The inaugural Nanyue Tea Culture Festival was held from April 8 at the Grand Temple (Nanyue Damio) in Hengyang City to showcase the 1000-year-old tea worshipping culture.During the Tea Worship festival, "Ming Qian," or pre-qingming tea, was introduced by two parades bearing flags displaying signs of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. With much anticipation from the audience, the pre-qingming tea was ceremoniously prepared for worship by government agricultural officials at district, municipal, and provincial levels as the audience greeted them along the forecourts of the main hall in the Grand Temple all the way through the Tianxia Memorial Archway in Yujie Street, Shoujian Bridge and Jiaying Gate.The tea worship ceremony was one of the eight official festivities during the festival. The festival, themed "enjoying the tea while immersing in greenery" will last for one month. In addition to the tea worship ceremony, other activities included mountain tea gathering, tea parties, picking tea and going hiking, zen meditation via drinking tea, celebrities gathering, 10,000-people tea-related contest, and tea photography.Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Recently, QR (Quick response) codes have been widely adopted in tourism sector. When scanning the QR code reader on tourists’ mobile phones, information about nearby scenic areas and tourist attractions will show up. This application not only saves costs on tour guide, but also facilitates promotion of travelling.At Yanghu Wetland Park of Changsha, a QR code could be easily found at major scenic spots. By scanning the code, tourists could receive text information about the scenic spots accompanied by pictures and audio. Scanning the QR code also provides tourists a platform to provide their opinions about Yanghu Wetland Park to park management. According to the chief of the park, the QR code system costs less than 2,000 yuan.The Smart Tour Guide System has already been broadly installed at 5A-level scenic areas such as Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie, Shaoshan, Junshan Island,Yueyang Tower, Yuelu Mountain, Orange Isle and the Liu Shaoqi Museum in Huaminglou Town of Ningxiang, as well as over 50 3A-level or abovescenic areas including Taohuayuan (Peach Garden) in Changde and Tianxin Pavilion in Changsha.Translator: Yang ChengfeiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Chinese Tomb-sweeping day, Zhangjiajie Huanglong scenic spot ecological square, weeping willows, green trees, and other spots are abundant. It attracts tourists to admire the view for an outing.Translated by Sophia

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Scenic spots in Zhangjiajie have received over 5.42 million tourists during the first quarter of 2015, and realized tourism revenue of over 3.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 30.11% and 35.12% respectively, hitting a record high since 2010.According to monitoring results of Zhangjiajie's core scenic areas provided by zjjgood.com.cn, Zhangjiajie's tourism management system, group tourists only occupy 38% of total tourists, while self-guided tourists account for 62%, an increaseof 10% compared with the same period of the previous year. Zhangjiajie has witnessed a steady market of domestic tourists, especially from Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Bohai Economic Rim, Sichuan Province, Chongqing, Hunan Province and its neighboring places. It has maintained a promising overseas tourist market and attracted 296,000 inbound tourists from 31 countries including South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia, and regions including Hong Kong and Taiwan.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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During Chinese Tomb-sweeping festival small vacation, Zhangjiajie Baofeng lake had a reception peak in spring outing. In the scenic area, A total of more than 3,000 people, of tourists double year-on-year growth.Translated by Sophia

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After school, students read "Ti Tzu Kui" (Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child) in front of a cultural wall at Tencent Chunlei (Spring Bud) Nanzhu (Southern Pearl) School in Jingzi Town of Shuangfeng County in Loudi City. A cultural wall was completed on April 9, with 12 pristine and elegant paintings and calligraphy works presenting the virtues of piety, reliability, righteousness, etiquette, benevolence, wisdom and faithfulness in "Ti Tzu Kui".Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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During Chinese Tomb-sweeping festival small long vacation, Yangjiajie cableway safely transported 20,000 passengers.It had no valid complaints, and no long time queuing phenomenon.Yangjiajie cableway since last April operation, with its unique geographical position, gets more and more favor of travelers and tourists around every holiday travel peak, both at home and abroad. It has become the main air corridor.Chinese Tomb-sweeping festival holiday this year, with continuous rain, Yangjiajie cableway company has extended opening hours, strengthened the quality service, effectively relieving the environmental protection during the core scenic spots other peak pressure.Translated by Sophia

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During Chinese Tomb-sweeping festival, A small long vacation, Zhangjiajie with spring rain, shows a series of culture in Wulingyuan scenic area Yuanjiajie core area of “Suspended mountain” wonders, making a lot of tourists and photography people feel exciting. Especially in Yuanjiajie village, with a dozen mu of paddy field likes a wonderland.Translated by Sophia

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