On February 4, the Hunan Provincial Culture Department released a list of cultural activities for celebrating the Spring Festival. During the performance season, a total of 23 excellent acts will be staged to enrich the cultural life of local people from February 12 to 24.More than 800 performers from seven art troupes directly under the Hunan Provincial People's Government and the Hunan Flower Drum Cultural Transmission Co., Ltd. will present eleven shows of 23 acts at the Hunan Grand Theater, Red Theater, Xiangjiang Theater, Lotus Kingdom Theater,  and Studio Theatres of the Hunan Song & Dance Theater Co., Ltd. and Hunan Puppet and Shadow Art Troupe. The 23 programmes feature 7 flower drum operas, 2 Hunan operas, 2 Peking operas, 3 acrobatic shows, 4 dramas, 2 parties, 2 puppet and shadow plays and one symphony concert. About 2 acts will be performed to an estimated audience of more than 20,000 every day.It is Hunan's largest-scale show during the Spring Festival, covering the entertainment hub of Changsha. Most performances are open to the public for free except several ones with ticket price ranging from 10 to 20 yuan. Citizens can pick up free tickets at relevant theaters in advance. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On the evening of February 3, the 2013 People's Spring Festival Gala, titled "Grand Ceremony for Ringing out the Old Year", was staged in Changsha, Hunan Province by nearly 300 grass-roots performers, giving the audience an early taste of the joy and festivity of the New Year.Besides the main venue in Changsha, the gala is also touring affiliated venues running through the country from south to north, including the Liu Laogen Grand Stage in Shenyang City of Liaoning Province, the stage next to the landmark Wu Ta (Black Pagoda) building of Fujian Province, in Zhengding Ancient City of Hebei Province, and in the ice and snow world of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Audiences all over China will enjoy a spectacular three-hour performance made up of sucession of various local song, dance, and acrobatics.Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web PortalTwins perform Latin DanceA Chinese Park Jae-Sang impersonator does his "Happy Style of Shijiazhuang" The imperial concubine Zhenhuan time travel magic show A Foreign Troupe plays "Pay a New Year Call" Jujitsu girl performs "Beatiful Snake Woman" Children treat the audiences to a martial arts show All the performers take a curtain call

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On January 31th, large vocal melody “zhangjiajie cantata” was published by the chinese federation press. As we have learned, “zhangjiajie cantata”, as the first personal vocal music album in hunan province, which set by the famous Jinsha, and composer YinSongJun, YinXiaoXing.“Zhangjiajie Cantata” is a large comprehensive music works, with poetic, including “the missing wulingyuan”, “on the high mountain”, “the most beautiful huanglong hole” and so on. With the piano spectrum version, a beautiful melody, emotional and deep implication, the songwriter use skilled excitation and full-bodied love, to show the spirit of the time and fusion. The aim is to show ecological civilization concept of respecting nature, protecting nature, and thanking nature. With high artistic quality, it expresses the people’s livelihood feelings, which acceptted by  the public.Translated by Sophia

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By February 4th, 2013, “far pandora, near zhangjiajie” baofng lake “the second zhangjiajie network shoot contest already comes to the end, the official website receives all kinds of pictures which reflecting zhangjiajie and “mountainous economic cooperation zone”, thus emerging many outstanding works.Since August of the last year, it attracted photographers all over the country, which were nearly one thousand people. More than half of them belong to china photographers’ association, the provincial photographers association. Last December 25th, “2012 searching for zhangjiajie snow style” photography activities, made this contest to a climax.Translated by Sophia

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On January 29th 2013,To create the atmosphere of  Spring Festival,  the propaganda department of wulingyuan district party committee organized careful plan, hung lanterns in the main street. Staff put four lanterns  into a string, respectively hanging in both sides of the road, with a total of more than 500 strigs, more than 2000 lanterns. Red lanterns and white jade street lamps mutual reflected, building a strong “China flavour”.Translated by Sophia

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With the approval of  Zhangjiajie price bureau, in 2013, from January 20th to March 31th, huangshi village ropeway for the zhangjiajie citizens with valid identity certificate will enjoy forty yuan/people on single way, 70 yuan/people on double way.The new huangshi village ropeway is the main traffic tools for the vast number of tourists to zhangjiajie huangshi village scenic area, operated in May 2010. The first enable transparent hanging cableway for mainland, 34 hanging in the car with five hanging car designed to transparent form, to bring new panoramic experience for the visiting tourists.In addition to zhangjiajie tourism enjoy low price on off-season, the minors under 1.3 meters, the students who 24 years old with bachelor degree or under the degree, the old above sixty years old, officers, civilian staff, noncommissioned officer, military retired cadres, the person who hold “the minimum living allowance for urban and rural residents claim tags” will enjoy preferential price.Translated by Sophia

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More than 120 returned overseas Chinese and their families, overseas Chinese, representatives from Hong Kong and Macao, and chiefs of departments regarding oversea Chinese gathered on February 2 to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival.Liu Xiao, vice chairman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee, conveyed festival greetings and best wishes to the attendees, and expected them to support Hunan's construction and development in the new year as always.In 2012, based on "Love China" activity, Hunan Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (HFROC) carried out cultural exchanges on five occasions, highly praised by overseas Chinese at home and abroad. The federation led a group to participate in the 7th Expo Central China, hosted the First Trade and Promotion Month of Hunan Famous Products in Hong Kong and Exchange Meeting of Overseas Chinese from Hong Kong and Macao, and conferred plate for eight cultural relics regarding overseas Chinese including Huang Xing Former Residence and Huang Xing Tomb, strengthening the cultural bonds of overseas Chinese.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A free art exhibition, presenting the thriving development in the pilot area for "Two-Oriented" Society construction, is taking place at the Bamboo Slips Museum of Changsha and remains open to the citizens till February 3.The exhibition, touring Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, showcases a collection of 86 art pieces created by talented artists, including 6 literary works, 46 paintings, 15 photographs, 2 music pieces, and 17 calligraphy works.Great changes brought by "Two-Oriented" Society construction, beautiful urban environment, and felicific humanistic atmosphere in the three cities found their expression in these art works.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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