The north gate tower has the name of Bihui door. Because it is located in the north of Fenghuang ancient city, it is commonly known as the north gate tower.Fenghuang North gate tower use red sand stone as embankment, with fine diamond cut, it is very exquisite. Gate looks like a half moon arch, with the package of two doors. With blue bricks masonry to build the wall, double-hipped roof rested on the top of the hill. The wall of north gate towers are connected to the wall of east gate tower. A clear tuojiang river goes through. It can act as the military defense and urban flood control function, which a solid barrier of the ancient city.Bihui door after several wars, still stands in the bank of tuojiang river. The rolling tuojiang river intertwines precision wall, forming a unique momentum. This momentum shows for film and television, we can see the scenery in dozens of film and television plays, such as “the destroy of bandit in xiangxi”, “Bian Cheng” and “Xue Gu” .Translated by Sophia

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Climbers come to some wonderful palace to look for happiness. At the same time, they also faced with a lot of security problems, climbers need to pay attention to safety.

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When we begins to drift, we had better carry a set of clean clothes, in order to arrange an replacement, at the same time had better carry a pair of plastic slippers, for wear on board.

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On the upcoming of the eighth “Culture Heritage Day”, the unveiling ceremony of the Zhangjiajie 2013 “Culture Heritage Day”–the national key culture relics protection unit is officially held in Shi yangping village, Wang jiaping county, Yongding district. Yu huaiming, member of the municipal standing committee and director of the propaganda administration, attends the ceremony and unveils the nameplate for the national key culture relics protection unit.Zhangjiajie has rich historic and cultural heritages, with seven national key culture relics protection units, nineteen provincial key culture relics protection units and 732 intangible cultural heritages. In this time, Sangzhi folk song is honored “Hunan’s top ten glamorous tangible cultural heritage project”, and lantern festival the national five famous festivals. Besides, Shi yan ping village, located in Zhangjiajie’s southeast border and selected as national key culture relics protection unit, is the place of China’s biggest Tujia Diao jiao building community, belonging to Hunan’s famous tourism village and provincial culture relics protection unit.On the ceremony, relevant leader reads out documents about setting Shi yanping ancient architecture complex as national seventh key culture relics protection unit, and conferring it “China’s Traditional Villages”, “Zhangjiajie Shi yanping Tujia Ecomuseum”.After the ceremony, the leaders present appreciate Tujia rammers’ work chants, picking tea leaves songs and other folk custom performances.Translated by Crystal

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Hunan’s annual fifth livestock fair–feed industry exposition, held by provincial agriculture office and provincial animal husbandry administration, is held in Changsha Hongxing fair center from May 31 to June 2.Nearly 30 business representatives from Zhangjiajie attend the fair. There are six exhibition stands from two districts and two counties, displaying local livestock and fishery products. During the fair, groups of people are teemed with Zhangjiajie’s stands. Changsha’s citizens and businessmen from many places think highly of Zhangjiajie’s local products, consulting, negotiating, ordering and purchasing. About 5,800RMB has been transacted by Sangzhi wildlife development company on the first day.Translated by Crystal

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The dragon boat racing event for the 8th Changsha Sports Games was held on June 9 at the Qianlong (Thousand-Dragon) Resort in Getang Town. Six dragon boat racing crews from districts and counties across the city competed intensely on the close-to-3,000-mu (about 201 hectares) Qianlong Lake.The event for adult men group was divided into two categories, the standard 500-meter and 200-meter straightaway racing.During the race, dragon boats sailed like living arrows sent forth from the bow. Drummers were seated on the boats to set the pace for paddlers competing against other oarsmen.Opening ceremonyDragon boat racers are ready to go.Dragon boats sail through winds and waves.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On June 8, it is announced that in October this year, the most fantastic movie hall in the world equipped with a five-dimensional screen will make debut in the exhibition hall of Zhangjiajie Geopark which is under upgrading. It will depict the formation of Zhangjiajie landforms and bring the audience brand new interactive experiences. Chief of the program for upgrading said that the newly equipped five-dimensional screen not only fills the blank in this regard but also offers a vivid stage for promoting scientific knowledge in the formation of Zhangjiajie landforms. The chief remarked that being an excellent facility for scientific knowledge publicity, the five-dimensional screen is to enable the audience to experience the wandering in  outer space and witness the changes of Zhangjiejie during the 380 million years. Based on the technology of four-dimensional movie hall, the five-dimensional one realizes real-time interaction between the audience and screen characters via unique scenery decoration, advanced software technology and animation technology of three-dimensional graphics. Upon completion, visitors to Zhangjiajie are expected to truly experience its hoodoos, witness blowing, raining, sea of clouds, and sit in semi-recumbent seats rising, falling and shaking. Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The First Mount Tianmen Fox Fairy Opera Music Festival in Wuling Mountain Area was grandly held on June 9.The 3-day festival has attracted University Arts Troupe in Wuling Mountain Area, Arts Troupe from University for Senior Citizens and many opera fans, and invited nationally famous opera experts such as Zhu Baoguang, Zhang Jing and Fei Yuping. The audience is expected to enjoy traditional operas, modern operas and Beijing-style songs and dances in a series of shows such as the special performance by the Hunan Opera Protection and Inheritance Center, the concert for opera fans in Wuling Mountain Area and the First Mount Tianmen Fox Fairy Opera Music Performance in Wuling Mountain Area. In addition, a seminar on opera music and lectures delivered by famous experts will be also held.Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Play of "Farewell to My Concubine" Play of "The Heavenly Maids Scatter Blossoms" The 17-year-old actor He Lei plays Kunqu opera "Fighting at the Temple Gate". Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Patrick McKeever, director of the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) of the UNESCO visited Zhangjiajie on June 6 and spoke highly of the breathtaking scenery of Zhangjiajie Geopark.Patrick McKeever paid a visit to the Visitor Center of Wulingyuan, the projects of Zhangjiajie Geopark under construction and Yuanjiajie scenic spots. He also enjoyed the "Tujia Lantern" performance by the indigenous people and the program named "Zhangjiajie, Splendid Xiangxi". He was deeply attracted to the unique culture of the city and expressed strong wish of introducing more people to Zhangjiajie.Patrick McKeever also made proposals for the construction of the Geopark and hoped that Zhangjiajie will get more amazing in the future.Visit the Visitor Center (The man in red is Patrick McKeever)Inspect the construction of the park's exhibition hall.Bring Zhangjiajie home by taking pictures.Translator: ZhangshuSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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From June 7 on, fifty overseas Chinese youths from America, Britain, Germany, Russia and South Korea started their 12-day tour in Hunan, so as to experience the province's profound culture.On the same day, an activity themed "Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival in Motherland" was held at Hunan University. Lu Haibin, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Language and Culture Education Foundation of China (CLEF), remarked that CLEF is not only a hope project, but also a root-seeking project for overseas Chinese youths. The activity reminds overseas Chinese youths of the awareness of concerning and inheriting Chinese traditional culture. It is hoped that these visitors will exchange what they learn and see in Hunan with their relatives and friends.With the theme of "Chinese Traditional Cultural Festival", a series of culture courses and visits will be held. They will participate in the 9th China (Miluo) International Dragon Boat Festival in Miluo County of Yueyang City, pay a tribute to Qu Yuan ( a great patriotic poet) at the Qu Yuan temple, make rice dumplings zongzi and celebrate the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival with Chinese teenagers.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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