On November 2, international amateur photographers visited Chatong in Border Town of Huayuan County in western Hunan. Located at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing, Chatong is 25km northwest away from Huayuan County. As one of the four famous towns in western Hunan, it enjoys a long history and ancient ethnic customs. Border Town written by well-known litterateur Shen Congwen even set Chatong as the background.At 12:30 pm, international photographers group arrived at the scenic spot. The Chatong Border Town Tourism Development Company invited the group and had an exchange meeting on promoting the local tourism. During the meeting, participants shared their travel experience here, learned the long history of Chatong, and discussed together about its tourism development in the future.After the meeting, the participants crossed Qingshui River, and visited the junction of three provinces, Lala ferry port, Minglian housing block and Cuicui Island. They said the beautiful and tranquil ancient town brings them a long-lost feeling of comfort.Tomorrow morning, the group will leave for a tour of Aizhai Suspension Bridge, the world largest cross-canyon suspension bridge.Translator: Yang ChengfeiReporter: Xia JianwenPhotographer: Chen YixinSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The list of the 2014 Happiest Cities in China was released at the China-International Urban Development Forum held in Beijing on October 31, which coincided with UN's first-ever World Cities Day. Hunan's Changsha and Yueyang were on the list. Changsha has won the title for seven consecutive years. The city was also selected as one of the first batch of Cities with the Greatest Culture Soft Power.To focus on the theme of Chinese culture influencing the world, the organizing committee has made the system of assessing China's happiest cities and cities with the greatest culture soft power after widely soliciting opinions from domestic and international experts and scholars. The assessment system cover 70 indexes related to charming, vigor, power, and publicity of urban culture, urban image, urban happiness, etc.The organizing committee said that the list released on the World Cities Day has a demonstration role in enhancing the image of Chinese cities and promoting Chinese cities go global.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On October 30st, ZJJ Wulingyuan created provincial biome, Which has officially become the province’s fifth biome.ZJJ Wulingyuan district formally launched provincial biome in 2005, Through establishing and perfecting the guarantee system, To implement ecological building engineering projects. It intensified the building of ecological agriculture, To improve the ecological environment quality.So far, It has created 41 city ecological villages (community), 4 provincial ecological towns, 36 eco-villages, 2 state-level ecological towns and 1 ecological village. In 2012, It was awarded the honorary title of national ecological demonstration zone.Translated by Sophia

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Large-scale outdoor activities will take place in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park from November 8th to 10th,2014, Including “Yellow Stone Village”Cup thousand-people crossing fields on foot, Extreme Cycling Challenge Race as well as “Xidesheng Cup” Riding through Wulingyuan Cycling Race and “Tianlu” Cycling Challenge Race. For the moment, nationwide outdoor lovers are running wild to register.The same Zhangjiajie but with different outdoor heaven, The reason for the current hit is due to the green, low-carbon theme as well as world-grade tourist resources of Zhangjiajie. Some applicants expressed that “Zhangjiajie shows a example for green outing and healthy life, and we can pass it on through cycling race”.Translated by Zumi

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A media group teamed 30 provincial mainstream DJS from Fujiang, Tianjing, Neimengu, Jiangsu, Shanxi etc., Organized by Economic Channel of Hunan People’s Broadcasting Station, arrived in ZJJ Tianmenshan, on October 27th.The DJS let its usual rigorous style go totally to a relaxed casual one, Laughing and screaming all the way from the cableway to the glass lane. Even so, They would not forget their working responsibilities. Some of them covered and connected their own channels on live, showing their excited and scared real mood on the grass lane to audience.In the evening, The group would watch the first world’s large mountainou scanyon music show “Tianmen Fox Fairy”. “Climbing Tianmenshan in the day, Watching Tianmen Fox Fairy in the evening” has become a classic and popular route for travelers. Those DJS also shared it with more audience through their own experiences.Translated by Zumi

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Chiefs and senior journalists from 12 overseas Chinese media came to Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie City to initiate their collection of folk customs in charming Xiangxi (western Hunan) during October 23 and 24, 2014.The activity was co-hosted by the International Communication Office of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hong Kong's Wenwei (Wenhui) Newspaper. The collection aims to promote in-depth integration of Xiangxi's ecology, culture, and tourism, alleviate poverty of the region, and increase its popularity and influence at home and abroad. The 12 media included Wenhui Newspaper, Jietong Daily (Russia), Biweekly Digest (Japan), Chinese Commercial News (Philippines), P.T. ABDI WIBAWA PRESS (Indonesia), Aju Business Daily (South Korea), Kia Hua Tong Nguan Daily News (Thailand), Southern Chinese Daily News (the United States), The United Chinese Press (New Zealand), Kwong Wah Yit Poh (Malaysia), and Merdeka Daily News (Malaysia). Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On October 26th, Golden yellow coreopsises, Colorful galsang flowers and tender rose embraced a lots of guests laughing and screaming on and on in Zhangjiajie Laodao Bay. According to statistics, The area has received 60% more people than the same period last year since the National Day. Particularly on weekends, self-driving tour showed a rising trend.Zhangjiajie Laodao Bay often has a view of blooming flowers competing with one another in each october. As the weather was fine this year, The coreopsises were usually golden. Therefore,The unique beautiful natural sights as well as various activities attracted guests from everywhere. They were amazed at the roses of different colors, like yellow, pink, white,etc. Besides, A scent of romance was formed with warm romantic tree house inns and flower-surrounded Sunshine Vocation Hotel.Translated by Zumi

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International amateur photographers participating in the 2014 Hunan Photography Expedition Tour visited Yutou Ancient Dong Village, a Dong Nationality stockade village of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County on the morning of October 27. The tour members witnessed Yashang Drum Tower dominating the most beautiful village panorama under the sunrise and met a special “local resident”-Martin from Switzerland at Hengling Drum Tower of Pingtan Village. Martin accompanied the tour members to Gulou (Drum Tower) Primary School, his design studio, and a “wooden shed” where he is staying. The photographers were mesmerized by the chic layout of Martin’s dwelling, the manual spinning machine, the unique music room, and the voluble Martin. “It is so beautiful here. And Martin is really funny. He has the best ‘wooden shed’ I’ve ever seen,” Rosemary, one of the photographers from Vietnam, said excitedly. After lunch, the tour members were received by the Tourism Bureau of Chengbu County, and participated in the folk activity of “Da Ciba” (making glutinous rice cakes) and a recreational activity of “Ji Youjian” (a jostle-of-war competition to take a wooden bench popular among Miao people in Chengbu County) at Dazhai Village of Chengbu County. The team reveled the novel experience and were thoroughly amused with the village residents’ generous performance of Chinese nursery rhyme “Two Tigers”. They will wrap up the tour on October 28 at Nanshan Pasture of Chengbu County and return to Changsha in the afternoon. Reporter: Chen MengmeiPhotographer: Cui JinshanTranslator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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