In the first day of 2013, the world natural heritage zhangjiajie scenic spot huangshi village welcomed Canton tourists. They bathed in the winter sunshine, stepped on the ice snow, fully appreciating the peak wonderland with the ornament of snow. From WuLingYuan tourism department news, the people entered into the wulingyuan scenic core had more than 4000, travel reception presenting a good situation.Translated by Sophia

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The awards ceremony of "2012 Selection of the Happiest Cities in China" was held in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on the evening of December 30, 2012. Changsha was honored for the fifth time with the highest award of being the Happiest City in China. This is the fourth time that Changsha County has been included in the list (county-level cities).Jointly held by the Oriental Outlook of Xinghua News Agency and the Working Committee of "China Urban Development Report" under the Chinese Association of Mayors, this award is being given out for six years and has become the most influential activity with great credibility. The city has been selected as one of China's happiest cities for five consecutive years since 2008 and this year has won the highest honor in this regard according to its highest score in terms of citizens' sense of happiness. Translator: Yin XiaodongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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300 overseas Chinese youth from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius and Australia gave a report-back performance on December 29, ending their "Root-seeking Tour" in Hunan.Bali and Bandung delegates from Indonesia feasted participants' eyes on the enthusiastic dance- "Let's dance" performed with exotic flavor in gentle or torrid rhythm. The bravura Chinese boxing, nunchuks and dragon and lion dances pushed the performance to a climax. In addition, Cerdas Bangsa College of Indonesia and root-seekers from other countries jointly put on the moving "Fairy tale". Their brilliant performance won rapturous applause from the audience.Afterwards, representative leaders and members of the winter camp gave a speech one after another. They stated that they had gained a further understanding of Chinese culture and determined to share the wonderful root-seeking experience in China with their relatives and friends after returning home. They hoped to come to Hunan again and touch the extensive and profound Chinese culture.Lion dancing performanceReport-back performanceGroup photoTranslator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On January 25th 2013, zhangjiajie huangshi village cableway first launched the “Chinese zodiac” color paste car, which has just come onto the market. It won the praise of tourists. As we have learned, this is the special program for huangshi village ropeway company to welcome the arrival of the New Year. ZJJ Huangshi village ropeway, every hanging car, according to the serial number, are designed by twelve Chinese zodiac cartoon. It is vivid, nifty and lovely. Many visitors praised that such colorful paste car is very creative. It already has inherited the Chinese traditional culture, making a rich and interesting journey. At the same time, let you feel comfortable, cordial and warm. Translated by Sophia

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December 30th, hunan wulingyuan cableway co., LTD. Revealed that Tianzi mountain cableway would be repaired from January 11th, 2013 up to 19th in practice. Outage period, tourists from home and abroad can travel from Ten miles gallery or south Tianmen direction to walk to Tianzi mountain, also can take environmental protection car in YuanJiaJie to arrive at the Tianzi mountain.Tianzi cableway was established in 1997, for the first “air corridor” on zhangjiajie. The ropeway operated in the past 15 years, has been successfully received more than 20 million tourists from home and abroad. It has won the national top ten ropeway with huangshi village cableway.Translated by Sophia

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According to Hunan Border Defense Contingent on January 1, 2013, more than 5,300 entry-exit flights with over 780,000 passengers had been checked through at the Changsha Frontier Inspection Station as of 24:00 on December 31, 2012. The number of passengers had risen by 14%, setting a new record again.Following the opening of flights to Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Hualien, the Changsha-Makung (Penghu) tourist charter flight was launched this year. The commercial and cultural exchanges between Hunan and Taiwan have become increasingly frequent. More than 53,000 domestic residents flied to Taiwan from Changsha port in 2012, a year-on-year growth of 34%. Among the arrivals, the number of South Korean passengers exceeded 134,000, ranking first among the arrivals for seven consecutive years. As the flights from Changsha to Singapore and Bangkok become fixed, tourists from Singapore and Thailand have showed great enthusiasm in visiting Hunan. The arrivals from the two countries have surpassed 8,400 and 6,300, increasing by 230% and 30% respectively year on year.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Some tourists in Hong Kong happily took pictures of the beautiful snow-covered landscape in Tianzi Mountain of Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area on December 30. The last snow of 2012 made Zhangjiajie look especially enchanting and attracted thousands of tourists from home and abroad to enjoy the snow and take pictures.Translator: Wang RongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Home About Hunan Government Business Tourism Service Special Reports Home >>Local News T | T Hunan Embroidery Beautifies Great Hall of the People 2013-01-03Snowy North China, a work of art of Hunan embroidery, was collected by the Administration of the Great Hall of the People and displayed at the west door of the Plenary Meeting Hall of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress(NPC).The work of art is 7.6 meters long and 3.6 meters high, depicting the snow-wrapped charming scenery in north China. It is three times as high as the normal works, making itself the highest Hunan embroidery work. As a new masterpiece, it also fills in the gap of winter scenery depiction in Hunan embroidery.Sixty craftsmen from the Hunan Embroidery Research Institute spent 55,200 working hours on the embroidery. The work costs 15 kilograms of silk embroidery threads of more than 200 colors.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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