Xu Shousheng （R）, provincial governor of Hunan, talks with Rock Hsu, president of Taiwan Federation of Industry, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 12, 2012. A meeting was held on Tuesday here to promote Hunan-Taiwan economic and trade cooperation.Xu Shousheng, provincial governor of Hunan, speaks at the meeting, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 12, 2012. A meeting was held on Tuesday here to promote Hunan-Taiwan economic and trade cooperation.The 8th Hunan-Taiwan Trade Exchange Fair is held in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 12, 2012. The meeting was held on Tuesday here to promote Hunan-Taiwan economic and trade cooperation.Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation （SEF）, speaks at the meeting, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 12, 2012. A meeting was held on Tuesday here to promote Hunan-Taiwan economic and trade cooperation.Source:Xinhua

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The Hunan-Taiwan Tourism Cooperation Conference themed with "Splendid Hunan and Beautiful Taiwan" was held in Taipei on the afternoon of June 13. Yang Guangrong, head of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau, introduced some key Hunan tourism routes and new tourism products at the conference. Vice Governor He Baoxiang attended the conference and delivered a speech.Mr. He said that Hunan and Taiwan, with ardent desire for cooperation, share complementary advantages in tourism resources and a solid foundation for tourism industry. This conference provided a good opportunity for direct exchange and cooperation for both sides. Hunan will make great efforts to introduce the province's beautiful, joyful and unique tourism resources to Taiwan people. At the same time, Taiwan's beautiful landscape featuring high mountains, thick forests, magnificent waterfalls and rivers as well as unique culture will also be promoted to Hunan tourists. With the increasingly deepened mutual cooperation in tourism, the tourism industry in Hunan and Taiwan will be prosperous and achieve a win-win result.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Hunan Provincial Museum will be closed from June18, 2012 to the end of 2015 for renovations.The new museum is designed by the world-known architect Arata Isozaki. With "Great Prosperity of Dongting Lake" as the inspiration of design, the general layout is symmetrical, dignified and united with three halls, integrating Hunan culture, Chinese traditional culture and modern culture into one.After the reconstruction and expansion, the museum will cover an area of over 70,000 square meters and the number of visitors will arrive to 2.5 million to 3 million annually. It will become an important window for showing Hunan history and culture, and a new cultural landmark of Changsha City.Entrance of Hunan Provincial Museum.A bird-view design sketch of the new museum from the west side.Translator: Wang RongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Photo taken on June 11, 2012 shows the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.Photo taken on June 11, 2012 shows the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.(Xinhua/Ming Xing)Workers work on the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 11, 2012. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.(Xinhua/Ming Xing)Workers work on the Lishui Bridge in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 11, 2012. The closure of the 400 meters high Lishui River Bridge which was a critical joint of Zhangjiajie-Huayuan Highway finished on Monday. It would only take 4 hours rather than 8 hours to drive from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing after the open of the highway.(Xinhua/Ming Xing)Source:Xinhua

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Shentangwan is located Tianzishan Scenic Area,Also is an important part of the world's natural heritage.

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The journey from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing is going to cut its time in half,namely simply 4hs is needed.On 11, June,It is reported  that the huge suspension bridge over Lishui River in Zhangjiajie succeeds in closure.This huge suspension bridge located in the connection between Yongding district and Yongshun district in Zhangjiajie at a length of 856m in main span,applies a single-span steel truss structure. The huge suspension bridge with 1194.2m in whole length and 24.5m in width across the valley of Lishui River .Its altitude difference is 400m from the bridge to the valley bottom.By report, the Lishui River huge suspension bridge is merely second to Aizhai huge suspension bridge in Hunan province.Once the bridge open to traffic, from Zhangjiajie to Chongqing will halve the journey.Translated by Aileen 

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What is love? Love is a bunch of verdant saxifrages in Cuicui's dream.Cuicui is the heroine in Biancheng，a book written by Shen Congwen，a notable Chinese writer , is the closest literary work to the Nobel Prize in Literature in the mainland,also called The border town.The border town illustrates a pure love tragedy with Xiangxi local characteristics.Herein,the saxifrage serves as a love symbol in this story,beautiful and sad. Saxifrage is a common wild plant in Western Hunan，grows in the wet and dark places，especially in the cracks of the stone．This kind of perennial herbs with showy pentamerous flowers and often with basal tufted leaves.Most surprising is the shape of its leaves looks like a heart，and it is the reason why Shen uses this plant to symbolize Cuicui's love.In Xiangxi ,a girl usually used to pick a bunch of saxifrages and give to her favored boy. For verdant saxifrages symbolizing the vigor ,vitality and lasting love ,young people in Xiangxi are fond of it.When saxifrages spreading around the ground,the heart-like leaves anywhere come into your eyes,you will be amazed at the fabulous love paradise.Each year in May to August is the blossom season for saxifrages.Not only the cultural symbol saxifrages possess ,but also the ornamental and medical value.Sourced and translated by Aileen

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Passing down along the Jinbian stream about 500 meters away from the Guimen peak, a 400-meter solitarily upstanding magnificent peak，known as Jinbian cliff can be seen. Jinbian cliff is one the famous attractions of Wulingyuan scenic zone. The top part of it is slender while the lower part of it is wide. It has rectangular edges with its facets covered with stripes of joint. This formation of flagella makes it look like a whip vertically plugging into the earth. When the sunset comes, Jinbian cliff was coated with golden sunlight, sparkling and dazzling, forming an eye-catching and splendid picture.According to the legend, Qin Shi Huang ，first emperor of Qin （259-210 B.C.）in order to consolidate his rule after he unified China ordered all of his subjects to build the Great Wall with huge rocks. Goddess Kwan-yin sympathized with those slave labors, so she cut off a lock of hair her own hair and gave it to them to drag the huge rocks. Qin Shi Huang thought now that a hair could heave away a boulder, if the hair was plaited into a braid, cannot it remove a mountain? Hence, he collected all the hair and braided it into a golden whip. As expected, the golden whip is so powerful in helping built the Great Wall. Then, Qin Shi Huang named it “mountain-rushing whip” and announced to use it to remove mountains and fill up seas.This announcement irritated the Dragon King, so he called on his shrimp soldiers and crab generals to discuss countermeasures and then figured out a plan.One day, Qin Shi Huang met a fascinating girl who looks like a fairy. He was absolutely infatuated with her and decided to make her his imperial concubine. Actually, this girl was the Dragon King’s daughter and she was planning to steal the golden whip. At the wedding night, the girl found that Qin Shi Huang kept the whip with him all the time, therefore, she asked him to take off the whip before coming into the bedroom. Qin Shi Huang agreed and held a celebrating feast. The girl made him drunk and replaced the real golden whip put under his head with a fake one. Next day, Qin Shi Huang found that the girl had gone and the whip was faked. With great anger, he ordered his solders to seize the girl. Knowing that she can’t escape successfully with the golden whip, she had to toss it. As a result, the golden whip was left by the Jinbian stream, becoming the Jinbian cliff.Translated by SophiaZJJ park-Eagle Nursing WhipZJJ park-Eagle Nursing WhipZJJ park-Eagle Nursing Whip

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