"At the festival, people can hear clarion folk songs, witness national intangible cultural heritage "hanging dragon dance" pursuing Guinness world record, and watch the manned kite contest", Party Chief of Chengbu Miao Autonomous County Luo Jiannan introduced at the press conference for the June 6 Folk Song Festival and the Second Hunan-Guilin Ecological Art Festival to be held in Chengbu, Shaoyao City.Chengbu, one of the five Miao autonomous counties in China, is situated on the border between Hunan Province and Guangxi Province's Guilin City, known as "a strategic location in the Miao Territory and the end of south Hunan".Every year, local people in Chengbu celebrate the June 6 Folk Song Festival according to the Chinese traditional lunar calendar. Now in its fifteenth year, the festival is expected to see the contracting of over 50 key projects worth more than 2 billion yuan.In addition, celebrated dramatist and performer Huang Wanqiu, who starred as Liu San Jie (i.e. Third Sister Liu) in the musical movie "Liu San Jie", will join other ethnic singers in the June 6 Folk Song Festival.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Wulong Mountains are a steep range in northwestern Hunan province that contains various topographies - stone forests, karst caves and waterfalls.More than 700 tree species, including about 20 rare varieties, cover the mountains. Some of Wulong's redwoods are more than 1,000 years old.Wulong was the lair of about 100,000 bandits before New China's founding in 1949. It was a battlefield and stage of many tragedies. Hikers have discovered human skulls and bullet casings in Baixiao Cave.TV series set in that period are also shot on the mountains, where the stories actually happened.Today, the mountains are serene, and 16 ethnic groups peacefully coexist on their slopes.They've created a melting pot of cuisines that are celebrated for peppery chicken and duck hotpots, double-cooked pork and crock-baked mushrooms.Most street snacks are made of rice, and the Tujia and Miao ethnic groups are particularly fond of rice tofu.IF YOU GOThe Wulong Mountains scenic site is open from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm daily.There are many buses operating between Jishou city and the mountains. Travelers can take Train No K267 from Beijing to Jishou, No 1607 from Shanghai to Jishou or No K503 from Guangzhou to Jishou.Wulong is 28 km from Phoenix Old Town.It's much cheaper to stay in hotels in the neighboring county than in the mountain area.It's not easy to find a campsite near the mountains.A cloud of mist over heavily forested Wulong Mountains. Wulong Mountains, Hunan Source: china.org.cn 

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On June 5th, Zhangjiajie launched a ceremony at Zhangjiajie People’s Square In honor of World Environment Day. This activity was hosted by Municipal Political Consultative Conference, Municipal Construction Bureau, Municipal Environmental Protection Agency and Zhangjiajie Shouchuang Water Affairs Limited Company.This year,China defined the theme of World Environment Day as “breathing together, struggle together”, aiming at liberating and delivering the concept of beautiful China shared by everyone and responsible by everyone. In addition,China also advocated every citizen under the sky to protect ecological environment, disciplining them to begin from themselves, from doing petty things. What’s more, they required every citizen to respect and observe nature, increasing their awareness of thrift as well as environmental and ecological protection. This activity displayed a lot of posters on environmental protection and resources-saving, attracting many citizens’ attention. They signed their name one after another, building a favorable ecological civilization construction atmosphere for the society.By Emma

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According to the source from Brigade Committee Office, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area will approve “Beautiful Hunan Travel Card” on June 7th, making favorable admission cost for any Beautiful Hunan Travel Card” owners.To carry forward the project of benefiting people and tourism informatization, Hunan Tourist Administration integrated all the provincial fair tourist resources, make this card accessible and available to the public. This card includes 84 scenic spots, which worths a total of 4200RMB. Luckily, with this card in hand, it costs only 200RMB for 81 scenic spots is free. Since June 7th, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area will set up exclusive window at the ticket stands of Wujiayu and National Forest Park. The entrance fee for “Beautiful Hunan Travel Card” owners will only cost 160RMB.By Emma

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On June 4th, the final battle of Zhangjiajie’s seventh university students tour guide talent contest makes a perfect end in Weigang Cross Street. After fierce competition, Ning yiyou, a student from institute of tourism and management engineering of Jishou University, wins the first prize with her excellent explanation and outstanding comprehensive performance.The contest, started on April 17th, receives 124 contestants from Zhangjiajie’s universities. Ning yiyou and Ying yanan and other nine students standing out from 124 competitors, enter into the final battle. These contestants vividly display the youthful vigorousness and good images, especially their wonderful talents shows, such as some of professional popular songs, Dai dance with national customs and touching elocntes, which arose blast of applauses.The contest is aimed to meet the uprising of travel on the net, the diversities of tourism means, the development of China’s tourism. At the same time, it can enrich campus life, display college students’s talents, enhance their tourism knowledge skills and expand a new filed of version for tourism culture. Last but not least, it providers a platform to display themselves and selects elites for tourism industry, which can pave road for tourism’s development.Translated by Crystal

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In September 19th, 2005, Hunan fenghuang national geopark formally was approved by the state, with a total area of 157 square kilometers. It is a karst canyon. Caves, waterfalls and structural feature were given priority to geological relic landscape. The natural ecology and human landscape is complementary, integrating scientific value and aesthetic value in one large-scale comprehensive national geological park.Translated by Sophia

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First, having a look at the schedule of travel agencies, and checking whether the itinerary content is detailed or not. Accommodation, meals, and several aspects should be included as detailed as possible.

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Generally speaking, tourism will make people cheerful, promote sleep. However, there are some people who have insomnia phenomenon in the travel. On the one hand, the different sleeping environment, the change of temperature and humidity, coupled noise, the influence of the change of the light and smell, all of these cause trouble to sleeping. Followed by euphoria, fatigue and discomfort, it affects sleeping.

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On June 3, Fenghuang county unveiled its open ceremony of the joint construction and management of urban and rural activity at the theme of “Building harmonious and beautiful Fenghuang together”. Under the guidance of the cadre, the masses started an impressive sanitation activity.In Fenghuang County, more than 2000 cadre and 1000 common people under separate hygiene turnout area did cleaning to answer the call of this activity. About 30 vehicles was dispatched and over 300 cube rubbish of all kinds clean up. According to introduction of the chargers, this activity will aim at improving unban and rural living environment, developing healthy and civilized lifestyle and raising the awareness that everyone is responsible for protecting environment. In addition, it mobilized people to respond to the call of joint construction and management of urban and rural activity, beautifying, afforesting and brightening Fenghuang. As a result, it helped to enhance the cultural tourism image and build an international tourist attraction, laying a solid foundation to apply for the world cultural heritage and a national healthy county.By Emma

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Hunan’s Advisory Office Researching the Inheritance and Development of Intangible Culture Heritages and Tourism Development Situation in ZJJHow to ecologicalize intangible culture heritages and make them more close to life? How to make a sustainable development of the intangible culture heritages? How to combine the inheritance and development of intangible culture heritages with tourism development?On June 4, Liu qingjun, deputy director of Hunan’s advisory office, and its other members come to Zhangjiajie and attend the discussion forum themed with “the Inheritance and Development of Intangible Culture Heritages and Tourism Development Situation in Xiangxi”.Xu feixiong, provincial adviser, director, professor and doctoral supervisor of tourism research institute of Hunan Normal University, Lin yu, vice-chairman of Hunan’s writer’s association, former dean, president and doctoral supervisor of arts faculty of Hunan Normal University, and Chen danfeng, member of the municipal standing committee and deputy mayor attend the meeting.According to the statistics, there are ten kinds of intangible culture heritages with about 723 items, including three national items, twelve provincial level items, sixty city level items and over 200 district level items. Zhangjiajie not only develops its tourism based on national and provincial intangible culture heritages, but also depends on city-district even part of county level intangible culture heritages,which consist of a rich tourism products, meeting the tourism market requirements.The research group suggests that the relation between the inheritance and development of intangible culture heritages and cultural construction, the relation between intangible culture heritages and tourism development, the relation between the inheritance and development of intangible culture heritages should be handled well;the main brands of intangible culture heritages should go abroad, protecting the major items and giving due consideration to the normal ones. At the same time, the relation between the rights and duty of inheritance should also be delt with, making the supporting measures of inheritor practicable.Translated by Crystal

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