On August 21, the 2017 Sino-British Teens International Intangible Cultural Heritage Exchange was held in Changsha. It was hosted by the Hunan Culture Department (HCD), and organized by the Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center and Yishu Hunan. During the event, 31 children who had visited Britain earlier were honored as "Cultural envoy youth".The HCD Deputy Director Zhang Fang said, “These envoys exhibited and performed intangible cultural heritage in Britain between August 7 and 18. They helped promote traditional Chinese culture.”During their stay in Britain, Xiang Opera child performers staged improvisational performances at Shakespeare’s residence. They played Tai Chi at Chelsea Football Stadium, which was applauded by the audience.The young culture envoys attended an English afternoon tea party to learn about British noble culture and international etiquette. They performed Xiang Opera, drum flower opera, Tai Chi, allegro, and classic poems at the London Musical Museum.The "Young cultural envoys" present their certificates of honor. (Photo/Tang Xiaoqing)Translator: Xiao Juan 

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On the afternoon of August 11, the film crew of Hunan golden eagle cartoon TV “Children’s funny adventure” has completed a four-day project on wulingyuan scenic spot. After the later production, the world natural heritage wulingyuan will be featured in the country’s first youth outdoor adventure TV program.The program tells the story of the adventures of two young children with their brother in wulingyuan. It is very informative, interesting and thrilling. During Wulingyuan, the crew successively has visited a lot of spots. They have used many equipment to shoot Wulingyuan hoodoo, sunrise, sunset and amazing natural scenery.In the 45 minutes, the show will be broadcast on hunan TV, golden eagle cartoon TV and mango TV. Due to the high ratings, the project will help expand Wulingyuan in all the influence of the youth, also play a positive role in further exploring Wulingyuan parent-child travel market. Translated by Sophia

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The Changsha Oil-paper Umbrella Cultural Tourism Festival was launched at the Windmill Valley Fairytale Town, Changsha County, on August 19, 2017.Varied colorful oil-paper umbrellas dot the forest, grass, and lake, forming an oil-paper umbrella corridor and special sceneries. Several oil-paper umbrella makers paint patterns onto the umbrellas at the site.The forest is decorated with colorful oil-paper umbrellas.The Windmill Valley Fairytale Town is located at Huangxing Town, Changsha County.Oil-paper umbrella is a type of paper umbrella that originated from China more than a millennium ago.The umbrella is made of a handmade bamboo frame and the surface of the umbrella skin is brushed with tung oil.A painted oil-paper umbrella with a diameter of three metersTranslator: Pang Yuehui 

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On August 19, 2017, It is the first time for ZJJ Wulingyuan to meet the scenery of the clouds sea in the autumn. The flowing clouds are clustered round and round, or are stacked up or down, or are folded in a cascade. Sometimes It looks like the waves. The dreamlike scenery of the cloud has made tourists from all over the world feel excited.Translated by Sophia

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The conference on tourism cooperation among cities along Silk Road(SR) and high-speed railways(HSR) was held in Shannxi’s Baoji City between August 15 and 17, 2017. Changsha, together with other 32 cities released "Cities Along Silk Road and High-speed Railways Tourism Cooperation Declaration", marking the launching of "tourism + high-speed rail + city" cooperation mode. Representatives of relevant cities from Shannxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Henan, Shanxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Hunan, Shandong, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps attended. Exchange activities including city promotions, a symposium on travel route design, and a roundtable conference for tourism bureau heads were organized. Relevant tourism authority representatives reached a consensus on promoting tourism cooperation. They suggested such cities establishing a "Preferential Day" and scenic spots "Free Admission Day" to increase the people benefited from discounts. Changsha introduced its four core tourism brands of "millennium ancient city", "origin of porcelain", "hometown of great men", and "fashion city". At the roundtable conference, Changsha tourism bureau head said, "We will cooperate with other cities to promote Silk Road-themed tourism." Translator: Xiao Juan 

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Nearly period of time, the south has continuous high temperature weather, which leads to be especially hot this summer. Tourist attraction Zhangjiajie temperature has gone with the wind all the way up to 41.5 ℃. But Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic spot is a place of unique scenery, because deep valleys, streams and lush forest, scenic area temperatures is lower than urban area of about 10 ℃, which has become a perfect destination of tourists around the summer. Especially the “Cave wonders of the world” in Wulingyuan Huanglong hole, the temperature has kept constantly at 16 ℃, which has made “Natural air conditioning” and is favored by tourists from home and abroad.To invite more tourists to Zhangjiajie, Wulingyuan scenic area has discount policy from July 27 to the end of August, preferential price 163 yuan/m, a ticket for four consecutive days. During this period, tourist transport enterprises such as cable road, elevator and sightseeing train are also offering preferential treatment to the staff of the national teaching staff. In addition, this year, tourists who traveling in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan the summer from home and abroad enjoy China’s first national forest park of “Natural air conditioning” cool happy holiday, will also have opportunities to enjoy Zhangjiajie zero distance folk culture activities, 2017 Huanglong music festival, director feng xiaogang’s charming xiangxi, xibu street and other colorful cultural feast.Translated by Sophia 

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The Yongzhou-Jishou Expressway, part of the provincial "Seven vertical and nine horizontal" expressways network, is of great importance in northwest Hunan. It is a four-lane highway, with the main line being 84.56 km in length. It will open to traffic on Sept. 15, 2017. (Photo/Peng Biao)The photo taken on August 15 shows an aerial view of the Yongshun-Jishou (Yongji) Expressway Shijiazhai Interchange.Translator: Pang Yuehui 

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Zhangjiajie core scenic area golden whip stream, with green trees shade, fresh air and pleasant cool water is popular with tourists.Golden Whip Stream scenic spot is 7.5 kilometers long, and the forest coverage rate is as high as 97.7%. Walking into the golden whip stream, visitors can see green mountains and green water. The stream is moving along the mountain, and the river is stretching and extending. The water mist curls up, as if a layer of white gauze touching the surface of the water. Although the water is cool, it does not affect visitors paddle.Since the summer holiday season, the average daily volume of golden whip stream has reached more than 10,000 people. At present, the scenic spot has been well prepared to deal with the peak tourist season during the summer holiday season.Translated by Sophia

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