On June 23, Danmark’s prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt thinks highly of Zhangjiajie’s beautiful scenery and exclaims “China Zhangjiajie is incomparable with unique and splendid mountains”, after his view on the scenery pictures China Zhangjiajie.Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the frist female prime minister in Danmark. She expressed her heartfelt admirations for Zhangjiajie’s scenery when she visited Peng zhong ming, who is the author of China Zhangjiajie, the chairman of Danmark’s photography association and the royal Danish photographer, last week. After her appreciation of China Zhangjiajie, she indicates “To experience its splendid scenery in person if there is a chance”.In 2008, China Zhangjiajie receives wild-range favors among the Nordic people once it released. So far, there are three Danmark’s prime minister have cast their eyes on Zhangjiajie with Danish tourists coming to Zhangjiajie for traveling increased.Translated by Crystal

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After a short period of sweltering days, rainy and cool weather timely visits Zhangjiajie in recent. Sceneries during rainy days are expected to be more wonderful and marvelous. Here are the photos of advection fog splendors shot by photographers when paying their visit in Suoxiyu District.White gauze is slowly floating above the river with groups of Tujia buildings in far distance. Several women are washng clothes near the river with the advection fogs wrapped. Around 8 o’clock in the morning, the fogs are getting thinner and narrower but still stretching from the left side of the river to the right. The whole wonders of the beautiful scenery have attracted many citizens and photography fans.By searching the materials, the reasons of this factor are followed. When moist air flows into the cold sea or on the ground, it will be cool and condense into fog and mist floating in the air, then rising and formed into a ribbon hanging in mid-air or floating on the surface. With the wind flowing, the ribbon turns to advection fog .Surely, the changeable weather during this period also makes contribution to the formation of this beautiful advection fog splendor in Wulingyuan.By Aileen

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On June 24th, the official website of China’s photographers association issues the Third National Landscape Photography Contest will be grandly held.Held by China’s photographers association,People’s government of ZJJ Wulingyuan and management office of Zhangjiajie national forest park, this competition is aimed to fully display Zhangjiajie’s unique geological landform, natural scenery and folk customs and other tourism resources in the form of photographic arts. Through a series of recommendation, promotion and exchanges, it will help to enhance Zhangjiajie’s popularity at home and abroad.Lasting for a year, this contest falls into seven exhibition areas, such as unique summits and flourish trees, folk customs and colorful living beings,etc. The photography works are those reflect Zhangjiajie’s beautiful natural scenery, folk customs and animal and plant resources and accord with the theme by unlimited means. Negative films, reversal films and those that adjust excessively are unacceptable. The competitors can contribute their works by post or internet. Every contestant can send single or series photos. The latter are twelve at most. U-club freestyles are magnified to ten inches, square works 8×8inches and irregular ones less than 80 Sq.In. These works can be posted to pop-photo.com.cn.All the forms are jpg with 900 pixel of the long side and within 500K.Translated by Crystal

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From June 25th to September 10th, accompanied by parents, students under the age of 18  are accessible to travel Honjiang Ancient Commercial Town for free. In addition, they also have the chance to watch the original performance named Hongjiang in Misty Rain, Yujiang Haozi(Jiang means river. Haozi is a work song sung to synchronize movements, with one person leading). The performance describes commercial legends of businessmen in old Hongjiang town. In the form of original live show, it puts on o n every Saturday, displaying outlanders’ the pioneering work. Their hard experience from working at commercial ports, wharf and and on Yuanjiang river to starting their own business is inspiring. When they shouted Yujiang Haozi, the sound was amazing looking as if it would topple a mountain and overturn the sea. The hardship and toughness of those businessmen really would leave a deep impression on people  in old days and Nowadays.Situated at the confluence of Yuan river and Wu river,Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Townis surrounded by the first famous mountain, Mount Song. It has a long history, which originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, took shape in the most prosperous age of  Tang dynasty and peaked in Ming dynasty and Qing dynast. Known as “the First Ancient Town in China”, it not only controlled 7 provinces because of its strategic position in southwest, but also owned abundant goods and materials, such as tung oil, wood, Paraffins.Honjiang Ancient Commercial TownHongjiang in Misty Rain, Yujiang HaoziBy Emma

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On June 22, Mr. Li, A guest from Shanghai, went through an embarrassing occasion when he came closer to a wild monkey that was looking around on a low branch beside a pathway, the monkey leap out at him, leaving him shocked and terrified.Since the arrival of summer, Wild monkeys in Wulingyuan is unusually active, thus staff reminded guests as follows. First, never provoke or drive away monkeys with branches and stones. Second, try your best to stay a suitable space to monkeys when taking pictures. Third, never feed food to monkeys. Fourth, put away your food when entering into scenic spots with many monkeys. In addition, when visitors meet with a snake, please stay calm and don’t disturb or hit it. For any further help, please go to service telephone number of the scenic area management department:0744-5618331.By Emma

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Recently, the first female Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt met with Peng Zhongmin, author of "Zhangjiajie in China", and chairman of the Denmark Photographers Association and a photographer for royal Danish families. During their meeting, the prime minister commended Zhangjiajie "incomparable" with its towering mountains and steep cliffs.Publishied in Denmark in 2008, "Zhangjiajie in China" drew lots of attention in Northern European countries. Since then, three prime ministers of Denmark expressed their appreciation for the beauty of Zhangjiajie in public. The number of Danish tourists to the city increases year by year. In July, 2011, a couple from Denmark held a unique wedding ceremony featuring Tujia Minority customs in the Baofeng Lake scenic spot.Holding the book in hands, the prime minister also expressed her desire to visit Zhangjiajie in the future.Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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From June 10 to June 21, the personnels from Wulingyuan tourism sectors conduct collective acceptance of scutcheons’ upgrade and update in Wulingyuan core scenic spots, which indicates the completion of the modification project of scutcheons’  upgrade and update.Scutcheons’ upgrade and update in core scenic spots is the major tourism construction project for expansion and update, including scenic tours map, tourism channel signs, scenic spots introduction cards, safety warning cards and trees’ name brands,etc. The design and production are line with the scutcheons’ requirements of 5A class tourism scenic spots and world geoparks. At the same time, the high-standard antirot materials ensure four years’ working life of the wooden signs.According to the report, these scutcheons cover the whole core scenic spots, with about 800,000RMB from the government and 200,000RMB from the tourism companies, such as the dragon ladder, Tianzi Mountain ropeway and Ten-mile Gallery, etc.Next, the tourism sector from Wulingyuan will also re-check the re-changed scutcheons and improve and be well equipped in line with the needs for scenic tours, which ensures a new face of the marker system to display before the tourists.Translated by Crystal

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On June 22, the journalist sees several well-protected Diao Jiao buildings(Diaojiaolou) in Huxiang Sanjiayu village of Wulingyuan. According to the information from the local villagers, these Tujia Diao Jiao buildings have nearly one hundred years and have experienced six generations’ residency.Translated by Crystal

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