On September 27th, Glad tiding from National Tourism Attraction Quality Grade Evaluation Committee has learned Xiangxiang Maohu Watertown approved national 4A level scenic spots. So far, There are two national 4A tourism attractions in Xiangxiang.Bestowed with green mountains and limpid water, pavilions hidden in top hill, willow and peach blossoming in spring and cured bridges crossing the ponds with gorgeous lotu, Maohu Watertown unfolds an enchanting picture before your eyes. It was approved Hunan 5 Star Countryside Tourism Attraction in 2010 and honored National Leisure Farming and Countryside Tourism Pilot Site in 2012, becoming a vital point in the Red Tourism route of Mao Zedong’s course of growth and named as “The most charming Jiangnan watertown” in China.Since it initiated to create the national 4A tourism attraction, Maohu Watertown has started the construction of tourists reception center, eco-parking lot and travelling footpath; perfected scenic spot identification system; brought in airboat, outward bound and other participation projects. By doing these, the tourism service function has been perfected and attraction quality has been improved.The establishment of the national 4A tourism attraction of Maohu Watertown will give engine to enhance the overall image of Xiangxiang tourism. By taking this chance, Xiangxiang will take efforts to develop tourism industry, boost the integration of tourism and culture, enrich the supply of tourism products and optimize the development system of tourism, which elevate the comprehensive competence of the tourism in Xiangxiang.By Crystal

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In the afternoon of September 24th, Deputy director general of goods and business bureau of Thailand Tourism Administration along with his accompanies appreciate ridotto–Macrown organizes by Hunan Song and Dance theatre co.,Ltd and think highly of Red Seedings Umbrella and Ghost Song for Love that with Hunan features.The purpose for the arrival of Thailand personnel is to select programs for its 2014 Thailand “Happy Spring Festival”. According to the demands of Thailand, Hunan culture office recommends them to view and emulate the shows by Hunan Song and Dance theatre con.,Ltd. After their selection of programs in Changsha, they will visit Zhangjiajie to view Charming Western Hunan and Tianmen Fox Fairy-New Lihai Cutting Firewoods and other shows.“Happy Spring Festival” is a Chinese Traditional festival that utilizing by the national culture bureau to build a cultural exchanges brand activity oriented to the outside world. Now it is basically decided that Hunan will visit Thailand for performance during the 2014 spring festival.By Crystal

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The four-day Hunan Famous Special Products Exposition 2013 was launched at the Red Star International Exhibition Center in Changsha on the morning of September 29, 2013. More than 300 enterprises participated in the event, covering alcohol, green food, non-staple food, handicrafts, tea, drinks, etc. Tang Zhixiang, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, attended the opening ceremony.The exposition is hosted by the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province and Changsha Municipal People's Government, and offers a feast of Hunan famous special products to visitors. The event consists of eight major activities: "Hunan products going outside" greatly promoted by government and industry; free participation of the most competitive Hunan products in the national exhibition tour organized by the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province; series activities of creating the value of Hunan products; series activities of reviving Hunan wine; the financial party of "the night of Hunan products" to showcase the charming of Hunan; fostering the large local consumer market of Hunan; the golden brand of "Hunan-made" jointly built by Hunan famous products; and building a national wide circulation platform for Hunan products going outside. The Hunan Famous Special Products Exposition 2013 kicks off in the Red Star International Exhibition Center in Changsha.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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It is reported that Zhangjiajie Grand Gorge is installing and debugging with the platform construction completed. As planned, it will officially run at the end of the October.Started on June this year, the project will last 4 months with a total investigation of more than RMB 4.5 million. The one-way strop ropeway adopted gravity power traction technology which takes two cable-stayed tightwires as a passway, making guests making use of their own weight as a force to slides from Glass-made Experimental Bridge to Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain scenic spots. The strop ropeway has a length of 190 meters with a falling head of 21 meters. Since the whole facility uses on other energy resources, It is a low-carbon project.The thrilling and exciting project not only provides a new interactive tourist method, but also reduces the journey of downhill. What’s more, it is likely to boost another new scenic area and economic growth in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon for the new strop ropeway linked some classic scenic resources like Bacon Pit and Swallow Cliff.By Zumi

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According the source from Zhangjiajie official website, A large group of damselflies can be seen around the stream in ZJJ Grand Canyon recently. They sometimes fly around the stream, sometimes have a rest with wings closed, becoming a beautiful view for travelers.“Damselfish are very similar to the dragonflies, but have much slimmer shape. Though ZJJ Grand Canyon saw only a few damselflys in the past years, It is crowed with more than 10 thousand damselflys this year” The staff in the scenic area introduced.By Zumi

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2013 National water-skiing championship and jet skis exhibitions will be held on October 29th-November 5th, Zhangjiajie city center lishui river.At that time, it will have 14 sports team which comes from hunan, Beijing, Zhejiang and other places. More than 100 athletes competed in figure, swing, leap triathlon and hybrid programs and nine projects.During this game, The audience can not only enjoy the exciting water water skiing competition and motorboat gripping ring racing, also can see “Pyramid”, “Water ballet”, “Dragon water” and other excellent performances of the water. People will have unprecedented perspective of experience.2013 National water-skiing championship and jet skis exhibition “Settled in” Zhangjiajie. It is an organic fusion of water water skiing athletic sports and the world natural heritage, To show beautiful scenery. It will have a positive role in promoting zhangjiajie tourism image.Translated by Sophia

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On Sept.22nd, As the Golden Week of National Day is approaching, the preparation work is in full swing.In order to ensure the service and safety in scenic spots, ZJJ Wulingyuan area has been divided into two districts including residential part and sightseeing part and there are three lines in terms of functions which are tourists’ management, emergency logistics and news propaganda. In light of the new features of tourists’ reception, tourists’ communication center, tourist service center and tourism information service center have been established. And it has adopted a responsibility system based on the combination of lines and points with the latter more emphasized.During the whole vocation, all the staffs will go to work and 24 hours on duty. Besides, tips for those who are going to visit core scenic spot of Wulingyuan, you should bring your coat and rain gear to protect you from getting cold for the temperature here is 4 to 5 degrees centigrade lower than outside.Here are some duty telephone numbers during Golden week of National Day for you to contact in case of an emergency:1.Duty Room of Wulingyuan District Tourist Administration：0744-56181092.Complaining and Consulting Telephone of Wulingyuan District Tourist Administration：0744-56183313.Office of Tianzi Mount scenic area：0744-56173384.Office of Suoxiyu scenic area：0744-56169465.Office of Yangjiajie Mount scenic area：0744-55176666.Office of Yellow Dragon Cave scenic area：0744-56184897.Office of Baofeng Lake scenic area：0744-56168438.Consulting Telephone of ZJJ National Forest Park：0744-5712189Lines to ZJJ Wulingyuan Scenic Area are as follows:1.ZJJ Downtown–Zhang-Qing Road–Wulingyuan or ZJJ National Forest Park;2.Zhang-Chang Highway–Yanglong Road–Wulingyuan.By Brenda

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In autumn, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area is more charming. The different color leaves cover the peak, making wulingyuan a colorful world.In the green sea, red, yellow and purple leaves are particularly striking, like a colorful spindrift. On the both sides of the road, gray reed dances in the wind, pink and white blossoms opens quietly. With a breeze blowing, the colorful leaves can have a snowdrift. Many visitors begin to roam in the relaxed environment.Soft and bright sunshine, outstand and abrupt mountain, spiritual and elegant river, all of these impress the tourists, with a few.What a colorful and poetic scenery in Wulingyuan.Translated by Sophia

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