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

News 2013-08-27 01:17 View：772

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

News 2013-08-26 23:07 View：864

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

News 2013-08-26 22:35 View：1116

In 2013 zhangjiajie international country music, The father of contemporary country music, Mark will open the festival with his agent Fu Han. In Side Out Programs, combines the western king of the folk musical instruments guitar and the king of chinese folk music Erhu, to give a wonderful performance.Mark is on behalf of the foreign countries, Fu Han is on behalf of China. Mark doesn’t hope that too busy daily work will bury Fu Han music talent. She has studied Erhu, and the creation of Mark’s songs has her effort. With the encouragement,In Side Out Programs will form. The combination of the western and Chinese language, culture, music, and instruments will give people what they want to see.This Program will add many new elements for national wind. Through the collision and fusion of different culture, it will endowa new life to traditional folk music forms, which will bring the world audiences unprecedented fresh feeling and experience.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-08-26 01:22 View：732

On August 26th, source from Hunan fire station has learned that Fenghuang,Xiangxi,Hunan has brought in fire emergency broadcast system, taking the lead among domestic ancient scenic spots.The fire emergency broadcast system in Fenghuang is the first case in domestic ancient scenic spots. It is a multi-functional and comprehensive outdoors stereo broadcast system combined with FM radio station and fire emergency broadcast system. Now active FM stereos have been stalled in 110FM stereos places along the street corners and commercial tenants operation places of the ancient city.In future, tourist can listen to program and safety knowledge in FM 94.4 as well as the urgent government files, notices and policy. Once fire breaks off in the city, the radio station can act as fire emergency broadcast system, providing communication guarantee for evacuation, fire rescue, and fire control.As a national famous scenic spot, Fenghuang witnesses over seven million tourists every year. Due to its wooden buildings and compactness of its houses, large destroy may result in once a fire breaks off. Thus in recent years, the local government strengthen fund input on fireproofing patrol team, fireproofing motors, firearms in shops and bars and other places in the city, fireproofing knowledge assimilation.By Crystal

News 2013-08-26 01:20 View：804

A young man coming from Wulingyuan District,Zhangjiajie City arrived in Qianjiang District, Chongqing City after 10 hours’ motorcycle riding. Actually, his final destination is not Chongqing City, but distant Tibet. As for the purpose of his trip, besides having a pilgrimage in holy Tibet, he puts more emphasize on promoting his hometown Zhangjiajie along the way.After an activity about joyfully visiting Wulingyuan by riding motorcycles held in Wulingyuan on August 24th, he made his mind going to Tibetby motorcycle. On August 26th, he said goodbye to his families and started his special journey alone. He brought little luggage with him. There is a red flag imprinted with some words like “Zhangjiajie,Yellow Dragon Cave, Baofeng Lake, Music Week, and Beautiful Xiangxi” and so on.According to his communication with a journalist, he initially planned to ride 10 hours with an hourly speed of 60 kilometers everyday. It is estimated to get to his destinationLhasa,Tibetin 5 days if everything is smooth.Translated by Becky

News 2013-08-26 01:18 View：782

High-profile 2013 zhangjiajie international country singles, will launch on August 31st in the world natural heritage. Eight domestic national bands from Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan will soar with 25 world music teams, jointly to interpret ethnic music in the world.During the eight national bands, they are some from Qinghai yugur sal combination, some are multi-ethnic mixed yunnan bands, Others like new Xinjiang hotan jade art troupe,yunnan four dragons combination,Guizhoudong songs, and so on.It is worth mentioning that the dong song with a history of more than 2500 years, is a kind of natural chorus folk song form with no command and no accompaniment. In 1986 autumn festival of Paris,Guizhoudong song has been considered as “Flashy music spring, Over the edge of the ancient dream melody”.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-08-26 01:16 View：784

On 25th August, A group of Thai friends led by Thai Tourism Authority officials Mr. Seksan Nakwong and Ms. Woraporn Daisakulchu, Along with president of Thai tourism association Mr.Suthiiphong Pheunphiphop has arrived at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, One of the most popular scenery zones in Zhangjiajie.As learned from official information, Thai friends are at Zhangjiajie tourism bureau’s invitation to have a visit and guidance on Zhangjiajie tourism markets. The ultimate goal is facilitate the bilateral communication and understanding. Therefore, An increasing number of Thai friends will pay their visit in Zhangjiajie.By Aileen

News 2013-08-26 01:16 View：797