On the night of August 27th, China huayi radio “Hunan people” project group walk into Fairy Fox grand therater.They have an interview with chief inspector Xiezhening of stage drama Fairy Fox and have a comprehensive understanding of the team stories in the process of building up the drama.After the performance, The project group are deeply impressed by the love story as well as the stage effects.According to introducion, project group plan to set up a feature themed with Hunan People,which is in honor of Chairman Mao’s 120th anniversary of his birthday.In detail, The main content is introducing long history culture of hunan to Taiwan compatriots, especially the spirit of hunan -”Being pioneer, be practical”. A visit in Jishou,Fenghuang,Huaihua,Shaoshan and Changsha to record and discover more and more Hunan elements are planed.Huayi radio hopes this feature will present Taiwan friends a true Hunan image.By Aileen

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Recently, An investigation group from Zhangjiajie Industrial and Commercial Bureau went to Shiyanping Village (Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City). They looked into the tourism development and also offered advice to registration and Intellectual Property Right Protection.At the colloquium, investigation group members listened to the introduction about Shiyanping village and explored deeply the intellectual branding. As reported, Industrial and Commercial Bureau of both city and district will make full use of their accountabilities to find Shiyanping Village’s tourist developing potential. At the same time, they will positively give policy-making consulting in their purview of authority and contribute to development of cultural tourism industry so that benefit all residents.Translated by Becky

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Since the openness of the prose and poetry contest–”Beautiful ZJJ” On August 19th, 24 Excellent articles have been received by Wulingyuan literary federation and writers association. Every composition reveals its infinite longing and hearty praises to Wulingyuan.In order to prosper tourism and culture in Wulingyuan, foster and activate more people to rest their eyes on Zhangjiajie, love ZJJ and long for ZJJ, Wulingyuan literary federation, writers association, Zhangjiajie Daily–tourism weekly, and Wulingyuan news net jointly carry out the prose and poetry contest–”Beautiful ZJJ”, which has received large attention and participation from tourist, literature lovers from many places. Less than ten days, over 20 works have been accepted, including the college students that had travel to Zhangjiajie, members from Hunan writers association, poets and foreigners. Especially the father of country music in America–Mark·Liwen wrote a poetry–Tianzi Legend to express his infinite love for Wulingyuan. Here is the abstract from his poetry: This famous story in Zhangjiajie, is there for all to see；The mountain named for Xiang Dakun, is bright as it can be…It is reported that the contest will last to the end of October and at the first ten days of November, assessment will be started on these works. All the works will be issued on Zhangjiajie Daily–tourism weekly, and Wulingyuan news net, and published on the second issue of 2013 of Wulingyuan Literature. The winner of the top three places will be awarded a ticket of Wulingyuan scenic spot.By Crystal

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The enthusiastic Australian rock music, The original European folk dance, infectious African drum music, “Chinese and Western” Zhangjiajie’s folk songs and Tujia original and ecological dance…A few days later, a music feast combined with multi-national features will be presented in Zhangjiajie.In recent days, the director group of the music week opening ceremony has pre-released the programs. Return, a song combined with the Americas country Latin flavors and dance, the Soul of the Joy, A asia folk dance, Australia, A country rock music from the Oceania, Yaroslavl celebration, A dance with European tap dance and national customs and Stars Gather in Zhangjiajie, a song from Africa drum music band, these five programs will stage for competition on behalf of five continents.Zhangjiajie Welcomes You, The opening song and dance, is orchestrated by toasting songs from five minorities: Yao, Dong, Miao, Bai and Tu; Mark•Liwen with his guitar and Fu han with her urheen will perform Sang zhi folk song Build Lampstand on the Masng Tree, playing “Country music” in national dialects.Stars Gather in Zhangjiajie with strong African national features and is specially created for Zhangjiajie music week will be performed in the last one as a dialogue between national music. Sing in the High Mountain and Lady Flower will also represent Zhangjiajie’s culture.It is also indicated that mystery guests will come for performing on the opening ceremony.By Crystal

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23 countries, 25 international brands, hundreds of musicians and 200 Harley motors will gather in 2013 ZJJ International Music Week where an original ecological music show will be presented against the music bridge, green mountains and limpid rivers.Five music guitars become music souvenir of  ZhangjiajieOn the opening ceremony, five music guitars printed five continents map will serve as a part of beautiful dance and a vita rite that every member of the five continents will print a fingerprint on relevant guitar after performing. These guitars with fingerprints, signatures, photos and names are to remain in Zhangjiajie for keepsake forever.The director of the opening ceremony introduces keep five guitars that have symbolic meaning in Zhangjiajie is to inherit the spirit of music week; as Zhangjiajie is the original place of the music week, it can build Zhangjiajie into a holy place for music week and make more people join music week.“Music show in high altitude” sings music weekWith five continents and Harley show, the music week will present“Music show in high altitude”where 25 music bands from 23 countries and 8 domestic bands fallen into six groups will show tour in 402 altitude Yellow Dragon Cave square, 585 meters Baofeng lake, 620 meters Shuiraosimen, 1,050 meters Laomowan, 1,262 meters Tianzi Mount and 1,519 meters Tianmen Mount on September 1, September 2 and September 3.The person in charge of the director presents adding “Altitude dial gauge” in every tour show will combine music, scenery and tour show sites perfectly, enabling audience and tourists to feel the charm of altitude music and deepen their understanding of music as well as the impression on the scenic spots and band performance, which are to make altitude music become another business card for Zhangjiajie.It is reported that “Zhangjiajie’s Cultural Dream” forum will be kicked off during the music week where many cultural big shots will attend. They will analyze Zhangjiajie’s road for cultural development in terms of music, architecture, painting, culture, etc.“Rolls-Royce in Motors”–The Harley motors will present their super performance in the opening ceremony.By Crystal

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Country music combines with the original ecological pastoral scenery, and a curved limpid stream goes through the stage. Among the mountains, we can hear the sounds of nature.According to the introduction, The opening stage covers an area of 500 square meters. It was built between paddy fields and the water wheel live stage, the entire stage composed of rock grinding raw materials.In the opening stage, quaver background combines with water wheel, which becomes a new scenery line. On the right side of the stage, there is an original “Tujia diaojiao building”. It can reflect tujia living characteristics, give an intuitive impression to the audiences, which let the audience feel zhangjiajie culture, experience the country singles.Zhangjiajie international country music first started in 2009, which aimed to show the world local music, inherit and carry forward the country music art. In ecological square of Huanglong Cave, there exsits grain, melon and fruit. The audience can sit around and listen to music feast.In this country singles, the opening stage will be preserved as the music source iconic attractions, and it met the visitors for officially on August 25th.Translated by Sophia

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On August 19th, “National wind, The world line” team of south-central national university ended eight-day national culture research of wulingyuan.During the period of wulingyuan, the “National wind, The world line” team made a research of tujia original ecological ethnic culture “Tima god song” through field visiting and talking with district tourism bureau, zhangjiajie charm god song culture group. In addition, the team also deeped into the core scenic area, to guide a questionnaire to obtain a large number of firsthand material, and to learn a lot of tujia information from foreign tourists and local residents.This research aimed to solve obstacles in the external transmission of translation “Tima god song”, thus promoting the protection of ethnic culture, the local tourism and economic development in national regions.Translated by Sophia

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BEIJING,Aug. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- In the past, young girls in China had to learn needlework at a very early age because the ability was seen as the key to finding a good husband.In most parts of the country, it seems the tradition has gone the way of the dinosaur, but in the remote areas of China's Hunan province, the tradition is still alive.Ethnic peoples, such as the Tujia, the Miao, the Dong and the Yao, have dwelled in the west and south of Hunan for many generations. They have created several renowned textile crafts that are regarded as treasures of traditional Chinese culture.For instance, there is a branch of the Yao ethnic group called Huayao - or "Flowery Yao" - because they are known for their special and colorful clothes as well as outstanding cross-stitch embroidery.In a Huayao village located at the foot of a mountain in southwest Hunan, cross-stitch embroidery is still the most important skill for women."Normally from the age of 7 or 8, a Huayao girl has to learn counting threads, using needles and gradually grasping the cross-stitch embroidery techniques under the instruction of her mother or sisters," said Feng Xuemei, an inheritor of the Huayao cross-stitch embroidery craft.Unlike machine-aided embroidery, the cross-stitch technique does not require a draft design or embroidery frame but only hands and skills.Huayao women follow the veins of the hand-woven cloth and make embroidery according to a picture in their mind.The women always carry their needles and embroidery work with them so that they can make cross-stitch whenever they have time.They are often seen with their needles and cloth in front of a diaojiaolou, a wood-structured house over the water, on a stone near a brook or in the forests.The hand-woven cloth in plain colors of blue, white or gray becomes art with aid from the needles of the Huayao women. Images of flowers, Mandarin ducks, golden sunsets and rainbows transform plain cloth into something extraordinary.These are then made into scarves, cloaks, belts, skirt lace and underwear.Women from the Miao and the Dong add even more romantic elements to their craftsmanship.They not only make clothes for family members but also bed covers, handkerchiefs and pillows.They even weave flower belts using colorful threads as tokens of affection.Pursuit of beauty"The Miao ladies are passionate and have a love of beauty. However in past periods of scarcity, they had to make every effort to make adornments by hand and make themselves look better," said Wu Jinglian, the only inheritor of the tie-dye technique in the county of Fenghuang."The pursuit of beautiful things is just one reason for the prosperity of ethnic embroidery," said Sun Wenhui, member of the Hunan intangible cultural heritage expert committee."The origin of the ethnic groups' colorful and picturesque clothing started with the demands of offering sacrifices during the long-past totem worship period."For example, animal imagery is another important theme of the Huayao's cross-stitch work. The snake is one of the most widely used images.Dwelling in deep forests where snakes usually appear, the Huayao people worship this animal because they find that it has many skills that human beings lack.Huayao's worship of snakes is similar to the Han people's worship of dragons, experts say.The brocade used by the Dong people for sacrifice has the images of their totems, including a legendary creature that looks like a mixture of a dog and a dragon.Brocade also plays an important part in the Tujia people's sacrificial ceremonies. Ever since the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1100 BC), the Tujia people have used delicate brocade to decorate shrines. They also wear brocade handiwork for their traditional dances.The folk crafts are more than just techniques for making useful items. They also tell the stories of ancient civilizations.And the Tujia brocade also plays a very important role in people's daily lives.Once a Tujia baby is born, the grandmother will give him or her a piece of brocade as a present. The infants will use bed covers made by brocade.The Tujia girls learn the brocade skills and when they get married, their parents and relatives will give them brocade as a dowry. The more brocade bed covers a bride gets from her family, the more distinguished she is.The color of the brocade changes with occasions, too. Brocade silently records the Tujia people's customs and lifestyles.Developing with timesAmong these traditional textile crafts in Hunan, the most renowned form is called Xiangxiu, or Hunan embroidery, one of China's four major embroidery forms. An art belonging to the Han people, it is perhaps the one that best follows the time and caters to market demands.The art form comes from daily life and changes with the times, enabling Xiangxiu embroidery to survive and develop in the modern era, experts say.The Shaping township in the suburbs of Changsha, Hunan's capital, is the cradle of Xiangxiu.Embroidery is so popular there that locals say "every family has an embroider, and every village has an expert."However, contemporary Xiangxiu has taken on some modern elements and become more fashionable and vivid.In the past, the Xiangxiu used threads instead of pens to record history. Today, on the basis of traditional skills, the embroidery incorporates skills from traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy.Besides, the embroidery is better mounted and packaged to cater to market demands.Compared to Shaping township, traditions are better preserved in the Miao and Tujia villages in the mountainous areas of western Hunan because these places are relatively more isolated from modern civilization.Some elderly people still use bed covers made of traditionally tie-dyed fabrics. Old wedding and festival customs related to traditional embroidery are also kept.However, since the traditional techniques require a very comprehensive set of skills that not many people master, just a few are preserved till now.Now governments at all levels have realized the cultural importance of the traditional craft and are already working toward its preservation.Several textile arts have been listed among the country's intangible cultural heritages.In 2006, Xiangxiu embroidery, Huayao cross-stitch embroidery and Tujia brocade entered the country's first State-level list of intangible cultural heritage.In 2008, the Dong brocade, the Miao cross-stitch embroidery and the Miao embroidery were placed on the second State-level intangible cultural heritage list.Besides embroideries, some local traditional clothing has become intangible cultural treasures, too. One of them is the Miao dress and personal adornment, which are known for their variable kinds and styles as well as delicate craftsmanship.Despite protection, some techniques, especially embroidery, are still faced with extinction, said Xiao Lingzhi, deputy chief of Hunan's provincial department of culture."Now fewer and fewer young people are willing to learn traditional skills and techniques," Xiao said.Xiao called on the young people to learn traditional folk techniques and pass down these cultural heritages to more generations in the future.The inland province of Hunan is home to a number of ethnic groups, who have together created 99 State-level and 220 provincial-level intangible cultural heritage items, according to the provincial cultural department.Source: xinhuanet

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