On July 2, the organizing committee of  ZJJ International Country Music Week issues a notice that invites the grassroots singers and bands both from home and abroad to play in Zhangjiajie at the end of August.Disregarding of their ages, places, performing numbers and styles, these grassroots bands can apply for in the official website of Music Week as long as they display the charms of different country music.With the certificates signed by the organizing committee of ZJJ International Country Music Week, these grassroots bands can freely enter into many scenic spots, such as ecological square of Yellow Dragon Cave, Tianzi Mount,Baofeng Lake and Tianmen Mount, etc, showing their talents in music.Translated by Crystal

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ZJJ“June 6” (“6.6”) which is of over 600-year history is a festival in memory of Tan Hou who is the God in Tujia people’s heart. June 13 is equal to June 6 as lunar calendar. This year’s “6.6” is the 641st of Tujia people’s.ZJJ Tujia Folk Custom Garden, with a good wish of inheriting and carrying forward folk custom and culture of Tujia nationality, held a lot of activities like sacrificial ceremony, sacrificial rites performance, dragon dancing, water pouring, tasting special local food and so on. At that very day, thousands of citizens and tourists attended this cultural feast of Tujia characteristics.By Patricia

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In order to strengthen tourism safety protection, guarantee tourists’ life and property security during the summer vocation tourism peak, from July 2 to July 8, Deng shaobin, deputy director of management office of ZJJ National Forest Park, deputy researcher, Yang shaoqiang, along with other sectors in safety inspection, tourism, fire-prevent, electricity and lead a team to conduct a carpet tourism safety checks and environment sanitation.The inspection team first enter into Huangshi Village, Golden Whip Stream, Pipa Stream and Yuanjiajie, checking the tourism service facilities, such as tourism lines, guard bars, bridges and ropeways; then it comes to the tourism reception areas of Yuanjiajie and Luogu Tower, carefully inspecting the food sanitations and fire safety of hotels, family inns and family restaurants. The team reports the potential safety hazards and weak links to the management units and business owners once they are uncovered, and requests immediate rectifications.The team stresses that as safety is the priority in tourism, all scenic spots and reception units should seriously implement instructions from the central, provincial and city leaders, manage tourism safety and carry out all measures for safety guarantee.By Crystal

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20“Drunken Beauty”Articles Sharing Rewards of 400,000 RMB in ZJJ Yellow Dragon Cave Photography Contest After 15 days, the one-year online photography contest–“Misty Rain Zhangjiajie;Drunken Beauty Yellow Dragon Cave” will come to an end, with 20“Drunken Beauty” articles sharing rewards of 400,000 RMB. On July 16th, the journalist learns from the activity website 1,234 works from 610 contestants have been received at the deadline. The organizing committee will issue a column for inform that including the top 30 contestants.Held by Hunan Photographer association and Yellow Dragon Cave investment company, the online photography contest–“Misty Rain Zhangjiajie;Drunken Beauty Yellow Dragon Cave”is initiated on August 1st, 2012. The purpose of the event is to display the magic scenery and the charm of photography of ZJJ Yellow Dragon Cave, at the same time to explore the traditional charm of Zhangjiajie’s folk customs, which will enhance its influence and reputation. The total rewards is 400,000 RMB(three cultural custom paintings), including 20,000 cash and one iphone; the last 15 excellent works will be awarded 10,000 RMB.Since its open, the contest has received active participation from photographers both from home and abroad and its amateurs and netizens. Now the first place in the natural scenery group voted by Internet is No.457 The Radiance, the first place in cultural customs is No.78 Heart. The contest and the online voting have entered into the vital process and who will win the top 20 “Drunken Beauty” works? It will be issued in 15 days.News has learned that the third tourism scenery photography contest in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan is kicked off on July 1 lasting one year, with a total reward of 403,000 RMB for 185 works.Translated by Crystal

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According to report from media, Avatar, once won the top-grossing movie around the global will make its sequel–AvatarⅡ within this year and screen it in 2015. A insider from Zhangjiajie who once received Avatar shooting team exclaims that many scenes of the movie will combine the technologies of underwater photography and motion capture, at the same time, it is supposed to add large amounts of factors of Zhangjiajie landform scenery.After the release of Avatar in 2010, it has received international attentions for it found views of Zhangjiajie to make its prototype of Pandora Hallelujah floating mountains. Kevin Arnold, the executitive director of Avatar once asserted in public: the record of global top-grossing 3 billon USD much attributes to the view of Zhangjiajie, which creats the miracle in filmdom.After the movie’s release in the third year, AvatarⅡ eventually starts its new actions. According to report, AvatarⅡapplies 3D location shooting, transfers Pandora that implants many factors of Zhangjiajie scenery under the water, which mainly represents the underwater story of Pandora.As to how many factors of Zhangjiajie scenery will be implanted into the new movie, and how to be presented? There is no accurate information yet. Insiders think that there is a perfect tacit aggrement between Avatar and Zhangjiajie. It will be a kind of deletion or regret if the movie lacks of Zhangjiajie sceneries even if the underwater story of Pandora is rather fascinating.As the new of Avatar’s release continuously spreads, there arises a burst of “Avatar Heat” on the Internet, on which a video that edits with Zhangjiajie scenery as a background has been uploaded and creats 50,000 click rates after twelve hours. Thus it can be seen netizens’ expectations and attention on AvatarⅡ.Translated by Crystal

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The eight set serials of Explore Secrets in Wulingyuan, with the joint shooting of CCTV science and education channel–Geography of China and tourism administration of Zhangjiajie, will be shown in CCTV Geography of China on July 15 to July 22 in successions. The program brings people into the unique and mysterious Zhangjiajie land. It explores the geographic secrets of Zhangjiajie’s landform formation. Besides it has a total 240 minutes, each set with 30 minutes, which is the first time in national television media that reports Zhangjiajie’s landform in such a big length.How did Zhangjiajie’s landform with mountainous peaks and erect cliffs form? What kind of unheard natural secrets does it hide behind the unpredictable and boundless fog scenery? Explore Secrets in Wulingyuan not only briefly explains the geographic landform of the core scenic spots, such as Tianzi Mount, Yuanjiajie, Golden Whip Stream and Ten-Mile gallery, but also probes into the evolution process of Zhangjiajie’s geographic living beings, such as Baofeng Lake, Tianmen Mount, Yellow Gragon Cave and ZJJ Grand Canyon.Explore Secrets in Wulingyuan is played everyday, in science and education channel CCTV—10 for the first show at 17:30 every night. It will be repeated at next morning at 8:00, with 30 minutes everyday.By Crystal

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In recent days, the Chinese-English Manual of Zhangjiajie Public Notices and Signs, with the joint editions of Zhangjiajie’s social and scientific association and Zhangjiajie translation society, is issued by Hunan University Press. The contents of he manual based on Zhangjiajie’s natural sceneries, human landscapes and public signs and notices, etc, falls into twelve parts, such as institution framework, positions and titles, tourism areas and road traffic, etc.The manual offers relevant English signs for the involved places, units, personnel and facilities that the foreign tourists may connect with, which provide convenience for their going out, work, tourism and daily life and increase their understanding of Zhangjiajie.By Crystal

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According to MTIME, the IMAX 3D live-action fantasy action movie–The Monkey King, by HK director Zheng baorui and famous movie star Donnie Yen who plays the monkey king has been presented inNorthern America on July 4. The release date of the movie in Chinese mainland will be issued at the end of August.Started up in October, 2010, the film has shoot for nearly three years, with a total investment of 300 million RMB. Except some famous stars, such as Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, the film selects ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic spots as the filming prototypes of mountain of flowers and fruits and Water Curtain Cave, which present splendid and unique Zhangjiajie landform and scenery on the screen.As ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic spot increases its popularity and reputation, more and more movies and teleplays select their shooting locations in here, such as Journey to the West, Avatar and A Dream in the Red Mansions. Their selections are for the unique of Zhangjiajie, at the same time boost Zhangjiajie’s popularity in overseas.Translated by Crystal

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