1, Brief  Introduction of Huanglong CanyonHuanglong Canyon, as an eco-tourism zone which locates in one of China’s Excellent Tourism Cities — Gugang County, Liuyang City (a city famous for producing fireworks), possesses one of the most attractive, most exciting, most amusing and nearest raft zones in Changsha City. It takes over one-hour ride to get there setting out from Changsha and 20 minutes from Liuyang downtown.2, Characteristics of Huanglong Canyon Rafting① The primitive appearance of rafting ways have been totally reserved under professors’ meticulous design.② High drop height makes the rafting exciting and dynamic.③ Two-seat drift boat prepared for lover makes drift romantic.④ The drift water is too clear to see the bottom of the river and cool as well.⑤ Misty rain overcasts the canyon and rainbow appears at times.⑥ Well-designed drift boats are safe and comfortable.⑦ Large capacity can accept 7000 persons per day at most.⑧ You can drift whenever you arrive here.3, Ticket Price: 168 Yuan∕Person.4, Opening Time: 9:00 — 17:00By Patricia

2012-10-18 00:22 View：3567

On February 10, 2013, it’s a big sunny day in Wulingyuan. At about 3 p.m. that very day, about 50 persons including secretary of district committee Zhu Yongwen, deputy secretary of district committee and district mayor Zhu Xinnian, deputy warden Denjian and all walks of life came to Helong Garden of Mount Tianzi to worship Supreme Commander Helong.Zhu Yongwen and other people respectfully present a basket of flowers to Marshal Helong and all people bowed three times to him in order to express people’s measureless admire and advocate and pass on fighting spirit of elder revolutionist and boost construction of international tour and leisure holiday zone in Wulingyuan.Marshal Helong is the supreme commander for new China’s founding and ZJJ’s pride as well for that he was once a residence in ZJJ. Thousands of local citizens and tourists are absorbed here to worship Helong during Spring Festival every year.By Patricia

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Recently, pedestrianism and cycling activities, sponsored by ZJJ Sports Bureau, undertook by ZJJ Mountaineering Association and jointly done by ZJJ Sports Lottery Center, has been held by ZJJ “Sports Lottery Cup” along the Lishui River. Many staff and workers and a vast of ambulation and cycling fans have participated in this activity aiming at advocating green, healthy and civilized lifestyle and strengthening people’s fitness.Participators set off from the music fountain plaza of Dayongqiao Garden, went along Lishui River and finally arrived at stadium of First Middle School in ZJJ City. Slogans like “I Exercise, I’m Healthy, I’m Happy”, “Sports Lottery of Public Interest Gives You A Healthy Life” represent people’s pursuit and desire for happy life in new year deliver good ideas of “Exercise on Foot and Gladly Welcome the New Year and Scientific Fitness Makes A Happy Life”ZJJ Sports Lottery Center greatly supported this fitness exercise overall citizen and provided prizes for this activity. It not only improves the celebrity of the brand, but also strengthens people’s impression on China Sports Lottery Tickets’ image of public welfare.By Patricia

2013-02-13 00:20 View：1132

In the forenoon of February 10, various cultural and physical activities were held at the square of Mark Gate in Wulingyuan District to celebrate the Snake Year and welcome domestic and overseas tourists.Hosted by bureau of culture and sports, broadcast and news, this activity was held by performers selected from community resident of Suoxiyu County and Jundiping Avenue. Main performing programs which will last for three days are Dragon Lantern, Lion Lantern, Yang Drama, Waist Drum, Festive Lantern performances and so on, aiming to set an enthusiastic, civilized and open image of  ZJJ Wulingyuan people.By Patricia

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Located in Cuiping Township, Ningxiang County, Thousand-Buddhist Caves is famous for its caves formed 360 million years ago and rare canyons inside caves. Cuiping Township, 62 km away from western mountainous area of Ningxiang Couty, is characterized by picturesque scenery that Stone Dragon Cave, Narrow Gorge, Monkey Mountain and Juvenile Reservoir draw the elegance and magnificence of Cuiping.Stone Dragon Cave whose original name is Thirteen Cave locates under the elegant Stone Dragon Mountain. It is originally called such a name for thirteen interlink caves making it and gathers the most limestone and karst cave in Changsha City. Caves interlink caves and caves inside caves make it mysterious. What’s more, large one can contain thousands of people while the narrow one can only pass one person. All kinds of stones, underground rivers and waterfalls which make the cave warm in winter and cool in summer cover everywhere.Getting Out from Stone Dragon Cave which is as long as 2300 meters, Narrow Gorge with cliffs is waiting for you after one-kilometer ride. It is absolutely a resort for rafting. Passing through the gorge, climbing to the stone road covered by forest shadow, then you reach the Monkey Mountain where on the top of the 1100-meter main peak gives you a sense of general view. Down from the west of Monkey Mountain, you will arrive at a small-scale reservoir—Juvenile Reservoir.The Thousand-Buddhist Caves gathers all kinds of beautiful natural sceneries. It is absolutely a resort for sightseeing. Come and enjoy yourself!By Patricia

2012-10-05 00:17 View：3367

Huanghua Airport Witnesses a New Height for Traveler Flow with Thailand Traffic Increasing by 79.8%.According to the Changsha Border Defense Inspection Station, from the early morning of Feb. 9 to 17 o'clock of Feb. 13, the Changsha Huanghua International Airport handled 67 international flights and received 8,100 passengers in total, up 10% and 12.4% respectively compared with the same period of last year. And as the China Southern Airlines, Oriental Thai Airlines and Jet Asia Airways opened over 30 flights from Changsha to Bangkok and Phuket one after another, the airport saw over 2,000 mainland visitors heading for Thailand for travelling during the festival, a year-on-year rise of 79.8%.According to the relatively increase of flights during the Spring Festival, especially late at night or early in the morning, with most passengers being tourists, the Changsha Border Defense Inspection Station adjusted their service schedule duly by enhancing front line police force disposition. Meanwhile, the station strived to create an amicable, warm and speedy environment through such measures as setting a first-responder responsibility system, opening green channel for people with special needs (the elderly, sick, disabled, pregnant and passengers with urgent needs) and adding channels for Chinese citizens.Translator: Zhu MengxiaSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Over 1,000 visitors from home and abroad were impressed by the cloud-capped mountains and beautiful snowscape in the Wulingyuan Scenic Spot of Zhangjiajie on the morning of February 10.Attributed to the preferential policy of exempting 7-seat passenger cars from road tolls during the Spring Festival and fine weather after the heavy snow, Zhangjiajie attracted numbers of visitors from Guangdong, Hong Kong and even Europe. They could enjoy not only beautiful scenery and delicious food of the Tujia ethnic group but also various folk performances such as festival lantern, dragon dance and the Yangxi Opera from February 10 to 24.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2013-02-15 00:11 View：1066

Yesterday being the fourth day of the Golden Week of the Spring Festival, the Hunan Provincial Holiday Office released statistics that 42 provincially-monitored tourism areas or sites had received a total of 457,700 tourists, among which most drove their own vehicles, an increase of 3.4% compared with the same time of the previous year. The office said that tourism profits achieved great growth, with 33,992,300 yuan in tourism revenue, up 44% compared to 2012. The top ten areas receiving the most tourists were: the Shaoshan (Birthplace of Mao Zedong), Yuelu Mountain, Hengshan Mountain (Southern Mountain), Yueyang Tower and Junshan Island, Zhijiang (Site of the Japanese Surrender), Wujian Mountain (National Forest Park), Memorial Hall of Comrade Liu Shaoqi, Ancient Commercial Town of Hongjiang, Jiuyi Mountain (a famous mountain in Yongzhou) and Emperor Yan Mausoleum.Yesterday Changsha saw a sharp increase in visitors to its major historical districts and other popular sites. It's estimated that 233,500 tourists were received in Changsha yesterday and that tourism revenue reached 222 million yuan, a year-on-year growth of 16.8% and 37.8% respectively.Translator: Zhu MengxiaSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2013-02-14 00:11 View：993

Yesterday being the fourth day of the Golden Week of the Spring Festival, the Hunan Provincial Holiday Office released statistics that 42 provincially-monitored tourism areas or sites had received a total of 457,700 tourists, among which most drove their own vehicles, an increase of 3.4% compared with the same time of the previous year. The office said that tourism profits achieved great growth, with 33,992,300 yuan in tourism revenue, up 44% compared to 2012. The top ten areas receiving the most tourists were: the Shaoshan (Birthplace of Mao Zedong), Yuelu Mountain, Hengshan Mountain (Southern Mountain), Yueyang Tower and Junshan Island, Zhijiang (Site of the Japanese Surrender), Wujian Mountain (National Forest Park), Memorial Hall of Comrade Liu Shaoqi, Ancient Commercial Town of Hongjiang, Jiuyi Mountain (a famous mountain in Yongzhou) and Emperor Yan Mausoleum. Yesterday Changsha saw a sharp increase in visitors to its major historical districts and other popular sites. It's estimated that 233,500 tourists were received in Changsha yesterday and that tourism revenue reached 222 million yuan, a year-on-year growth of 16.8% and 37.8% respectively. Translator: Zhu Mengxia

2013-02-14 00:09 View：1205

During the Spring Festival of 2013, Changsha has prepared colorful activities for citizens at various scenic spots, providing not only attractive shows and games, but also various local snacks for tourists.Wonderful fairs on the theme of "A Bite of Spring Festival" are launched at the Changsha Window of the World from February 10 to 24. Six days before that, a large-scale Temple Fair of Lantern Show has been opened along the Culture Square of the Kaifu Temple till February 24. The Fiery Palace has also hosted a large-scale temple fair starting on the first day of the lunar year, providing not only its delicate food but also handicraft shows of intangible cultural heritages. While for the whole month from February 5 to March 5, over 50 assemblages of beautiful lanterns are to be staged on the Meixi Lake, open from 18:00 to 23:00 to visitors for free. The free of charge also happens in the Changsha Ecological Zoo, with 19 programs of its carnie (a total admission fee of RMB 295) open for free from February 10 to 16. Household-based activities will be unveiled in the Submarine World in Changsha, with two lucky families being randomly picked out in the Science and Education Pavilions at 13:00 and 15:30 respectively to have a close contact with polar animals in the Submarine World. A Lantern Fair has also been unveiled in the Hunan Martyrs Park, attracting visitors to enjoy the beauty of lanterns for free till February 25.Translator: Xie RunchaoSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2013-02-11 00:07 View：1553