The 2014 Zhangjiajie Lantern Festival Folk Art Performance (one of the 2014 Zhangjiajie Spring Festival Ethnic Cultural Activities) began on the morning of February, 14, attracting numerous people. Two hundred thousand people of all ethnic groups and visitors sang and danced joyously to celebrate the festival. The streets of the central area of Zhangjiajie became a performance stage. More than 100 artistic groups toured and performed along the streets, including local original folk art performances such as the Nuo Opera of Tujia ethnic group, Zhangjiajie Yang Opera, Festival Lantern, and Dayong Qigong. The 2014 Spring Festival Ethnic Cultural Activities included three parts: the Lantern Show, the Spring Festival Cultural Activity Week, and the Celebration of Lantern Festival. This is an important measure to upgrade Zhangjiajie, accelerate the integration of its ethnic culture and tourism, and promote the transformation and upgrading of tourism industry. It also serves as a cultural travel card created with the efforts of all the citizens of Zhangjiajie.At the Lantern Festival folk artistic performance siteThe dragon lantern playThe clamshell lanternTranslator: Shen ZuolinSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2014-02-17 12:11 View：663

Continued falling spring snow dressed Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain as a fairy tale of ice and snow world. This year’s spring snow was big, with long duration, so the mountains were covered with a thick of snow and rime everywhere, even the tourism channel of the rail became a kind of special scenery.Beautiful snow and ice wonders attracted all kinds of direction guests. In addition to a group of local residents, Self-drive tourists from Changsha, Changde, Jishou, and many other surrounding cities, made snowball fights in Tianmen mountain, to admire the snow, enjoy the happy time.Translated by Sophia

News 2014-02-16 13:25 View：836

A celebration was held at Fenghuang Ancient Town to mark the Lantern Festival and Valentine's Day, which coincides on February 14th this year. The gala show presented such folk customs as Long Dragon Banquet and the Dragon and Lion Dance of Miao ethnic group. Participants were fascinated by the charm of the ancient town. Miao people are having the Long Dragon Banquet.The Fenghuang Ancient Town becomes a sea of people.Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2014-02-15 12:17 View：904

Workers lay tracks at a construction site of the Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed railway in Jiangshan City, east China's Zhejiang province, Jan 27, 2014. The 933-kilometer high-speed railway linking Hangzhou City and Changsha City, respectively capitals of Zhejiang province and capital of Hunan province, is designed at a top speed of 350km/h. The 295.5-kilometer rail-laying work in the Zhejiang section was completed on Wednesday after three months' hard work. Travel time will be reduced from more than six hours to four hours when the railway is put into operation, which is expected at the end of 2014. Workers lay tracks at a construction site of the Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed railway in Jiangshan City, east China's Zhejiang province, Jan 27, 2014. The 933-kilometer high-speed railway linking Hangzhou City and Changsha City, respectively capitals of Zhejiang province and capital of Hunan province, is designed at a top speed of 350km/h. The 295.5-kilometer rail-laying work in the Zhejiang section was completed on Wednesday after three months' hard work. Travel time will be reduced from more than six hours to four hours when the railway is put into operation, which is expected at the end of 2014. Workers lay tracks at a construction site of the Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed railway in Jiangshan City, east China's Zhejiang province, Jan 29, 2014. The 933-kilometer high-speed railway linking Hangzhou City and Changsha City, respectively capitals of Zhejiang province and capital of Hunan province, is designed at a top speed of 350km/h. The 295.5-kilometer rail-laying work in the Zhejiang section was completed on Wednesday after three months' hard work. Travel time will be reduced from more than six hours to four hours when the railway is put into operation, which is expected at the end of 2014. Source:Xinhua/Tan Jin

News 2014-02-14 12:09 View：1332

Since officially opened in 1984, ZJJ Huanglong hole scenic area has accepted a total of more than 18 million people, leading the first place among national tourism caves 16 years.ZJJ Huanglong hole is located in the world natural heritage Wulingyuan. It is the only one that listed in the world natural heritage, World geological park, 5A national cave scenic spot. It is also the only “China well-known trademark” tourist caves.Since 30 years of opening to the outside world, its high rich land, deep rivers, The impending waterfall, Dense stalagmite already attract numerous tourists both from home and abroad. It is also praised as “The yellow dragon, the pride of China” and “HuangLong magic hole, breathtaking wonder” by the Chinese and foreign leaders.Translated by Sophia

News 2014-02-13 13:21 View：2251

Following the Spring Festival, thousands of wintersweets (called 'la mei' in Chinese) burst into full bloom against heavy snow in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic spot--a world famous natural scenery heritage site in central China's Hunan Province, on February 9th, 2014. The pink, yellow and red plum flowers scattered among the snowy trees and rimes form a spectacular fairytale-like scene, drawing many visitors from both home and abroad.The cold weather leaves trees and plants covered in rimes in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic spot--a world famous natural scenery heritage site in central China's Hunan Province, on February 9th, 2014. Visitors take photos and enjoy the beautiful snowy scenery in this white landscape.Source: CRI

News 2014-02-13 12:06 View：1570

On February 11th, Hong Kong, An 83-year-old Mr Photographer Hehuan took picture of rime spring scenery in Tianzi mountain in the world natural heritage Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan scenic area scenic area. As we have learned, It was the 59 times of He Huan to focus on Zhangjiajie.Knowing the first snow in 2014 New Year, Mr Hehuan regardless of age, immediately took Gao Tie to Zhangjiajie. He said he would stay in Zhangjiajie until the snow melt, To take more photos of the snow. In his eyes, Zhangjiajie in the snow was very beautiful, even the snow attendance of Zhangjiajie was more charming.Since February 6th, Zhangjiajie core scenic spot met snow. Tianzi mountain, Yuanjiajie, and Huangshi village with ice and snow scenery, more and more visitors came to there. Among them such as Mr Hehuan “Hardcore” photography is not in the minority, every day there are at least 300 visitors watch Zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

News 2014-02-12 13:22 View：1476

You may not know if you haven't been to Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, but local officials there are eager to spread the word about Yangjiajie and its stunning peak walls carved from mountains by nature over the millennia. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Yangjiajie boasts about a dozen of the immense parallel walls of varying heights. Ongoing tourism development projects will be completed in March, local tourism officials said at a recent press conference at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. "The peak walls are an integral part of the Zhangjiajie's landscape. A single stone wall is not uncommon in sandstone areas, but it's very rare that a group of such pretty and lofty stone walls maintain intact after all these years," says Chen Anze, a researcher from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, who visited Yangjiajie in December to investigate the landscape of the peak walls. Zhangjiajie gained international fame when the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar in 2009 drew inspiration from its splendid mountains and pillar-like formations. The descendants of generals of the Yang Family, who sacrificed themselves to defend their country from foreign invasion in the early Song Dynasty (960-1279), moved and settled in Yangjiajie many years ago. That's why the place got its name, and many scenic spots also have names related to the family to memorialize their ancestors. Besides peak walls, Yangjiajie also has stone pillars, waterfalls and a special flower that changes color from white, red, purple, yellow to black from daybreak to sunset. But compared with other scenic spots in Zhangjiajie, the 34-square-kilometer Yangjiajie is like a virgin land and attracts less attention due to its steep mountains and inconvenient transportation. Many visitors to Yangjiajie have been self-guided wilderness enthusiasts. To better promote its picturesque scenery, the local government invested 170 million yuan ($28.1 million) in a Yangjiajie cableway, and construction began in December 2012. Soon guests will be able to enjoy the peak walls from this mechanized perch, without exhausting themselves by climbing all the way. The new cableway, the third in Wulingyuan, will make it easier to get to Yangjiajie from other scenic spots, and ease waiting lines in peak seasons by spreading tourists over more attraction sites. In November 2010, geology and geomorphy experts from China and abroad - including Chen and Michael Crozie, who was then president of International Association of Geomorphologists - joined the Zhangjiajie Landscape International Symposium. The experts agreed that Zhangjiajie's spectacular sandstone pillars, peaks, cliffs, valleys and caves are the result of quartz sandstone's weathering, erosion of rainwater and rock collapses due to gravity. They named this kind of landscape as Zhangjiajie Landscape, a unique type of sandstone landform. "Yangjiajie's peak walls help us see Zhangjiajie Landscape's formation process. It's the masterpiece of nature, with great scientific and aesthetic values," Chen says. "Yangjiajie is a high-quality tourism resource. The promotion of its peak walls to the market will upgrade Zhangjiajie's tourism value as a whole," says Hu Zhiwen, vice-mayor of Zhangjiajie.What's huge and solid stone and about 380 million years old? Source:ECNS

News 2014-02-12 12:04 View：1613