The Yuelu Academy is located on the eastern side of Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, found on the western bank of the Xiangjiang River. It was established in 976, the 9th year of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), under the reign of Emperor Kaibao, and was one of China's four most prestigious academies of the past 1,000 years. Renowned Confucian scholars Zhu Xi and Zhang Shi both lectured at the academy.Since 1926, the academy has become a part of Hunan University. It is now a research center for humanities, social sciences and Chinese studies.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Peach Blossom Land, located at 23 kilometers (14.29 miles) from Changde City, is a fairytale land described by Tao Yuanming (365-427), a famous poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (316-420).With a history of more than 1,600 years, the area now has become a famous tourist site. It features beautiful mountains, peach forests, fields, temples, as well as the mystique of many wonderful legends. It has nearly 100 spots and four great scenic areas, including the Taoxian Ridge, Taoyuan Mountain, Taohua Mountain and Qinren Village. Every year, the area witnesses a peach blossom party which is an important festival in Hunan. Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Mr Jason Falkner from Canada Whistler visited zhangjiajie on March 5th. At that time, he attended the international skiing conference in Beijing. On zhangjiajie, he joined in the investigation activities. On that day, Mr Falkner explored YuanJiaJie, BaoFeng lake, and the tianmen mountain scenic spot. He said he would come back to zhangjiajie again, with a certain propaganda to recommend Zhangjiajie to friends and family. Meanwhile, he told relatives and friends in China that: “No Beijing, No Shanghai, only Zhangjiajie “.Translated by Sophia

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During the first ten-day period of March, in ZJJ Yellow Dragon Cave Square, spring’s return and successive heated days have urged willows to sprout, urged colorful blossoms to wake up, thus urged youngsters to have a spring outing. It’s estimated that tourists having come for flowers and willows have topped the number of 10 thousand from March 8 to 10.Golden rape flowers, under bright sunshine, is splendid and, now and them, attract fluttering bees and tourists appreciating flower to come on March 9. Along pond, oily green willow twigs dance with the tempo of wind as if is to welcome domestic and foreign tourists. On the two sides of tour path, peach flower, plum blossom and camellia decorates the square into an amazing picture with slight fragrance that all tourist are indulged into the great moment.After 5 days, rape blossom will be in full bloom. It will definitely be more fascinating. Yellow Dragon Cave Square, an organic part of Yellow Dragon Cave, ever won the “China Environmental Art Award”. What’s more, international country music week has successfully held here for two times. Besides, it is always open to public for free. All these have made it a popular eco-culture scenic spot in Zhangjiajie.By Patricia

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The fishing in Dongting Lake will be forbidden from March 10th lasting for over three months. Finless porpoise protection is the emphasis of this time.The ban lasts from March 10 to June 30 in the whole Dongting Lake. All fishing activities will be prohibited in the prescribed time and areas. Efforts should be made to ensure that all boats are in harbor, that all fishing nets are in storehouse, that all people are on shore and that all permits are centralized. In addition, active work will be done to guarantee that there will be no fishing boats in the lake, no fishing nets in water and no fish from the lake on the market.During the period, local fishery superintendency agency will intensify punishment on illegal fishing in Dongting Lake, and will conduct more law enforcement inspection together with public security organs and the industry & commerce departments.Dock, harbor, market, freezer and water should be strictly checked. Relevant provisions of spring fishing ban must be implemented to crack down on illegal fishing.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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This year’s Women’s Day is adjacent to weekend, which make it a hard-won golden holiday. On March 8th, female group and family buffet tourists came one after another, which blew a hot tourism tide on Women’s Day. According to incomplete statistics, about two thousand female tourists were accepted in ZJJ Grand Gorge scenic area at the very day of Women’s Day, which increased 50 percent compared with last year including 20 percent of Korea female tourists.In Zhangjiajie Grand Gorge,bright sunshine,loquacious streams,blooming peach flowers,delightful bird tweet,refreshing plants made female tourists enthralled in the vernal scenery. With the coming of spring,ZJJ Grand Gorge scenic spot has been representing a good trend that daily average tourists accepted are over a thousand since March 1 with an increase of about 15 percent compared with last year. What’s more, apart from enjoying beautiful scenery, special ticket package including touring Grand Gorge and bathing in hot spring was provided for female tourists on that day.By Patricia

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On March 31th, Spring and Autumn Airlines(China-SSS) plans to set hangzhou xiaoshan airport as the overnight base. Launching an A320 airplane, at the same time, starting four new routes hangzhou to dalian, sanya, guilin, zhangjiajie. Spring and autumn airlines, the four new starting lines, the lowest fares is 199 yuan.Translated by Sophia

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According to the 2012 National Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin of Hunan Province revealed by the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Statistics on March 7, the provincial GDP totaled 2,215.42 billion yuan with a growth of 11.3% over the previous year. Disposable income of urban residents in Hunan surmounted 20,000 yuan for the first time, reaching 21,319 yuan.Especially, the foreign economic cooperation experienced a strong growth in 2012. The actual utilized foreign direct investment was 7.28 billion US dollors, a year-on-year growth of 18.4%, ranking first among the provinces in Central China. By the end of 2012, 127 enterprises of Fortune Global 500 had invested in Hunan.Deputy Director-General of the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province Zhou Chuan noted that with the support of 100 domestic and overseas business associations and chambers of commerce, Hunan Province plans to launch a point-to-point investment attraction for specialization and industrial chain, targeting 100 multinational corporations this year.Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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