Fourth China Changsha (Huitang) Hot Spring Tourism Festival's opening ceremony and promotional activity themed "Inviting Changsha Experts to Enjoy Huitang Hot Spring" was launched on October 28th. Chen Run'er, secretary of the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee, declared the opening of its ceremony and praised Huitang Hot Spring for its high quality. Outstanding workers were also invited to attend the ceremony. In addition, from October 31 to November 6, the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee and the Changsha Municipal People's Government will invite 10,000 people in batches to enjoy Huitang Hot Spring and various shows, including 1,000 model workers, 1,000 entrepreneurs, 1,000 veteran cadres, 4,000 experts from the fields of education, medical care, culture, science and technology, and local Changsha citizens, in an effort to extensively promote the Huitang International Tourist Resort. So as to transform it into the most beautiful modern hot spring city in China and a national tourist resort, Huitang, in recent years, has taken full advantage of Changsha's urban-rural integration project and made great efforts to attract 10 key projects worth more than one billion Yuan and has also invested about 4 billion Yuan in promotion of infrastructure construction, development of supporting service areas, improving the tourism industry and achieving the goal of building another Huitang Hot Spring. Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2012-10-30 12:54 View：1180

Since August, Zhangjiajie scenic dynamic wallpapers came into network, downloaded more than ten thousand times every day. It was equivalent that ten thousand visitors toured zhangjiajie scenery by mobile phone or computer every day. Every week, wallpapers would be added or updated, including natural scenery, folk humanities landscape, etc. Thus meeting the needs of different users. According to statistics, at present, on the network, it showed more than 300 copies of zhangjiajie scenic dynamic wallpapers.Network tourism marketing is the key strategy in WuLingYuan tourism recent years. Using events to network expansion and development, such as Avatar, the “dragon cup “and ” Baofeng lake cup “international network photography competition, ” zhangjiajie tourism “official micro letters and sina or tencent official micro bo issued travel information, etc. All of these greatly raised zhangjiajie awareness and market influence.According to introduction, this year, except the network promotion of zhangjiajie scenic dynamic wallpapers, it would also relate network software company, use mobile phone screen guest to show and promote zhangjiajie scenic.Translated by Sophia

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On October 27, 2012, one of the twenty or more photographers from Hunan Photographers’ Association said: “This is a paradise for not only vacation spending but also photographing.” They visited Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Resort and took a large number of photos to freeze-frame the beauty they witnessed.After the 2nd Bao Feng Lake Cup Zhangjiajie Photographing Network Contest of last august, a preferential policy for photographers has been formulated and issued.This year Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon has receipted more than 200 international and domestic photographers groups. And the aggregate amount of photographers having been here in the last ten months hit almost 10 thousand. Accordingly, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Resort will cultivate a forest for photographers named “Forestfor Photographers” and gradually establish an outdoor photographing base in Zhangjiajie.Translated by Vincent Chou

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October 27th to 28th, the climbing race of the fourth public sports meeting held in Yellowstone village of zhangjiajie nationnal forest park and other scenic areas. From the 14 cities (state) delegation of more than 100 athletes to participate in this game.This competition was organised by hunan provincial sports bureau, and was undertaken by the people’s government of zhangjiajie, aiming to widen the mass sports climbing route, enhancing the citizens’ sports consciousness, strengthening the sports team, improving the comprehensive quality of citizens.The routes were from the forest park tickets station, passed through Laomo bay, huangshi village restaurant, and other spots; and dropped down from cableway station, returned to Laomo bay, and then to forest park tickets station. It covered a total of 10000 meters. The whole journey was full of flagging, the surrounding with cliffs, green trees and bushes, with an exquisite scenery.Translated by Sophia

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On October 27th, morning, after the rain, the world natural heritage, the world geological park zhangjiajie wulingyuan scenic spot, turning up a large, long time, multi-level sea of clouds wonders, thus adding beautiful colour for autumn “zhangjiajie landscape”. It let the tourists and photography fans excited and reluctant to leave.The autumn zhangjiajie, the color of mountains in scenic spot are gorgeous charming. A sea of clouds rendering beauty, everywhere presenting a wonderland. Beautiful scenery, suitable climate, relatively affordable prices and good conditions, has attracted thousands of tourists both from home and abroad to visit zhangjiajie autumn scenery every day. TianZi mountain peak, BaoFeng lake and Huanglong hole are full of an endless stream of visitors.According to the huanglong hole′s introduction, nearly a week, huanglong hole receives tourists in an average of about 5000 people every day, and a year-on-year increase of twenty percent last year. TianZi mountain cableway company introducts that, tourists take ropeway nearly 10000. And by 10 o′clock on 27th, it has transported 4000 tourists, and the receiption has substantially increased.Translated by Sophia

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The station of ZJJ Bailong Elevator Company stood new tourism toilet with an area of more than 240 square meters, with fine configuration of corresponding hand dryer, washing liquid and other service facilities. In addition, it had AD hoc independent disabled toilet and ramp, clear identification cards, offering visitors the convenience.According to ZJJ Bailong Elevator Company random investigation, tourists′ satisfaction rate to the new planning tourism toilet were more than 90%.The station of ZJJ Bailong Elevator Company was the core scenic spot and a major tourist center. Especially the tourist season, platoon leader team and ” toilet difficulty” issues were more prominent, which caused more complaints. This year, ZJJ Bailong Elevator Company was based on the full upgrade implementation of the core scenic area infrastructure in WuLingYuan, invested RMB one million to planning to build high standards tourism toilet, thus satisfying the peak tourist demand.Translated by Sophia

2012-10-28 16:23 View：1307

On October 26th, TongCheng international culture media (Beijing) co., LTD invested the movie World of Love ( provisional name) and came to zhangjiajie to get beautiful scenery.As we have learned, the film told the the 1970 s story, a pair of educated youth worked in the rural or mountainous area of zhangjiajie. And they fell in love with local tujia girl of zhangjiajie. Time flies, their children, in order to circle the parents′dream of returning to zhangjiajie, came to zhangjiajie to touch the love story. In the film, the local conditions and customs, beautiful landscape of zhangjiajie would occupy heavier position. The film producer believed that the investment of film World of Love also could give publicity to zhangjiajie.The movie was expected to be finished in November this year, next year would release. The group would also go to the zhangjiajie tianmen mountain, wulingyuan, zhangjiajie grand canyon, Xibu street and other tourist attractions.Translated by Sophia

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On October 26th, the Spanish artist Jesus Mari Lazkano, held his first exhibition “scenery soul” in Beijing, which organized by LinTianFang. It opened in the art space of 798 art district bridge, with a total of 18 works.Lazkano graduated from fine arts academy of Basque university, and became the oil painting professor of the university. In the long painting career, he mainly caught the correlation between fine drill natural scenery and architecture. He worked out a picture of seven meters long bilbao panorama for the Shanghai world expo.Most exhibited works significantly were from Lazkano′s retrospective recently in bilbao art gallery. At the same time, including a series of zhangjiajie landscape painting and six meters long landscape sketch for SKT company. One of the huge size picture “zhangjiajie” that painted cloud around peak. It was hard to imagine the Chinese beauty unexpectedly from foreign artists hands. Accoding to Lazkano′s introduction, this was a new content, new understanding, with his eyes on China’s landscape. This kind of try to put him into the Chinese culture, Chinese landscape, draw out the idea of Chinese landscape – zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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Yesterday night, the Tujia-style BBQ zone of Yexipu, located at Zhonghu village, Wulingyuan restrict, Zhangjiajie, was full of singing, laughter, and cheering. It was more than hilarious. Over a hundred independent tourists by private car, who appreciated the landscape in Qing Feng Valley in walk in the day, got together, watching Tujia Opera, drinking Tujia Wine, taking Tujia Waving Hands Dance at night. The atmosphere was fantastic!Mr. He Anming, the township head of Zhong Hu Village, said:” Zhong Hu Village has managed an annual reception of over 100 thousand tourists who were here experiencing the charm of ecotourism.”Translated by Vincent Chou

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In the morning of October 26, 2012, the group exhibition of calligraphy works from Zhangjiajie and Kiamusze was launched by Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, the Municipal Brigades Working Committee and Municipal Literary Federation of ZhangJiaJie city in Hetang Art Gallery.Totally there are 120 calligraphy works from 60 different calligraphers and the style of them ranges from small seal script of Qin dynasty, regular script, cursive script, etc. Most of them were written of ancient poetry, which can fully present the heritage and innovation in calligraphy of both cities and can demonstrate these calligraphers’ passion and artistic culture as well.This exhibition will not be unavailable until November 10, 2012 and is free of charge for the public. If you are interested, hesitate no more and go ahead!Translated by Vincent Chou

2012-10-27 16:17 View：1387