Flowers of all sorts are in full bloom at Hunan Forest Botanical Garden in May. On the occasion of celebrating its founding anniversary held on May 31, it will offer free tickets to the public.Coreopsis blossomsConsolida ajacisA variety of hydrangea blossomTranslator: Pang Yuehui

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The Hunan Tourism Development Committee announced that, during Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival holiday, Hunan had more than 13.1 million tourists, an increase of 21.8% over last year. The tourism revenue totaled over 8 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 29.9%. The tourist numbers and tourism revenue both hit a record high.Colorful Duanwu-themed activities were organized throughout the province.(1) On the bank of the Miluo River, a thousand people recited "Li Sao", literally "Encountering Sorrow”, which was written by famous Chinese poet Qu Yuan, in memory of his 2350th birthday.(2) Twenty dragon boat teams competed on the Miluo River, attracting numerous tourists from home and abroad.(3) Quzi Cultural Park opened to the public on Dragon Boat Festival.(4) A temple fair was staged at Changsha Fiery Palace.(5) A dragon boat invitational tournament was held on the Fuyi River of Langshan Mountain Scenic Spot, jointly organized by Hunan’s Xining County and Guangxi’s Ziyuan County.(6) Zongzi making and a live-action performance of Listening to Sounds of Nature were presented at Huangdu Dong Cultural Village, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua.The traditional tourist attractions were crowded with visitors during Duanwu Festival holiday, including Wulingyuan Scenic Spot, Yueyang Tower-Junshan Island, Shaoshan, Yuelu Mountain, Hengshan Mountain, Langshan Mountain, and Fenghuang Ancient Town. The tourist arrivals at 74 Hunan provincially-supervised tourist attractions increased 17% year on year to 2,678,700. Ticket revenue increased 47.3% to 253 million yuan.Short trip and rural tourism were a hit among tourists. A large number of tourists experienced farm work and culture, country music tent campfire party, and parent-child garden party.Translator: Xiao Juan

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On the afternoon of May 24th, two hundred visitors from Sichuan province travel in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan balsamine hole. It is understood that since mid-may, visitors has visited balsamine hole in an endless stream, up to 5,000 people. As is known to all, Zhangjiajie’s most famous cave is Huanglong cave. Why does balsamine holes become so popular?Secret is in here! Balsamine hole is one of Zhangjiajie natural karst caves, Which located in Wulingyuan district. With an area of about more than 10,000 square meters and the appropriate temperature environment, in 2009 Zhangjiajie developed it into the wine base. After nine years, wine bouquet hung in the wind, which deeply attracted residents and tourists to pass through hole. Baixin company called all members after visiting Wulingyuan and Huanglong scenic spot, to visit balsamine hole as a must-see attraction, and said that they would wants t work with Zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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Recently, Huanglong music festival organizing committee through its official WeChat public announcement, announced that huanglong music season android version of the APP is launched, the apple version of the APP would also be on next week. All participants and followers can download and install huanglong music festival official WeChat APP.Letting art to embrace technology, auxiliary competition in science and technology, rich content via the Internet. According to understand, making exclusive APP is an innovation. It aims at combining the latest science and technology, via the Internet to simplify the process, the standard order, the comprehensive interaction and share the happiness. It also lets the organizers, participants and followers have a platform for communication and interaction to turn into a domestic and international influential music event.Huanglong music festival (Formerly known as “Huanglong hole” art fair) is to promote the development of the grand music art exchange. It is also the world’s highest award grants music event. In 2017 Huanglong music festival will be held in Huanglong scenic area in August this year, which plans to hold international choral art week and piano art week activities. Event details, and real time can be searched by Huanglong music season APP and music festival WeChat public (zjjhlyyj).Translated by Sophia

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The show “What Do Pandas Dream About?” premiered at the Hunan Puppet and Shadow Art Protection and Inheritance Center on the evening of May 24. It was jointly presented by performers from the Center and the French ensemble Doulce Mémoire. The only Chinese-French co-produced play during the 2017 Festival Croisements offers a subtle blend of Chinese art of shadow play and western Renaissance music. The show tells Little Panda’s encounters with a monkey, a crocodile and a phoenix during its first journey, calling for people’s thinking on ecological environment protection. Translator: Xiao Juan

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The World Parkour Competition will take place from May 27 to 29 in Zhangjaijie Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park. It is the first of its kind in China.    The competition consists of two events: speed race and skills challenge.    Twenty top traceurs from Europe, North America, and Oceania and 30 selected Chinese parkour players will participate in. The Chinese candidates are required to attend qualifying round that will be held on May 27, and the top four have chance to go to the next round.    The preliminaries and finals of speed race will be held on May 28; the preliminaries and finals of skills challenge on May 29. These races will be aired live on a local TV channel.   The racecourse is designed by Aussie parkour artist Dominic DiTommaso. With a total length of 300 meters, it starts at Tianman Cave and end at the tourist service center. There are 999 steps leading up to the Mountain Cave which is known as the Gateway to Heave. A total of 68 barriers are placed along the steps. The course has a vertical drop of 150 meters.

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On May 19, 2017, “China Tourism Day”, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan carrys out the “Tourism makes life more happiness” series of activities, which creates a good atmosphere on participating, supporting and promoting the development of global tourism, to make it easy for the masses of tourists travel, enjoy the achievement of tourism development.Translated by Sophia

News 2017-05-25 15:48 View：1091

Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival) falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. For thousands of years, the Festival has been characterized by dragon boat racing, and eating Zongzi. This holiday will provide ample chances for all to be involved in celebrations.It is a folk festival widely passed down with a history of over two thousand years, and one of the most important festivals as well. There are various celebrating activities on the day of Dragon Boat Festival, among which eating rice dumplings (Zongzi, the steamed glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves) and dragon boat race are important customs.There will be a 3-day holiday for the coming Dragon Boat Festival, starting from May 28 (Sunday) to May 30 (Tuesday, the Dragon Boat Festival).The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzung tzu and rice dumplings. The celebration's is a time for protection from evil and disease for the rest of the year. It is done so by different practices such as hanging healthy herbs on the front door, drinking nutritious concoctions, and displaying portraits of evil's nemesis, Chung Kuei. If one manages to stand an egg on it's end at exactly 12：00 noon, the following year will be a lucky one.Dragon Boat race Traditions:At the center of this festival are the dragon boat races. Competing teams drive their colorful dragon boats forward to the rhythm of beating drums. These exciting races were inspired by the villager's valiant attempts to rescue Qu Yuan from the Mi Luo river. This tradition has remained unbroken for centuries.Tzung Tzu:A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat festival is tzung tzu. This tasty dish consists of rice dumplings with meat, peanut, egg yolk, or other fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The tradition of tzung tzu is meant to remind us of the village fishermen scattering rice across the water of the Mi Low river in order to appease the river dragons so that they would not devour Qu Yuan.Ay Taso:The time of year of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth lunar moon, has more significance than just the story of Qu Yuan. Many Chinese consider this time of year an especially dangerous time when extra efforts must be made to protect their family from illness. Families will hang various herbs, called Ay Tsao, on their door for protection. The drinking of realgar wine is thought to remove poisons from the body. Hsiang Bao are also worn. These sachets contain various fragrant medicinal herbs thought to protect the wearer from illness.

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