A great gala of music and friendship by Chinese and American musicians was presented to Hunan audience at the Hunan Concert Hall on the evening of August 16. At 10 p.m., the 2013 International Orchestral Music Week hosted by Hunan Symphony Orchestra ended with a violin concerto of the famous Chinese song "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" (Chinese version of"Romeo and Juliet") by Michelle Hansen, a celebrated American violinist.The musical event was jointly forged by Hunan Symphony Orchestra and 17 noted American musicians. They staged 10 exchange performances within the past half month.Translator: Tang LiSource: hunan.gov.cn

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On August 17th,2013, The Red Bull·Heaven Road Drift Contest–“The Final Battle in Tianmen” will be kicked off in ZJJ Tianmen Mountain scenic spot. The ticket time starts on 6:30am and the ropeway is operated on 7:00am.Due to the need of live broadcast, All the road within the scenic spot is closed and the ropeway and eco-cars are also come to stop from 12:30 to 14:45pm. The upper and lower station of the ropeways will starts to stop taking passengers on 11:45am, the middle station of the ropeway is on 12:15am for stop. If there is any accidental need of the scene, the recovery time for operation of the ropeway and eco-cars will be delayed some time.The operation time in the scenic spot should be informed before ticketing for all tourists and wait with patience according to your health conditions when queuing.The tourists who enter into the scenic spot are treated as those who fully understand the adjustment of the operation time, thus the scenic spot will not undertake any responsibility. Please be informed and show your understanding!ZJJ Tianmen Mountain Tourism Co.,LTDAugust 15, 2013By crystal

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When the original sounds play in ZJJ International Country Music, 200 Harley motors will “Rise Through” the air in long roar. This is a major highlight of this International Country Music.With the pure metal texture, long roar and amazing engine, Rolls-Royce says the Harley motorcycles have the features of freedom and passion. It has become a spiritual symbol. According to introduction, the 200 Harley motors show on singles main stage, which aims to better interpret music theme. It will promote the fusion of brand glamour and music, making a beautiful card of zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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Taking “Cultural dream of Zhangjiajie” as its topic, 2013 ZJJ International Country Music Week forum will be hosted by famous Hunan TV compere Zhang Dandan. This forum will start from September 1st. Honored guests presenting in this forum will discuss cultural development of Zhangjiajie, analyzing the cultural dream of Zhangjiajie and offer advice and suggestions from different aspects such as music, architecture, sculpture, painting, literature, geography, city management and tourist performance.These invited 11 cultural celebrities include the president of Chinese Chess Academy and chairman of Chinese Chess Association Wang Runan, president of Chinese Religious Culture Communication Association Ye Xiaowen, national level an artist, also the creator of Martin Luther King statue Lei Yixin, national level a scripter and the founder of Chinese live action performance, dean of architecture and design college of Beijing University Yu Kongjian and famous musician Gao Xiaosong and so on.Translated by Becky

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Since the trial operation on July 5th, Zhangjiajie new recreational travel project Old Taoist Bay has totally received approximately ten thousand visitors from home and abroad.At present, the main construction of comprehensive service area at the gate is near the end. Important entertaining project Water-Park has entered the final crucial part. Field engineering has finished generally. It is estimated that the equipment installation and debugging will be conducted on August 15th.Water-Park will make full use of abundant water resource in Old Taoist Bay and offer a good entertaining place for swimming and being away from the hot weather. At the same time, unique tent accommodation business has been opened to public.Translated by Becky

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On August 10th, The No.10 trestle of Yangjiajie’s Passenger Ropeway is to be drawn to a close and the infrastructure establishment of the whole 14 trestles have entered the last step after 7 months’ construction.According to workers, the installment work of 14 trestles will be done at the end of this month. Besides, the main works of the high and low station buildings in Yang jiajie’s ropeway has been finished. And the passenger ropeway of Yangjiajie will meet tourists all around very soon.By Brenda

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On National Day, The first edition of Tourism law will take effect and civilized travel will be brought into tour contact. According to Da Bin, the dean of Chinese Tourism Academy, in an interview by forum on Making the Country Prosperous at people.com.cn, to further a civilized tourism through law and administrative means will be more effective and faster.Tourists are required to abide by civilized behavior regulations in the tourism law. And recently, to put civilized tourism into a tour contract to better rule tourists’ behavior is also proposed by the director of State Tourism Bureau. To be specific, Tourism Etiquette Rule for Chinese Citizens Travelling Abroad and Tourists Behavior Convention for Chinese travelling domestically are annexed to the contract.By Brenda

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On August 12th, according to resources, “Joyous Xiaoxiang., Happy Wulingyuan” masses artists performance final is to be shown at 9:00am on August 16th in Grand Theatre of beautiful Western Hunan Show.Participated by 15 teams from district systematic enterprises, townships and villages in the whole district and tourism enterprises, The“Joyous Xiaoxiang, Happy WUlingyuan” masses artists activities is sponsored by the district party committee, the district government, the district publicity department, The district administration of Culture, Sports, Radio, Film and Television, Press and Publications. 17 programs in various kinds of forms and contents including Tujia Waving Dance, folk songs, short sketch, Chinese folk art forms, scene play, sing with action and instrumental music performances are wrote, directed, acted by the masses, and then selected from the grassroots.This activity is aimed to show the cultural achievements of the masses, to fuel the development of excellent traditional culture, distinctive culture of Tujia and entertainment culture of the mass characters, to further the integration of tourism and culture, to improve the popularity of ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic spots so as to build an international leisure resort.By Brenda

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