When 2013 ZJJ music week still remains its affection in the tourists’ heart, the opening ceremony stage of the music week triggers heat pursuit among tourists. On September 17th, tourists across the country take their cameras and take photos before the the opening ceremony stage.With a cover of 500 square meters, the opening ceremony stage revealed to tourists on August 25th. It sets the background by towering mountains and with the Tujia Diaojiao building on the left side. On August 31, 30 foreign music bands gathered here to uncover the opening ceremony of the 2013 ZJJ music week.“When I saw the reports about ZJJ music week on Hunan TV, I was impressed by the music week’s logo, especially the harmony between the stage and the surrounding scenery makes us feel very close to the music week” says a tourist from Shanghai.The person in charge of Yellow Dragon Cave Investment Co., ltd that undertook the three ZJJ international country music week indicates the country music week has become a infinite cultural symbol and settled in Zhangjiajie, and as a landmark attraction of the opening ceremony stage, it brings tourist a visual feeling and makes them feel more “Close to” the country music week.By Crystal

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On September 14, the third "Ancient City, Ancient Town and Ancient Village" Cultural Tourism Festival & Cultural Tourism Month across the Straits was launched in Huaihua, Hunan Province.Themed "Legendary Huaihua, a Paradise of Ancientry", the opening ceremony bubbled with songs and dances presented by performers in front of the Drum Towers of the Dong minority. The audiences savored the ancient culture as the performance went on or enjoyed the ancient view under the large screen at the site. Coming from Taiwan, some veterans of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) even choired to memorize their victory over Japan in Zhijiang in 1945 and eulogize peace. It is reported that the festival aimed to demonstrate the profound historical and folk culture of Huaihua, to set up a cultural tourism brand of ancient city, ancient town and ancient village, and to promote the culture of peace in Zhijiang. Cooperating with such related areas as Hunan Province, Chongqing City, Guizhou Province and Guangxi Province, Huaihua will spare no efforts to boost the development of cultural tourism industry around the Wuling Mountain.Li Hui, mayor of Huaihua City, declared the festival open and extended her warm welcome to visitors from all around the country. According to the sponsor, such series of activities as the Promotion Seminar on Cultural Tourism across the Strait & the Strategic Investment Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony, Memorial Ceremony for Martyrs in the Anti-Japanese War and Workshop on Tourism of Culture of Peace will get started as well during the festival.Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Third China Venture Capital Forum, organized by the Financial Affairs Office of Hunan Provincial People's Government and Securities Times and undertaken by the Hunan High-Tech Venture Capital Co., Ltd. (HTVC), was held in Changsha. Representatives from domestic renowned venture capital organizations aired views on low carbon economy, urbanization, the changes in technology, media, and telecom, etc.According to the speech delivered by Vice Governor of Hunan Province Sheng Maolin at the forum, more than 30 Hunan-based enterprises had realized private equity financing of 1.5 billion yuan by the end of this August. There are now over 300 venture capital enterprises in Hunan, with the registered capital exceeding 50 billion yuan.Since this year, Hunan has taken various measures to vigorously develop venture capital. A series of major project matchmaking events have been carried out, including the Training on the Overseas Listing of Hunan Enterprises in 2013 and the 2013 Forum on the Investment of Hunan Potential Enterprises for Going Listed.At the awarding ceremony held on the same day, President of the HTVC Huang Ming was crowned as China's Venture Capital Figure, and the HTVC was honored as the Most Competitive Venture Capital Institution.The Third China Venture Capital Forum is hosted in Changsha.Sheng Maolin, vice governor of Hunan Province, delivers a speech at the forum.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The opening ceremony of the 2013 China Shimen Citrus Festival was held on September 13, 2013 on the Orange Isle in Changsha. It is the first time that Shimen County (in Changde, Hunan) celebrates the citrus festival outside the county availing the opportunity of Hunan Tourism Commodities Exposition to let more people learn about Shimen County and its citrus.New promotion channels such as e-commerce platforms on websites like New Countryside (nc.mofcom.gov.cn), Supply and Marketing Cooperatives of Shimen County (shimen.coop168.com) and Shimen Citrus (www.shimenganju.com) were opened on the same day to further upgrade the citrus marketing platform and allow online purchase.Shimen County is the major production base of citrus in Hunan. The county’s citrus planting covers an area of 440,000 mu (about 29,333 hectares). Its annual production stands at 400,000 tons and the fruit has been exported to 16 provinces and municipalities nationwide and to nearly 30 overseas countries and regions like Russia, Canada and South Korea. The annual citrus festival has been held for 12 successive years since 2011. It functions as an effective platform for promoting Shimen County and marketing its citrus. Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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According Zhangjiajie Official Website, Zhangjiajie is preparing for the peak in the double festivals since September 18th.With the upcoming of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, The city is to face another tourist peak. By the news from ZJJ Tourist Administration, Self-driving and Self-organized travelers should pay attention to the newest updated traffic source since the rebuilding of 5 roads in rural areas. Considering this situation, The Government will strengthen the work of traffic organization. In addition, To make sure of the safety and order of guests, the scenic area will put more guards on duty. The check and improvement for the scenic facilities will end before the festivals.By Zumi

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On September 15th, Du fanglu, member of ZJJ standing committee and executive vice mayor, meets the counselor–Ma Tianning and his accompanies from Wuhan French embassy. The two sides have friendly communications.Du fanglu first expresses his hearty welcome to Ma Tianning and his accompanies, and makes brief introduction about Zhangjiajie’s basic information. He indicates, as w young city in China, Zhangjiajie has only 25 years since it as a city; with minorities taking up over 70% of the total population, Zhangjiajie is endowed with rich tourism resources and profound cultural deposits, especially the unique“ZJJ landform”makes Zhangjiajie honor many international brands, such as“The first world natural heritage in China”, “The first batch world geo-park”; Zhangjiajie not only belongs to Zhangjiajie’s citizens, but also to the people across the whole world; he hopes Ma Tianning can have more journey in Zhangjiajie and the tw parties can carry out deep contacts on tourism, trade, sanitation, culture and education.Ma Tianning delivers his sincere gratitude to Zhangjiajie’s hearty reception and thinks highly of Zhangjiajie’s beautiful scenery. He exclaims he has learned Zhangjiajie’s beauty and wanted to visit Zhangjiajie once his take-over office; these French friends who are engaged in different businesses come to Zhangjiajie and wish to cooperate with Zhangjiajie in terms of tourism economy, sustainable development and culture exchanges.By Crystal

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“It feels like travelling in a primitive forest two decades ago, but now a tour to Zhangjiajie is just like a privilege only for celestial beings, and this travel has stroke me a lot” an essay to director of Zhangjiajie Tourism Bureau was written by Liu renyi, an 80-plus-old Beijing resident to express directly his enormous appreciation for the tremendous changes that Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has taken place over more than 20 years.In this article, Retrospect to his experiences twenty years ago in Zhangjiajie by reading his memories, he compared two tours and marveled at great differences this time. In old days, there were only some small bungalows along the park, the highest among which were some small hotels and inns with two or three stories. At an early morning after the gatekeeper opened the door, I wandered along a creak snaking through the mountains alone without encountering too many people. And then I squeezed into a bus to Yellow Dragon Cave where I followed a tourists group and listened to tour guiding cautiously in case of falling behind for every light turned off the minute tourists passed by.In contrast, this trip is on a par with a tour for celestials, since we can go to the place used to be monopolized by immortals by various kinds of facilities, such as ropeway and elevator in Tianzi Mountain where solitary peaks pierce into the sky of a imposing momentum. It is unique both in its geological features and natural beauty. In addition, Liu also praised the exquisiteness of programs of the Charm Western Hunan with large-scale performance and colorful clothing. In the end, he gasped in admiration that Zhangjiajie is so beautiful that it is as miraculous as a fairyland which not only belong to China but the whole world.By Brenda

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Wang xigui,Taiwan renowned calligrapher, whose native place traces back to ZJJ Sangzhi County,has come to ZJJ Wulingyuan area and held a calligraphy seminar here. More than 20 people including calligraphers, artists and enthusiasts around the district have attended the exchanging activities. During the seminar, Wang xigui has talked about the glamour, features and creative process of calligraphy with his calligraphy creative experiences of more than 40 years. He has also answered several questions about the confusions and puzzles along the creative process on the scene and improvised a work called Yuan(fate) to Wulingyuan Calligraphers Association.Wang xigui, born in Sangzhi County in 1926 and moved to Taiwan with Kuomintang in 1948, now lives in Tainan city of Taiwan. He is the director of Chinese Calligraphy Institute as well as a member of Tainan Calligraphy committee. And his works have been selected in several international art exhibitions and won big prizes.By Brenda

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