Putou Village is an ancient village located in Jiangfang Township, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County. A pristine stream meanders through the village and nurture people living there for a thousand years. In the village stand more than 100 ancestral temples, ancient senior officials’ residences, and merchants’ mansions. Folk handicrafts such as wood carving, stone carving, ceramic inlay, and colored drawing can be seen everywhere, making buildings exquisite and antique.A number of ancient buildings have been well preserved in the village, including Huolong Bridge built in the 24th year of Emperor Guanxu’s reign, Feishan Temple in the early Southern Song Dynasty by an architect surnamed Yang, Chenghuang Temple in the 2nd year of Emperor Kangxi’s reign, and a stone arch bridge in Ming and Qing dynasties.Prof. Tang Wenlin, a folklorist from Shaoyang University, stated that the scale of the ancient Putou Village is rarely seen in Hunan. Its perfect combination of beautiful scenery and well-preserved ancient buildings win itself better research and protection value. Moreover, the village is of great cultural significance. He proposed to include it in the cultural relic list under provincial protection, so as to let more people know about it.Location: Putou Village, Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Shaoyang CityHow to get there from Changsha:Changsha South Bus Station-Chengbu North Bus Station-Putou Village(About 6.5 hours in total)

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Zhangjiajie national forest park,Huangshi village diffuses clouds peak. On the morning of June 6, after the rain, Huangshi village shows grandeur of sea of clouds. In Huangshi village, white clouds from time to time look like ethereal gauze, sometimes like a thick cotton package, forming various forms of clouds. The beautiful scenery makes people feel intoxicated, amazing.It is understood that zhangjiajie wulingyuan rains these days, but the tourism is not affected. After the rain, Tianzi mountain, huangshi village area, Yuan Gujie, Yang Gujie, will appear infinite changes, infinite charming clouds and beautiful scenery.Translated by Sophia 

News 2017-06-10 16:08 View：1187

The 2017 Youth Poetry Congress offline contest was launched at Yuelu Academy, Changsha City, on June 11, 2017.During the following 14 qualification rounds, students from more than 300 Changsha primary and middle schools will compete with the previous online contest winners.At the launching ceremony, 150 poetry amateurs got together at Yuelu Academy to appreciate Chinese classic poetry. Pupils from Wangjiachong Primary School, Bocai Xianjia Primary School, and college students from Hunan University of Chinese Medicine staged brilliant performances, such as poem reciting, dances, and Hanfu shows. The audience was impressed by the Chinese classical poetry charm.The Youth Poetry Congress is initiated by Changsha Education Bureau, Changsha Citizenship Office, and Rednet.cn. Launched on April 10, the online contest has attracted 800,000 contestants from all Hunan’s primary and middle schools, and even all walks of life.Translator: Pang Yuehui

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The Changsha Tongshenghu Experimental School students cheer up for Gaokao (National college entrance examination) on June 6, 2017. On the day, the school’s 1,243 candidates were assigned to various exam venues. Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

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June 5th, is world environment day. Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan district around the theme “Green water castle peak is the jinshan silver”, organized each scenic spot to carry out environmental protection propaganda activities, advocating energy conservation and emissions reduction, low carbon, civilization and green travel and new trends in society.Translated by Sophia

News 2017-06-06 16:07 View：1791

The 46th World Environment Day fell on June 5, 2017. China’s theme was “Pristine waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. Hunan’s own theme was “Safeguard clear waters and lush mountains, and build a prosperous, beautiful, and happy Hunan”.The Hunan Environmental Protection Department, the Hunan Citizenship Office, the Xiangjiang New Area Management Committee, and the Hunan Broadcasting System organized environmental protection lectures in Changsha. The lecturers included: “Green Guardian” Mao Jianwei, who has volunteered to protect the Xiangjiang River for 16 years; primary school teacher Xiao Ling an environmental instructor for 13 years; and grass-root environmentalist Liu Bingliang, who has devoted himself to environmental protection for 15 years. More than 500 applauded them.Themed activities were held across the province.Zhuzhou organized primary school, middle school, and college students to visit the digital environmental protection laboratory at the Zhuzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, and they watched environmental protection videos and films. Public suggestions and opinions were solicited for building a "Green Zhuzhou”.Changde’s environmental protection art troupe, the only of its kind in Hunan, staged Changde silk string performances, titled “Changde is an environmentally friendly city”, and “Ode to pristine waters and lush mountains”.The Fenghuang County environmental protection authority employees performed the song “Protecting the Earth” and released a music video to spread eco-environmental protection knowledge to the public.Translator: Pang Yuehui 

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On May 31st, 3 Minutes’ Hunan tourism advertisement video shoots in Baofeng lake. The national Dong singer, CCTV “Sanjie Liu” national championship Wang Xin becomes the main actor. It is understood that the video after post-production will be aired on hunan TV and other important platform, showing the public at home and abroad “Splendid Xiaoxiang, A great hometown – Hunan” natural infinite charming humanities.3 Minutes′ Hunan tourism version is shooted by hunan TV station, which started on May 28th in Changsha. During the period, the crew will successively visit Tianzi mountain, Yuan Gujie, Baofeng lake to shoot essence scenery. At the appointed time, the world’s rare charming Zhangjiajie landform scenery, Zhangjiajie Wang Xin will show in the AD.According to the chief introduction, before the 3 Minutes′ filmed version, 30 seconds′ Hunan tourism AD has set up in CCTV, Hunan TV station, which enhancing the good image of tourism in Hunan province.Translated by Sophia

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The China Aid Myanmar in Sports Technical Cooperation Project in 2017 kicked off in Changsha on June 5, 2017. A total of 124 Myanmar athletes from eight national teams will have a 90-day training in Hunan.Such cooperation project expected to secure Myanmar’s successful delivery of the 29th Southeast Asian Games. At the invitation of the Myanmar government, the Chinese government would provide assistance to Myanmar in sport performances, including organizing a 90-day training for 264 Burmese athletes, sending 9 Chinese coaches to Myanmar to help conduct intensive training for 20 days, and providing training support facilities in 13 sport events. The Chinese government will provide high-profile coaches, high-quality training equipment, accommodation, meals, and medical treatment for Myanmar athletes. These athletes will receive trainings in Hunan for 8 sport events, including swimming, diving, gymnastics, weightlifting, and badminton. Translator: Xiao Juan  

News 2017-06-03 16:12 View：1359