On the morning of December 23rd, Motor vehicle traffic management hearings held in Wulingyuan district, From 19 representatives of the social from all walks of life attended the hearing.Wulingyuan core area motor vehicle traffic management method(Draft) has 26 article in 7 chapter, including the general, The passport issued by the principle, The passport issued by the procedures, Time limit traffic and territorial management, Traffic management, legal responsibility and supplementary provisions.The motor vehicle traffic management measures will be conducive to road traffic safety of Wulingyuan scenic area. It will also make effective protection of the Wulingyuan world natural heritage, promoting the sustainable development of Zhangjiajie tourism economy.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-12-23 11:36 View：969

From Dec 19th to Dec 20th, Ten foreign photography lovers from France, Fiji, Syria, Romania and Egypt accompany with “Foreigners Take You to Travel in Hunan” Photography collection team to come to Feanghuang–The national historical and cultural ancient town. They will conduct one-day photography creation and will put their photography works on the Net microtick show activity of “Foreigners Take You to Travel in Hunan”.The photography collection team successively visit North Gate Tower, Culture Square, Shen Congwen former home and Chen Baozhen Museum and other famous scenic spots. Against the Tuo River amid the sunset, watching the limpid stream flow slowly foward and giving a scent of tranquility, The French photography lovers exclaim in their not very fluent Chinese, “How beautiful Fenghuang it is ! I do love it!” Althought it is cold during the activity, their interest doesn’t rebate. Wherever they come to a site, They will stop and take photos and discuss on each other’s works. These photography lovers also indicate that if there is chance next year, They will come to Fenghuang again for deep appreciation of its beauty.It is reported the photography collection activity is organized by Hunan People’s Government English Portal Website and is highly supported by Hunan Tourism Bureau. It plans to organize near 100 foreign photography lovers in three weeks to visit ten famous scenic spots in Hunan, such as Zhangjiajie, lang Mount, Zi Quejie, Hengshan Mount, Dehang, and through their perspective to display the splendid rivers and mountains, economic and social development in Hunan.By Crystal

News 2013-12-23 11:32 View：841

Recently, The ten-year collective edition of ZJJ Tourism Information is published. It embodies seven major parts:“Focus On Zhangjiajie”, “Looking back at highlights”, “Self-drving travel”, “Deep analysis”, “Regarding the soul”, “Special recommendation”, “Humanities observatory” and displays Zhangjiajie’s natural and humanity beauty from a multi-angle and profound perspective. “Focus On Zhangjiajie” Centers on the transformation and upgrade of tourism and mainly introduces the 1656 planning of “Build up upgrades, Update Zhangjiajie”; “Looking back at highlights” looks back to Zhangjiajie’s marketing and planning innovations in the past ten years, including Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, Zhangjiajie Avatar…; “Special recommendation” recommends many excellent scenic spots to tourists, such as Yellow Stone Village, Yuanjiajie, Yellow Dragon Cave, Baofeng Lake and Xibu Street.Started in 2004, Directed by Zhangjiajie Tourism Working Committee and produced by Zhangjiajie Tourism Bureau, ZJJ Tourism Information is promoted by ZJJ Golden Phoneix Tourism and Culture Communication Co., ltd. It is published two periods annualy and mainly provides tourists with authoratative information in terms of eating, lodge, walking, travelling, shoping and entertainment. It is reported that since its foundation for ten years, ZJJ Tourism Information has put freely into market for one million, becoming another key business card for Zhangjiajie to propaganding its tourism.By Crystal

News 2013-12-23 11:31 View：980

Sponsored by Changsha Municipal Party Committee, and Changsha Government, and organized by Changsha Propaganda department, Changsha Ministry of Agriculture, Changsha Tourism Bureau, Changsha Commerce and Business Bureau and Changsha Evening News Group, From August to December, 2013 “Meeting in the Most Beautiful Countryside in Changsha” activity kicks off in Changsha. In order to enrich the activity, In this “Meeting in the Most Beautiful Countryside in Changsha” activity, two competitive items: “Top Ten Countryside-Beauty in Changsha” and “Top Ten Rural Local Specialties in Changsha” are set. After the recommendation and preliminary assessment, now the 15 selected countryside-beauty and rural local specialties in Changsha are released as follows:Former Home of Yang KaihuiEgret LakeTaogong TempleScholar Ecological FarmHuaming BuildingGuanshanMount WeiHuitangMount DaweiZhouluoChima LakeSha PingBlack Elk PeakQian Long LakeXin KangSource from: Changsha Tourism Bureau WebsiteBy Crystal

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On Dec 19th, Source from Dongting Lake National Natural Protection Zone has learned that Dongting Lake is witnessing the bird migration peak and entering its best time for bird-watching all year around. When the journalist comes to the protection zone, he finds the birding festival is not held in this year, but there are still many birdwatching enthusiasts who drive by themselves to the site. “There are 10,000 to 12,000 migratory birds in DongtingLake now and many rare birds such as cranes and storks have already come here” Remarked by Mr. Yao, The deputy director of Eastern Dongting Lake National Natural Protection Zone,“There are millions of water birds coming here for inhabitation every year and includes over 300 kinds of birds, among which seven are National first protection animals and 37 second class ones”.As tourists are packed in the site, so which places are the best ones that can watch birds as well as not to disturb them? Mr. Yao remarks, Caisang Lake, Big Western Lake, Small Western Lake and Ding Dyke are the best observation points; besides, citizens who don’t want to go out can walk to South Lake square and Golden Osprey Park for watching where they can observe 30 kinds of birds such as red-billed Leiothrix, red-billed blue magpie, thrush, titmouse and duck.Warm tips from Eastern Dongting Lake National Natural Protection Zone: keep secret and quiet when watching in case of frightening wild birds; avoid to chase wild birds, letting them forage and rest; don’t expel or induce wild birds by improper ways; keep away from their nests where they are incubating or their babies are in nests.Source from: Yueyang Government Portal WebsiteBy Crystal

News 2013-12-22 11:21 View：982

The First Changsha (International) Arts Exposition was unveiled on December 19 at the Hunan Province Exhibition Center. About 3,500 pieces of modern arts of drawing, calligraphy, handiwork and ceramics are on display. The four-day event is open to public free of charge.This exposition covers an exhibition area of 10,000 square meters. The oil paintings and traditional Chinese paintings from famous art institutes and galleries of Spain, South Korea, North Korea and Latin America as well as China Taiwan are displayed to present the native artistic style of different regions.In addition, works of traditional Chinese painting masters like Huang Yongyu, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Chen Baiyi, Huang Tieshan and works of well-known contemporary artists including Fang Lijun, Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun, Mao Yan and Wang Guangyi were exhibited, drawing big crowds.As the first large-scale art exhibition of its kind in Hunan, it aims to set up a platform for art exhibition and exchange as well as to further spread Huxiang Culture abroad.The opening ceremonyTranslator: Wang BilianSource: hunan official website

News 2013-12-22 11:12 View：842

“Beautiful Countryside” construction activity that initiated by National Ministry of Agriculture in Feb, 2013 has released its final result: 1,100 countrysides across the nation has been selected into the “Beautiful Countryside” pilot project, among which ZJJ Shiyangping village becomes the only one that is selected from the region.Located in the southeast of ZJJ Yong ding district, Shiyangping village covers an area of 1,700 hectares. It has preserved 182 Tujia Diaojiao buildings that constructed in Ming and Qing dynasties and has a long history, beautiful environment and strong-favor of Tujia folk customs, which make it become one of the most preserved primitive Tujia tribes in south China. In 2012, ZJJ Shiyangping village was confirmed the first group of traditional countryside across the country; in May this year, The State Council officially confirmed it as the national key cultural relic protection unit. In recent years, with the speedy development of Zhangjiajie’s culture and tourism, ZJJ Shiyangping village becomes widely known with tourists packed in here.After the selection of “Beautiful Countryside” pilot project, These pilot countrysides will get fund supports from Ministry of Agriculture in terms of marsh gas construction, farmer training, argicultural technology promotion and rural clean project, etc. It is no doubt that Shi Yang Ping village’s selection will bring a new chance for it in its agriculture production, cultural tourism, village protection and facility construction.Source from: Changsha Tourism Bureau WebsiteBy Crystal

News 2013-12-21 11:00 View：651

“Far Pandora, Near Zhangjiajie” 2013 Zhangjiajie and Thailand Tourism Product Promotion was held in Bangkok.Zhangjiajie was designed to work together with Thailand trade, to have a propaganda and introduction of the world natural heritage landscape magical scenery, expanding the zhangjiajie tourism market in Thailand.Zhangjiajie tourism has exchanged and cooperated with Thailand in recent years. More and more widely conversation has opened in zhangjiajie. People can see Thailand tourist charter flights, Zhangjiajie’s tourism image stores. Zhangjiajie and Thailand’s tourism exchanges and visits constantly strengthened. In 2013, about 20,000 Thai tourists have visited Zhangjiajie. Thailand is the second largest foreign tourists’ country in Zhangjiajie.Thailand’s national tourism administration has said, in the two countries, They are friendly neighbors with increasingly frequent cultural exchanges between the two countries. China has become the largest inbound tourists. In 2013, more than 400 person-times Chinese visitors came to Thailand, 700,000 Thai visitors traveled to China.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-12-21 10:50 View：655