Hao Jingru

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December 10th, Influenced by temperature and rainfall weather, The World Natural Heritage Wulingyuan welcomes the first winter snow.By aerial ropeway of Tianzi mountain, We can see vaguely foggy snow ornament. According to the weather forecast, The next few days, The cold weather will continue, some magic wonders will show in tianzi. In order to ensure the orderly, Wulingyuan district tourism departments and the scenic area offices strengthen the security, guarantee the safety of travel. At present, The core scenic area has a normal and orderly reception.Since 1st of this month, Wulingyuan scenic area has begun to implement the off-season fares. The policy of “Enjoying preferential tickets, Enjoying winter snow” will be the good choice of the Chinese and foreign tourists to Zhangjiajie travel.Translated by Sophia

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On the afternoon of December 8, Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Xu Yousheng, accompanied by Chen Jiang, cultural counselor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China the Kingdom of Thailand, paid a visit to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), and held talks with its deputy director. Mr. Xu invited more Thailand people to travel in Hunan and vowed to offer best service.Director Xu stated that there were mainly three activities of "Hunan Culture in Thailand". First was exhibition of Hunan cultural products. Second, Golden Eagle Broadcasting System and Thailand Chia Tai Group inked cooperation agreement, marking that Hunan Satellite TV would be received in Thailand in the form of pay-TV. Third, Hunan promoted its tourism resources and scenic spots among Thai people.Deputy Director of the TAT remarked that China is a popular tourist destination for Thai people. Since Hunan is abundant in tourism resources, the number of Thai people visiting China and Hunan is increasing year by year. The TAT is willing to strengthen cooperation with Hunan and upgrade tourism undertakings to a new level.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Hunan is one of the birth places of red tourism, boasting profound such tourism resources. In recent years, the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the?Hunan Provincial People’s Government attached great importance to this tour form, and organized a series of activities with innovative publicizing mode, making red tourism Hunan’s brand image.From 2004 to 2014, Hunan successfully held red tourism culture festivals, fully demonstrating Hunan’s achievements in red tourism. The festival has now become a significant activity in China to promote red tourism.Statistics show that the number of tourists in Hunan broke through 300 million from 2004 to 2013, achieving an income of 126 billion yuan. The annual average growth of tourists and income reached over 20%. About 200,000 people are directly employed for red tourism and 800,000 people indirectly. The tour fully plays its favorable effect on politics, culture, cultural enrichment and popular support. Large scale performance of the “The Great Man Mao Zedong in China” Former residence of Liu Shaoqi in Ningxiang County of Hunan ProvinceFormer residence of Peng Dehuai in Xiangtan County of Hunan ProvinceTranslator: Zhu MengxiaSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On November 20th, 2014, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area have had a meeting price bureau of season ticket prices.To further optimize the environment of tourism and leisure vacation, Promote the scientific utilization of tourism resources, From the beginning of the year, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park will take off-season ticket prices. The season average ticket price is 136 Yuan/pax, and preferential price tickets for 82 Yuan/pax. Off-season from December 1st to the end of February of next year, It will be valid for two years.So what are you waiting for? Come and join us…Translated by Sophia

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December 5 is the International Volunteer Day for Social and Economic Development (IVD). On the street of Zhangjiajie’s Wulingyuan Scenic Area, a group of elderly volunteers celebrated the day by picking up rubbish and supervising civilized travel.In Wulingyuan Scenic Area, eighteen CPC & League Member Obligatory Information Desks were set up at tourist distribution centers such as ticket offices and Tianzi Mountain. 9,600 registered volunteers from 25 volunteer service organizations offered services for tourists by turns.Elderly volunteers (file photo)Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Accompanied by Xu Yousheng, director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, Vishanu Krua-ngam, deputy prime minister of Thailand visits exhibition hall of “Hunan culture in Thailand” on December 6.With a forceful and passionate tea song “Dragon Dance” revealing the unique charm of Anhua dark tea culture, the opening ceremony of “Hunan Culture in Thailand” campaign & Promotion Conference on Cultural Tourism was officially launched in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand.Vishanu Krua-ngam, deputy prime minister of Thailand, Xu Yousheng, director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, Ning Fukui, Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Pinij Charusombat, former deputy prime minister of Thailand and Chairman of the Thai-Chinese Culture Promotion Committee, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, vice minister of Thailand Ministry of Culture, and Thai celebrities in circles of business, culture and tourism, as well as principals from related departments of Hunan attended the ceremony.Before the opening ceremony, accompanied by Director Xu, Mr. Vishanu Krua-ngam visited the exhibition hall of Hunan cultural products. Hunan, along Xiangjiang River, Zijiang River, Ruanjiang River and Lijiang River, has beautiful scenery and gathers abundant talents. The magnificent hall staged six special exhibitions for embroideries, tea, porcelains, films, books and paintings to vividly show the world-famous “Hunan culture phenomenon”.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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