The first Traditional Chinese Culture Ceremony for Global Chinese, themed “paying a tribute to traditional Chinese culture” was initiated in Yuelu Academy on the morning of July 30. Liu Haifeng, a well-known scholar and dean of Institute of Education of Xiamen University, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech on “millennium history of imperial examinations and traditional Chinese culture”.Jointly hosted by Yuelu Academy and ifeng.com, the ceremony is held every two years, aiming to vigorously promote and inherit traditional Chinese culture. As the main activity of the event, three awards including “Lifetime Achievement Award in Traditional Chinese Culture”, “Award for Traditional Chinese Culture Research Achievement” and “Award for Promoting Traditional Chinese Culture” have been set for Chinese people all over the world, in an attempt to praise scholars, institutions and public service organizations devoting to studying and promoting traditional Chinese culture.This ceremony, lasting from July to the end of September, will stage a series of activities including traditional Chinese culture awards selection, Lectures of Yuelu Academy, Confucius Memorial Ceremony in Yuelu Academy, and the First Traditional Chinese Music Festival in Hexi Platform. Results of the awards are scheduled to be released at the award ceremony at the end of September.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Photo taken on July 29, 2014 shows the scenery of Aizhai grand canyon in Jishou, central China's Hunan Province, July 29, 2014. (Xinhua/Peng Biao)Source:Xinhua

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On the army day, The world natural heritage landscape 5D pavilion will be free for servicemen. On July 25th, Zhangjiajie landform 5D pavilion in the world geological park museum is announced the news to the world.This free time is for three days: On July 31st to August 2nd. With the police certificate, Soldiers and military, People can come into Zhangjiajie landform freely.The freely opening of 5D experience pavilion is to express the highest respect for them, Take this opportunity to promote the world geological park, Zhangjiajie landscape science knowledge, and advocate the geological relics, protection of geological relics.Zhangjiajie world geological park museum is located in Wulingyuan scenic area-Core water around four door, is the heart of the core of the Zhangjiajie landform. It is the most abundant geological museum, Which known as Zhangjiajie landscape science field. Especially Zhangjiajie landform 5D experience pavilion, is one of the world geological park.Translated by Sophia

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The scenic spot of Fenghuang Ancient City has reopened to tourists after the flood on July 26. Tourists from different countries were seen in the core area of the city. According to the Tourism Bureau of Fenghuang County, 16,100 tourists from home and abroad entered the scenic spot, realizing tourism revenue of 15.64 million yuan.Tourists queue up to go on board after the Tuojiang River recedes.Translator: Zhu Mengxia

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The GDP of Zhangjiajie in the first half of 2014 grew by 9.5%, higher than Hunan’s average growth for the first time, and up 2.5% and 3.4% over the same period of 2013 and the full year of 2013 respectively. The tourists and tourism income exceeded the national average level and rose by 11.4% and 14.5% respectively, 20.9 and 18.4 percentage points higher than that of the same period of last year. Scenic areas in Zhangjiajie received about 12.8 million tourists, bringing in tourism revenue of 7.67 billion yuan, with a significant year-on-year increase.In the first half of this year the number of take-off and landing flights at Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport increased by 10.5%, and the number of international flights increased by 62.3% over the same period of last year. The number of overseas tourists and tourists staying overnight in Zhangjiajie rose by 20.6% and 13.2% respectively.Zhangjiajie’s tourism has developed rapidly owing to the preferential policies for primary and high school students, self-driving tourists, and tourists by high-speed railway. In addition, a series of eye-catching marketing events, including wing-suit flying through the natural cave, climbing the “First Ladder in the World” in Zhangjiajie’s Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, and cyclers with DIY colored painting in parts of their body, have played a positive role in attracting more tourists to Zhangjiajie and promoting Zhangjiajie into the international tourism market.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On July 24th, “Wulingyuan literature and art” officially released. It is understood that this publication has published 65 areas, with more than 50 writer authors on the prose, poetry, novels and other literary works.ZJJ “Wulingyuan literature and art” is founded in 2010, is now published 10 times. It aims to introduce wulingyuan tourist brand, Cultivate Wulingyuan native writers and make a contribution on literature prosperity Wulingyuan art.Translated by Sophia

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On July 22, Mount Tianmen of Zhangjiajie, Hunan enjoyed a cloudless blue sky. Suddenly, a white shadow with “wings” leaped down from the peak of the cliff at the east side of Tianmen Mountaintop, crossing gorges and peaks and landing safely on a winding mountain road. The moment it flew past the cableway of Mount Tianmen, the tourists in the cable car shouted “I see the wingsuit flying.” with surprise.The 3rd World Wingsuit Flying Championship, which is being hosted by the World Wingsuit League, is scheduled to be held in Mount Tianmen this October. At present, President of the World Wingsuit League Iiro Seppanen and Secretary-general Frank Yang, and two players having participated in the 2013 Wingsuit Flying Championship including Ellen Brennan from America and James Boole from the UK are surveying flying route for the competition in Tianmen Mountain. The white shadow flying in Tianmen Mountain on July 22 was Ellen Brennan, the only woman participant in last year’s competition.The organizing committee of the competition will choose new flying route for this year’s competition, striving to increase ornamental value while increasing difficulty level. Besides, new challenges like pair-flying or multi-player group flying to be added.Ellen Brennan succeeds in trial flyingEllen Brennan is ready to take offTranslator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On July 21, the overseas edition of Artistic Conception China accomplished the filming of mysterious core areas of Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Areas to exhibit unique charm of the region to global audiences. The 120-minute Artistic Conception China video is a joint production of the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, filming companies of Singapore and New Zealand. The video vividly exhibits the charm of China. Zhangjiajie has been allotted 15 minutes in the video which is threaded by the field exploration on Zhangjiajie's landscapes conducted by Professor Tian Mingzhong of China University of Geosciences and his students. Their tour experience vividly elaborates Zhangjiajie's unique landscapes and its features and factors of its formation and value. Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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