Xibu Street is the Tu People's language also called Xilankapu--a exquisite and well-known brocade in Tu people's culture.Xibu Street borrows the name from this brocade stands for a places filled with joy and streets.

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Zhangjiajie is a city can date back to five thousand years ago. In the past, it was called Dayong. In 1982, central government built the first national forest park here and named it Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. As the development of tourism industry, later, Dayong changed the city title to Zhangjiajie, which is famous for the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. What’s more, Zhangjiajie was entitled as world heritage by UNESCO in 1992 and also managed to become international geological park in 2003.

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The unique sandstone forest landscape earns Zhangjiajie a name on both the UNESCO Natural Heritage and World Geopark lists. Photos Provided to China DailyThe Jinbian Creek at the heart of the nature reserve represents the best of Zhangjiajie with perpendicular peaks, a murmuring creek and a serene forest.The various cultural shows in the city also offer a stage for foreign performers.The Zhangjiajie International Airport has links with dozens of domestic and overseas cities.Forested city becoming hot tourism destinationZhangjiajie, a city in northwestern Hunan province in central China, is on its way to becoming a world-class tourist destination by utilizing its natural wonders and cultural legacy, said local leaders.Covering 951.6 square kilometers, Zhangjiajie boasts a rare collection of tourism resources, including sandstone peaks, valleys, caves, hot springs, lakes, creeks, forests and a wealth of cultural heritage.The most spectacular of all its natural attractions is the 264-sq-km forest of sandstone pillars."(It is) one of the most remarkable geological spectacles existing on our planet," said Simon Winchester, a British geologist, commenting on this rare landform.In an article published in the New York Times, Winchester wrote that the sandstone pillars are "as great as the Great Wall".This area's landscape is somewhat similar to karst landforms, which also have individual peaks and water-eroded caves.Unlike karst landforms, which are made of soft limestone and require a relatively shorter period to form, the pillars are created by millions of years of sandstone erosion, making them a rare geological phenomenon.For this reason, the area was one of the earliest world geoparks in China. It is also an UNESCO World Natural Heritage site.The well-preserved ecological environment of Zhangjiajie is also a big draw for tourists.The city's forests coverage rate is 69.62 percent, well above the world average of 34 percent and the national average of 20 percent.An 'oxygen bar'Hailed as China's oxygen bar, it has as many as 100,000 negative oxygen ions in every cubic meter of air in the mountain areas and more than 20,000 ions per cubic meter in the downtown area. This level of oxygen content has positive benefits for human health.Air collected there was presented as gifts to national pavilions of six countries including the US, the United Arab Emirates, Finland, and Japan during the 2010 Shanghai Expo.The city's authorities are planning to establish China's first research institute on studying forest oxygen ions, which is expected to regularly monitor and release data of the concentration of negative oxygen ions in the forests for tourists.Zhangjiajie is also home to the Badagong Mountains National Nature Reserve - the largest reserve to the south of the Yangtze River.Composed of four national forest parks, the nature reserve boasts more than 3,000 varieties of higher plants, 1,280 varieties of medicinal herbs and some of China's endangered animal species, such as leopards, black bears, and giant salamanders.The excellent ecological environment is the result of the local authorities' long-standing efforts to protect the environment, according to the city government.For instance, since 2000, 1,790 residents living inside the nature reserve have been relocated to the other areas. Such a move not only results in ecological improvements but also offers new opportunities for locals to better their lives.Zhangjiajie's colorful ethnic groups are another attraction for tourists.The city is home to 32 ethnic groups, with the Tujia as the majority. Living in harmony, the ethnic peoples are now inheritors of more than 700 intangible cultural heritage items, with six of them on the national protection list.Galas, ethnic showsBased on these ethnic legacies, a number of cultural shows have been regularly held in Zhangjiajie to attract tourists.These include the "Wood Chopper Liu Hai and His Immortal Wife", a musical based on a popular legend in Hunan's mountain areas.Another highlight of all these shows is the "Glamorous Western Hunan", a performance of local songs and dances directed by world-renowned film director Zhang Yimou.Adding to these local shows are performances by artists and adventurers from all around the world.In September 2011, nine skydivers from six countries performed stunts at the Tianmen Mountain. Jeb Corliss wowed the audiences by gliding through the 100-ft archway at the mountain.In the same month, more than 40 bands from 28 countries and regions arrived in Zhangjiajie to attend a gala of country music.These events have impressed tourists with wonders and showcased the city's open, inclusive and innovative character, said city's officials.30 years of fameDespite all its attractions, Zhangjiajie was rarely known as a tourist destination 30 years ago even in China.Renowned painters and photographers, such as Wu Guanzhong, Huang Yongyu, Chen Fuli and Jian Qingfu, helped open its door to visitors worldwide.Since then, it has been taking the lead in Hunan in the number of tourists received.In 2011, its tourist sites received 30.41 million visitors, with 1.83 million of them foreigners and generated 16.7 billion yuan in revenues, a growth of 26.5 percent, 29.5 percent and 22.5 percent, respectively, from the previous year.Zhangjiajie, once a backwater area in northwestern Hunan, has also evolved into a road, railway and air transportation hub in western Hunan over the past three decades.It has expressways to neighboring Chongqing and the provincial capital Changsha. Expressways like the one linking Baotou in Inner Mongolia and Maoming in Guangdong province are scheduled to start construction in Zhangjiajie soon.It has an airport with flights to more than 20 domestic cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. It is also open to chartered flights to Japan, South Korea and Thailand.With such advantages, Zhangjiajie's government expects more domestic and foreign investors to join in its efforts to build a world-class tourist destination.Source: chinadaily

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A visitor watches a bullet train model at the Hunan booth at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday.The Macao booth is seen at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday. The Macao booth is seen at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday. Visitors tour the Hunan booth at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday. Source:xinhuanet

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Wulingyuan Xibu Street opens to public on May 17. The Street spent heavily on a concentrative display of Xiangxi's intangible cultural heritages, inviting inheritors of dozens of intangible cultural heritages in the area to stage a show.Publicity Secretary of Zhangjiajie Yu Huaimin stated that the event is a successful model for integrating ethnic culture, tourism and entertainment, and also it is of great significance to carrying forward Xiangxi culture and speeding up the upgrading and transition of tourism resources in Zhangjiajie.On the evening of May 16, series of activities such as Gala Night for Thousand Nuomian (wood carving), Ginkgo Love, Gala Night for Songs and Dances were held. Dozens of primitive art performances of Xiangxi will be seen in the three-day event and amaze thousands of visitors from home and abroad.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The nation's largest and most influential tourist event - the 2012 China Tourism Day - will open on May 19 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.Located in the northwest of Hunan, Zhangjiajie is China's first national forest park and also a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site and a world geopark.Top leaders from the National Tourism Administration and several other ministries as well as senior officials from the Hunan provincial government will be present at the event.Also kicking off on the same day will be the Tourism Investment Fair, a part of the seventh Central China Expo, which is to be held in several locales in Hunan from May 18 to 20.Government officials as well as experts and business representatives from tourism companies and financial institutions will be in attendance at the Tourism Investment Fair, where they can learn about the latest tourism projects in central China that require investment.Zhangjiajie's Sunny Hotel will host the two events.The Sunny Hotel, funded by an investment of 600 million yuan from Hunan Investment Holdings Ltd, is a five-star hotel that can offer services for both sightseeing and business tourists.Covering a land area of more than 6 hectares and a floor space of more than 800,000 square meters, it has comprehensive facilities for lodging, conference and exhibition.It has more than 500 luxurious rooms for guests, a 1,000-sq-m dining area, a 1,200-sq-m multi-purpose hall for both conferences and exhibitions and 18 smaller conference rooms.The hotel is close to the Zhangjiajie outlet of the Changsha-Zhangjiajie Expressway. It takes about 10 minutes to get there from the railway station and the airport, and it takes 30 minutes to drive to the Zhangjiajie World Geopark and World Natural Heritage site.Source: chinadaily

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The Tourism Investment and Financing Fair, one of the theme activities of 2012 Central China Expo is scheduled to debut in Zhangjiajie on May 19, according to Yang Guangrong, head of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau.Among  600 participants, majority are overseas entrepreneurs including representatives of world organizations in China, continental tourism groups, world prestigious tourism groups,  multinational groups, top 500 global companies and strategic investors.Also present at the fair would be leading domestic tourism investors, heads of key tourism enterprises from six central China provinces, representatives of National Tourism Administration, Ministry of Commerce, National Bureau of Statistics, China Development Bank and banks across Hunan Province. The event will focus on promoting 74 out of over 700 tourism financing projects.Hunan plans to present 75 projects worth 103 billion Yuan, of which 11 will be prioritized and 28 cooperation projects involving 34.1 billion Yuan still wait for partners.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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If you want to witness the real sights of west Hunan, you’d better pay a visit to Fenghuang. Shen Congwen’s “Border Town” also opened a window to all of us. Being a master in literature, he had described its rudimentary but charming amorous feeling in this book, which made Fenghuang become yearned by thousands of people. After reading “Border Town”, it seems the slowly flowing rhythm of Tuo River; those special suspended buildings and girls’ melodious singings usually exist in our mind. Maybe we are eager to demystify this birth place of Shen Congwen.

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Great Wall of Southern China ,or simply \\\\\\\"Southern Great Wall\\\\\\\"for short,built during Ming dynasty from 1554 AD to 1622 AD with the length of 382 li(= 1/2 kilometer ).Most of Southern Great Wall is located in Jishou ,Xiangxi（Western Hunan） ,thus it also named as Great Wall of Miao Region.Southern Great Wall is a great ancient Chinese defenses not for avoiding the invasion of nomads but separating the commercial and cultural communication between Miao and Han People.Therefore,Southern Great Wall is smaller than Northern Great Wall.Scenery spots in Southern Great Wall encompasses Go chessboard ,ancient watchtower,General tomb etc.Go chessboard is not only a most mysterious and marvelous spot in Xiangxi also a holy land for tourists at home and aboard who fancy for Go.The whole area of the Go chessboard is 1004.89 sq m.Each chessboard is 5051.83 times as a normal one.The ancient watchtower is houses for guarding soldiers in that time.By visiting ancient watchtowers we can imagine how soldiers\\\\\\\' life was.General tomb is worth your time,too.The tomb is a historic relic for remembering our national hero ,surrounded by various verdant plants .Besides,around Southern Great Wall,there are some other scenery spots .Such as Phoenix ancient city with a distance of 16km ,Miao village of Xijiang --the biggest village in China of  Miao People.Sourced and translated by Aileen  

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Traveling in Phoenix city ,you will feel pity for missing one thing --- the bar street at night. Located at the riverside ,bars in Phoenix city are country music bar, light music bar and high bar.Though,they are different in decorations ,the atmosphere with passionate music and twinkling lights are similar. Each bar offers a period for guests to sing songs for free.Only you have the courage ,the stage is yours,even the whole Phoenix city is your faithful audience.At daytime,Phoenix city is as tranquil as a poetry,and the bar street attracts you with another charming,that is the peculiar advertising boards.Some says \"Sex male, female hobby\",others are concise sentences about life,which makes an echo in your heart.What\'s more,the empty beer bottles can also be a fancy decoration.At night,Phoenix city is as crazy and modern as New York.A stream of vitality overwhelms you as soon as you step into a bar.The cheering crowd,thunderous clap ,exciting scream and dynamic music is largely different to its image at daytime.When Phoenix city walks into the evening twilight,why not have a stop and rest in a bar,sip the beer ,enjoy the jollification and peacefully hear the whisper of this ancient city. It is well worth your coming.Sourced &Translated by Aileen

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