The City of Changsha debuted a tourism logo design competition on May 9, inviting entires from all over the world by July 30, 2013. All entries should capture the essence of Changsha's tourism culture, be invitiong,expressive,and aesthetically appealing;A concise design, a clear theme, and a full presentation of a "Happy Changsha" tourism image are required;Each design should be distinctive and instantly recognizable, and must perform well its symbolic duties and lend itself to bothblack-and-white,and color printing; Both computer-made and hand-drawn logos are eligible. A brief statement (no more than 300 characters) explaining the meaning behind the design should be included with a font design for "Happy Changsha" in Chinese and English; Line art, gouache, and watercolor painting can be used to create city landmarks (including Changsha new station of Wuhan-Changsha Passenger Dedicated Line, Orange Isle, Autumn-admiring Pavilion, Yuelu Mountain, Tianxin Pavilion, andYuelu Academy). All submissions will be judged to select 100 works for the second round evaluation. The 10 second-round winners will go on to the final round, where winners will be awarded cash prizes from 50 thousand yuan to 5 thousand yuan: first prize (1 awarded): 50 thousand yuan; second prize (2 awarded): 10 thousand yuan; third prize (3 awarded): 5 thousand yuan.Translator: Liu FenSource:enghunan.gov.cn 

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On May 3, a national intangible cultural heritage-Baoqing bamboo -carving won four silver awards and one bronze award at the 2013 China Arts and Crafts "Hundred Flowers Award" event and at the 8th China Cross-strait Arts & Crafts Fair Competition in Putian. The craft shone once again after winning a gold award and two bronze awards at the National "Golden Phoenix" Innovative Product Design Competition earlier this year.The "Hundred Flowers Award" is recognized as China's highest  Arts and Crafts distinction. . The vase entitled The Charm of Chu and Han Dynasty created by Wang Haoyu, a senior artist from Shaoyang City, and the Special-shape Scroll-style Brush Holder created by Lu Fanlin and Lu Haiyan each won silver Hundred Flowers Awards. Bamboo pyrograph Baoqing Impression by Professor Tang Wenlin of the Art Department of Shaoyang University was given the bronze award. The bamboo relief brush holder Searching for Hermit in Xishan created by Tang Chaolin, and the hanging screen Meet Across the Milky Way created by Chen Zhilong took silver awards at the "Arts & Crafts Fair" Outstanding Work Competition.Translator: He YaoSource:enghunan.gov.cn

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A worker of the China Post Group shows stamps for Mother's Day in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, May 11, 2013. The China Post Group on Saturday issued a stamp for Mother's Day. The stamp features a heart shape and carnation, with four types of wishes after scratching off the coating.  A girl shows the stamps she bought for her mother in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, May 11, 2013.Source: chinadaily

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According to Reuters, www.cheapflights.com, the world-renowned American travel website selected top ten charming forests to celebrate the Earth Day on April 22. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park was on the list, the only forest Park in the list from China.The other nine forests are Crooked Forest (Poland), Black Forest (Germany), Caddo Lake (United States), Sagano Bamboo Forest (Japan), Inyo National Forest (United States), Bia?owie?a Forest (along the border of Poland and Belarus), Daintree Rainforest (Australia), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (Costa Rica), and Waipoua Forest (New Zealand).These woodlands, whether a lush tropical rain forest or a primitive one showcase a mysterious beauty of nature, which overwhelms visitors with its miraculous and stunning magnificence.Translator: Lv XuefenSource:enghunan.gov.cn

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Hunan Meishan Dragon Palace, situated in Xinhua County, is a underground karst cave group, which comprises of nine-layer cave and thousands of holes. The ascertained length of the cave is 2876m and current developed area is 58600m2 with 1696m route within which there is a rare 466-meter underground river being available to tourists.In the cave, numerous flow stones with various shape, exquisitely carved stone bamboo shoots, stalactites and protean fracture surface make this cave a mysterious and amazing land. Here six scenic spots are: dragon palace welcoming guest, lotus palace, genesis of heaven and earth, fairy yard, Meishan scenery and dragon and phoenix bringing prosperity.By Patricia

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On April 28th, The Seventh China Yangmingshan“HE”Culture and Tourism Festival themed with “Harmoniously Beautiful Yangming”and opening ceremony of Miss World Tourism walking into Yangming Mountain,Was held in Yangming,Yongzhou,national forest park.About 10,000 tourists from different places and circles attend this ceremony.On the ceremony, Shangbing, a person from Hunan tourism department,delivers the plaque “National AAAA Scenic Spot ” to Yangmingshan National Forest Park. Besides, “The Southern Training Base for Miss Tourism World ” is also awarded to it.Yangmingshan“HE”Culture and Tourism Festival consists of nine serial activities this year. Apart from the opening ceremony, Yangmingshan and cultural exchanges and ecological tourism are to be held from March 29th to April 6th;On April 6th, Yangmingshan tourism recommendation is to be held; On May “Saving oil competition for Thousands of Drivers from Five Provinces in Southern China” is to take place in Yangmingshan;and so on.Translated by Crystal

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Zhangjiajie Red-billed Leiothrix(Love Bird) has soft, well-rounded figure, colorful feather, and bright red mouth. They love living in somewhere with beautiful natural landscape, thus Wulingyuan becomes their paradise certainly.The most highlighted characteristic of Red-billed Leiothrixes are their loyalty.

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According to news from China philatelic portal, China Post will officially release the first set of the“Beautiful China” regular stamps on May 19th–China Tourism Day. Stamp values of the first set stamp include 80 cents, 80cents, 1.2RMB, 1.2RMB, 1.5 RMB and 3RMB.A insider points that as Zhangjiajie’s splendid natural scenery and folk customs have been accepted by tourists both from home and abroad, the entry of Zhangjiajie’s landform scenery to this set stamp will play an important role in promoting, recommending and displaying Zhangjiajie.Regular stamps serves for “National Card”, displaying the country’s culture and features characterized with wide usage, strong utilitarianism of their par values and long usage periodicals. Besides, Zhangjiajie has introduced a serial of stamps such as postcard, tourism passport and individual post. This little calling card is favorable to promoting Zhangjiajie’s popularity and reputation.Translated by Crystal

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Carrying 167 passengers, Boeing 737-800 from South Korea Jeju Air Company (South Korea) arrived at hangjiajie Hehua Airport.This was a symbol of the first round-trip navigation between Pusan,South Korea and Zhangjiajie, China.From May to June, 28th,South Korea Jeju Air Company will start non-stop flights navigating between Pusan and Zhangjiajie.It flies every Tuesday and Friday, with 17 flights in total. The aircraft type is Boeing 737-800 and flight number is 7C8981 or 7C8982.As reported,Jeju Air Company is the fourth South Korean air company after Isda Air Company, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines to join in international routes of Zhangjiajie air port. This measure will of course be beneficial to the cultivation of South Korea’s tourist market and the internationalization of Zhangjiajie’s air ports.Translated by Becky

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Recently, the State Council published the seventh batch of national key cultural relics, in which ancient architecture complex from Shiyanping Village, Yongding district, Zhangjiajie City was listed awesomely.Shiyanping Village is located in the common boundary of three counties: Yongding, Taoyuan, Yuanling. Tujia people are the main residents there. So distinctive national features and long historic culture are presented in this village. Since 21st century, the committees have been focusing on protecting folk culture of Tujia nationality. The successful declaration this time is of great significance. Thereupon, Tujia culture-protection will go up to a new stage.Translated by Becky

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