The four seasons and climate in ZJJ Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area are changeable. The mist is the most common meteorological spectacle there, and can take five shapes, such as cloud and mist, cloud seas, cloud waves, cloud waterfalls, and colorful clouds. After a rainfall, the mountain is first covered by dense fog and later it will change to white clouds. The peaks will flicker in the boundless sea of the clouds, which looks like imaginary sacred Penglai Mountain and the magnificent houses. If you were amid such an environment, you are going to feel like an immortal supernatural human. Sometimes the sea of clouds shrouds the peaks, and then directly flows down like waterfall,showing spectacular scenery.Translated by Sophia

2013-08-08 13:57 View：948

Wulingyuan, which belongs to the central China region of oriental realm in terms of geographic distribution of animals, is located at border regions between the western plateau sub region and the eastern plain and hill sub region.This place has a complex geography, mild climate, and sufficient rainfall. In addition, after a long period of erosion and efflorescence, the quartz sandstones have formed large picturesque peaks and rocks, with abrupt slopes and deep ditches. In addition, the forests in Wulingyuan are dense, and all these conditions have provided a good environment for animals to live and reproduce. A preliminary investigation has confirmed that the area has 116 species of terrestrial vertebrate animals belonging to 50 families, including three species under first-grade state protection and 10 species under the second-grade state protection listed in the List of Wildlife under Special State Protection. In the Wulingyuan animal world, macaques account for a great majority, and it is said that their number reaches more than 300. The giant salamanders, which local people called “Wawayu,” are often found in streams, springs or in deep pools. Studying the role of animal ecology in the ecosystem of Wulingyuan and their relationship has a great scientific value for protecting the animals and maintaining the ecological balance.Translated by Sophia

2012-10-26 13:55 View：3224

Litchi Bay-style congee has fish, shrimp, fried peanuts, fried squid, fried rice noodles, fresh lettuce, jellyfish slices, coriander, spring onion and basil. Its name comes from a legend of a young man from a rich family in Litchi Bay, in the western suburbs of Guangzhou that has litchi trees planted on river banks.

2012-08-31 13:54 View：3240

Yelang Valley, situated in Xinhuang Autonomous County of Dong Minority in Huaihua City and bordering the Wanshan Special District which is located in the easternmost Guizhou Province, is a mysterious valley winding originately from the Gaolouping Village of Wanshan Special District to the Fangjiatun Village in Xinhuang Autonomous County of Dong Minority, a bright pearl in Western Hunan. The valley is as long as 15km with a vertical depth of 200 to 650m and a narrow width of less than 30m.Standing on a higher position and then looking down, you will see an unfathomable crack as if torn by a giant. What’s more, over 20 waterfalls, spat from hanging caves on high cliff, are contending to scatter their most beautiful jades and pearls.Yelang Valley attracts tourists not only by its unique natural scenery but also by the mysterious ancient legend of Yelang Kingdom. Yelang, a king of Yelang kingdom in south-west of ancient China, was said to be a famous arrogant and ignorant king. Yelang kingdom was only as large as present Sichuan Province, however, Yelang thought it as the largest country in the world. However, due to the incomplete record of history of ancient Yelang kingdom, many mysteries have remained unveiled and unlocked until now.Yelang Valley locates among the railway from Hunan and Guizhou, 320 state road and high-grade highway from Tongren to Yuping, so you can get to here directly from Huaihua, Zhijiang, Xinhuang, Tongren of Guizhou Province, Wanshan, Yuping. Apart from the easy traffic, its also very convenient to visit a vast of scenic zone like Zhangjiajie, the Lotus Bridge, Japanese Surrendering Town, Green Dragon Cave and Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou and so on for the not very long distance between them. Ticket price entering Yelang Valleyis 128RMB and you can buy preferential price on internet or by other methods. After having a taste of culture of ancient Yelang kingdom, it’s also a good choice for you to cool yourself by taking a rafting in this hot summer, which will charge you 90RMB.If you are interested in very ancient culture of China, I bet it will be an amazing tour for you. What else mysterious there still be, it is waiting for you to find it.By Patricia  

2013-02-22 13:53 View：4869

Since the 2013 international country music week is going to be kicked off in August, on July 30, the security and safety personnel come to the performance venue for on-scene inspection and make initial deployment for on-scene policy strength.The security group successively visits the opening ceremony of the music week in Yellow Dragon Cave; check campfire party scene in Xibu street; and examine the closing ceremony scene of Tianmen Fairy Fox. They learn the preparation state of many scenic spots and carry out careful inspections on the scenes.On the security deployment meeting for the music week, relevant personnel from Zhangjiajie PSB requests the participating members should pay high attention on the event, clarify target and responsibility and key jobs; the city and county PSB and policy offices take pains to organize the security job and make sure a successful music week.By Crystal

2013-08-05 13:52 View：1646

On July 27th, under the joint efforts from many relevant sectors, the first Hunan(Yuanling) Mountain & Water Sports festival is opened in the beautiful Youshui bank–Hunan Yuanling. Combined with various items of outdoors sports, such as cliff hiking, river trekking, mountain-climbing, drift and cycling, the leisure and tourism festival attracts thousand of outdoors amateurs to experience Yuanling’s tourism resources and appreciate the local folk customs.Themed with “Laughing at Hei mu cliff, boating race in Youshui river”, and by holding semi-professional and embodying-all outdoors sports, the activity is aimed to promote Yuanling’s unique landscape resources, built up excellent outdoors routes for tourism in Yuanling and boost great-leap-forward development on Yuanling’s ecological and cultural tourism.The main parts of this event fall into competitive events and experience activities, including six them activities. The competitive events embody: canoeing drift in the cleanest waters–Youshui river for experiencing swimming in the paint; dragon boat race, tasting the traditional dragon boat contest; climbing Er You mount, scaling 999 steps of the cultural holy mount. The experience activities include exploring secrets in Suxi; hiking for enjoying gully scenery of the national natura reserve zone–Jie mu xi; mountain bike cycling; cliff through.Liu zhi liang, county party secretary of Yuanling indicates that the combination of sports,leisure and tourism is very suitable to let the citizens and tourists take part in. Its successful organization initiates the form of sports, leisure and tourism in Hunan, at the same time, it recommends Yuanling and makes it receive large attention by the form of outdoors sports, which plays a vital role in building up a differential tourism product and brand of “Enjoy mountains in Zhangjiajie, play with water in Yuanling”.Translated by Crystal

2013-08-04 13:51 View：981

Jinping Ancient Village, located in the west bank of Wushui River in Central Town, Huaihua City, is 15km away from the downtown of Huaihua City. It is called Central Town because it is just 30km away from Anjiang in the east, 30km away from Qiancheng in the south, 30km away from Zhijiang in the west and also 30km away from Luyang in the north, which is just in the center of all sides. Here was the commercial and cultural center in south-west of Hunan.In the Jingping Ancient Village, ancestral temples, ancient post roads, Fubo (A general in Han Dynasty) Palace, Chamber of Cultural Prosperity, Virgin and Filial-piety House, Ancient Well in Tang Dynasty, Hydrology Stele, Dragon and Phoenix Bridge, Goddess of Mercy Pavilion, Bottom Bracket Temple and relics of the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age have remained the same just like thousands of years ago. What’s more, ancient folk culture like Drinking Song, Nuo Drama, percussion instrument made of bamboo and Rattle Stick Dance have invited countless tourists to visit.Jinping Ancient Village, a unique and peaceful land even in current China, will definitely bring you a special experience of Ancient China, which you can never experience in your own country.By Patricia

2012-08-24 13:49 View：3333

Situated in Shangjiang town, Fenghuang, county,Hunan,eighteen kilometers away from Fenghuang ancient city,valley of Miao people in Fenghuang covers an area of four square meters and is an iconic attraction of pure Miao culture in Fenghuang. Thanks to its natural scenery with uncanny workmanship and well-protected ancient stockade village, it is universally accepted the “living fossil of Miao people” by experts and scholars both from home and abroad.Hundreds of flowers in bloom, hundreds of birds contending in singing, a limpid stream winding its path smoothly and two deep and serene valleys riding its way into the unknown, all of these sceneries speak a sense of quietness and beauty. In the two caves, roads extend in all directions and three springs cascade as if from the sky. Standing in the cave, you may feel that the cave is hidden in the valley and the valley is also hidden in the cave. More especially is the invisible Miao people’s head, which can not be seen by naked eyes, but camera can catch it. Thus it is called “An odd in the world”. Bestowed with beautiful natural scenery and strong folk customs, the valley of Miao people unfold itself before us like a nature picture. It remains many relics of Wu nuo culture and creats unique belief in gods and memorial ceremony.Except appreciating its mysterious culture, tourists can taste authentic and delicious Miao dishes. Here you can both feast your eyes as well as your stomach amid a pure and miraculous Miao culture and scenery.By Crystal

2012-08-22 13:47 View：3506

Leijia invited by the 2013 Zhangjiajie international country music group will come to Zhangjiajie for site selection, stage arrangement, sound location and stage design. According to the report, during the music festival, she will hold a personal live music concert in Zhangjiajie mountains, with the stage of natural heritage, taking xiangxi culture as the background.Giving a personal concert on this miraculous land, is a dream of her! The live concert will combine music with the world natural heritage, which gives the audience a brand-new perspective. That is to say, let more people like music, like nature, like zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

2013-08-03 13:47 View：1024

The latest nationwide report on China's cultural sector, entitled the "2013 China Cultural Industry Development Index," reveals that Beijing has achieved the best performance in terms of cultural industry development. The report, released on July 30, aims to provide detailed statistics of the cultural development across Chinese provinces and cities, and give a full analysis of the country’s cultural sector. Beijing tops the ranking with a score of 82.75, followed by Guangdong Province and Zhejiang Province. Released jointly by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's National Innovation and Development Base and the China Culture Index Research Center, this year’s report is based on the 2011 statistics as it takes a long time to collect the data and carry out the analysis. The development of China's cultural industry is generally steady, the report indicated. The overall index in 2011 was 128.70, dropping 2.74 percent from 2010's 131.44. The state-owned cultural companies remain the primary force in the industry, but the private cultural enterprises are becoming more efficient in utilizing funds. Many factors were included in the evaluation criteria such as cultural market development and cultural innovation. The following are the top 10 Chinese provinces and cities in terms of cultural industry development：Beijing，Guangdong Province，Zhejiang Province，Jiangsu Province，Qingdao，Shanghai，Tianjin Province，Hunan Province，Fujian Province， Liaoning Province. Source:China.org

2013-08-03 13:43 View：1031