From Oct 29 to 31, the Third Session of China Miao Minority's Silverware Jewelry Culture Festival was ceremoniously held in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province. 15 delegations of the Miao, Tujia, Bai, Tibetan, Qiang, and other ethnic minority groups were invited to attend the festival.On the opening ceremony of the culture festival, all actors and actresses performed their folk dances and showed Miao people's costumes, accessories and silverware jewelry to the audience. This was really a wonderful gathering.Fenghuang County has successfully hosted two sessions of silverware jewelry culture festivals in 2006 and 2009 respectively, presenting the Miao minority's silver jewelry with distinct local characteristics to tourists at home and abroad, which greatly improved the reputation of Fenghuang.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web 

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Zhangjiajie Tourism in the fall and winter: The world's natural heritage, World geological park, Zhangjiajie landscape, National 5A scenic area, China's first National Forest Park - Zhangjiajie wild flowers first to open;Zhangjiajie Tianzishan, Huangshizhai, Golden Whip Stream, Baofeng, Huanglong Cave, Zhangjiajie Tianmenshan,etc.It is still full of tourists.

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On Oct 29, the Fifth Session Zhangjiajie Tour Guide Talent Contest dubbed “Huangshizhai Cableway Cup” officially kicked off in Zhangjiajie Municipal Tourism Bureau. It is said that this contest is divided into preliminary and final stages. 146 participants will show their talent to compete for the honor of “Zhangjiajie's 10 top tour guides”. Whoever is awarded the title will get a bonus of 5,000 RMB to 10,000 RMB. They also will be privileged to take part in the tourism promotion activities in big cities nationwide as Zhangjiajie's Tourism Image Ambassador.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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It was released from the press conference held in Beijing that Yueyang City will inject one billion yuan in five years to forge itself into the “Home of Yellow Tea in China”. It is planned to expand tea gardens across the city to one million mu (about 667,000 hectares), realizing the annual yellow tea output of 100,000 tons and annual value of 10 billion yuan. The city aims to cultivate a more reputed brand of yellow tea to promote economic development and the prosperity of tea-planters.Yu Peishun, Party member of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, and Cai Lifeng, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress attended the conference.Yueyang is the main growing area of Junshan Silver Needle Tea—champion of yellow tea. In 2010, the city produced and sold 15,000 tons of yellow tea worth 560 million yuan, accounting for 60 percent of that of the national total.At present, Junshan Tea Industry Co., Ltd plans to invest 158 million yuan to set up an industrial park integrating production, teaching and research in Junshan District of Yueyang City in the hope of further improving and innovating the compressing technique of yellow tea, and meeting the diversified needs of customers with unique taste and health-care value.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On the afternoon of October 31，2011, the nameplate-conferring ceremony for China Danxia World Natural Heritage was held in Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. Six state-level scenic areas featuring Danxia landform were bestowed with this honor. "China Danxia” made up of Langshan Mountain in Hunan, Chishui River in Guizhou, Taining Ancient Town in Fujian, Danxia Mountain in Guangdong, Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi and Jianglang Mountain in Zhejiang were approved as World Natural Heritage at 34th World Heritage Conference on August 2, 2010. They are npw listed as China's 40th world heritage and 8th world natural heritage.Since China Danxia was included in the list, it has produced comprehensive effects in raising local people's awareness of ecological protection and boosting the country’s tourism industry.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A performer from Southwest University for Nationalities dances during the 8th China Lotus Award Ethnic and Folk Dance Contest in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 1, 2011.The final of the contest kicked off here Tuesday, involving dances of 14 ethnic groups. A performer from Southwest University for Nationalities dances during the 8th China Lotus Award Ethnic and Folk Dance Contest in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 1, 2011.The final of the contest kicked off here Tuesday, involving dances of 14 ethnic groups. A performer from Southwest University for Nationalities dances during the 8th China Lotus Award Ethnic and Folk Dance Contest in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 1, 2011.The final of the contest kicked off here Tuesday, involving dances of 14 ethnic groups. Source: Xinhua/Liu Xu

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A Zhangjiajie inspection delegation for promoting tourism led by Fan Yuntian, deputy secretary of the Zhangjiajie Municipal Committee of the CPC, visited France at the invitation of the Tourism Committee of French Val-d'Oise (in French Language) Province. Fan Yuntian met with Mr. Fabrice Cotte, director of the committee, and they exchanged their views on how to strengthen tourism cooperation. Other Leaders from the Zhangjiajie Municipal Government including Liu Qun and Chen Chuyi also attended the meeting.Val-d'Oise province is endowed with abundant tourism resources including natural wonders and historic and cultural sites. In addition, it has a flourishing hotel industry and receives 60 million person-trips every year. Mr. Fabrice Cotte hopes to promote the communication and exchanges between Zhangjiajie and Val-d'Oise through this visit and seek more opportunities for bilateral cooperation.“In recent years, Zhangjiajie has been making great efforts to build it into a top international tourist destination, and we hope that two sides can work together to promote the development of tourism industry in Zhangjiajie and Val-d'Oise.” Fan Yuntian said.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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