On December 21th, “millions of fans, try to tour in zhangjiajie”activities started in the world natural heritage wulingyuan scenic spot.The vice mayor of municipal government LiangBi, tourism bureau Ding Yunyong and wulingyuan district party committee, deputy secretary of the party committee secretary Hou Jiaji and other leaders attended the media conference.As we have learned, the topic of this activity was “protection of beautiful China, hand in hand to combine with green zhangjiajie, paying attention to the poor rural left-behind children”. With the way of being jointly sponsored by global “fans” to freely tour zhangjiajie, thus enjoying zhangjiajie beautiful natural scenery, cultural cultivation of zhangjiajie leisure projects, and helping zhangjiajie left-behind children achieve a better life.This was the third time that zhangjiajie recruited free performer. It included Italy, Mongolia six countries,with 100 “fans”. In the three days of zhangjiajie, fans in addition to free experience “winter zhangjiajie, ten big beauty” and “zhangjiajie ten healthly cate”, they would also care for zhangjiajie left-behind children.Translated by Sophia

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Sponsored by China Ministry of Commerce and China Ministry of Culture, Chinese painting master, Chen Kailiang participated in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dubai (the Gulf Pearl) Art Tour, in the Works exhibition of Chinese most influential art masters. Chen Kailiang, the only invited painting artist from Hunan, was well-received by the attendees in the UAE. The double-horse drawing presented to President of the UAE holds a profound meaning symbolizing the co-development of China and the United Arab Emirates. Chen Kailiang has always devotes himself to spreading Hunan culture and traditional Chinese culture. Lately, he has attended China-America Culture Exchange Exhibition and was titled as the most influential artist. He plans to actively create art in the itinerant exhibitions in over 20 countries. He hopes he can present better works to the world and in his own way contribute in spreading Chinese traditional culture. Translator: Wang RongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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2013 Dameishan Mountain Cultural Tourism Year Kicks off to Display Magic Beauty and Culture of Loudi.The 2013 Dameishan Mountain Cultural Tourism Year & Thousands of Bicycles' Driving Tour of Loudi began with the performances of Meishan martial arts and Xinhua folk songs on the morning of December 24, 2012 in Changsha.As Loudi-Xinhua Expressway officially opened to traffic on December 23 and Ziquejie Terrace elevated into a national 4A-level scenic spot, it has taken less time for tourists to Loudi, a more and more beautiful city.Loudi Mayor Yi Pengfei promoted the event. Themed "exploring magic Meishan Mountain and experiencing charming China", the event will last from January 1 to December 31, 2013. Various special tourism routes featuring geological wonders, ecological leisure, journey of Hunan Army, farming-reading culture have been designed, covering eight major scenic spots (Zeng Guofan's Hometown, Memorial Hall of Cai Hesen, Daxiong (Big Bear) Mountain, Meishan Dragon King's Palace, Ziquejie Terrace, Meijiang National Geological Park, Boyue Cave, and Fengjia Peach Blossom Land), three drifting sites (Feishui Drifting in Longshan Mountain, Ziquejie, and Youxi River), and 33 starred hotels in Loudi. Unique programs and events will be held in these scenic spots. Additionally, Loudi intends to issue 100,000 sets of coupons of hotels and nine scenic spots as well as the same number of coupons of scenic spot tickets in Hunan Province, from which tourists can enjoy benefits of 120 million yuan. Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Two Railway Lines altered to Finish Traveling in Beijing.According to the newly issued train schedule of late 2012 by the Guangzhou Railway Group Company, Zhangjiajie will implement a new schedule as well from 24 o’clock of 21 December 2012, and therefore there will be changes of time.The changes of the new schedule is as follow:1.Upgrade of Trains:No.1257\8 from Xiangyang toKunming will turn into express lines with the new line numbers of No.K1261\2.2. Changes in Starting Stop and Ultimate Destination:Railway lines No.K267\8 from West Beijing to Huaihua and No.K967\8 from West Beijing to Zhangjiajie both altered Beijing instead of West Beijing as the ultimate destination.3. Changes of Stops along the Line:① Guiding is to be added to No.K1211 from Zhengzhou to Guiyang;② Shimen County is to be cancelled from No.K1262 (originally No.1258) from Kunming to Xiangyang;③ Pingxiang is to be cancelled from No.K1374\5\4 from Huaihua to South Shanghai;④ Suixi is to be cancelled from No.1805 from Luoyang to Zhanjiang;⑤ Rongshui, Dengzhou and Nanzhao are to be cancelled from No.1806 from Zhanjiang to Luoyang.Tips from Railway Departments:The time of the trains’arriving at and leaving from Zhangjiajie Railway Station is to be changed from 24:00, 21 December 2012, and therefore please keep informed of the new timetable in time in case of any delay of trouble.Translated by Vincent Chou

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Zhangjiajie lotus airport became the eight continental direct airport to cross-strait.It was reported that in addition to zhangjiajie lotus airport, the other seven new direct airport for Taiwan were urumqi, yinchuan, xining, Hohhot, hailar, lijiang, weihai airport. Taiwan increased Jiayi airport for the regular passenger waypoint. And in 2013, during the spring festival, it will arrange chartered plane. So far, the waypoints increased to 64, including the mainland opened 54 waypoints, Taiwan opened 10 waypoints.By sophia

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Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County Government and Hunan Arts & Culture Group signed a tourism development agreement in Changsha on December 22. A total of 8 billion yuan will be injected for deep exploitation of tourism industry of Zhijiang. Among them, 4 billion yuan will go to the first phase, "Yuanzhou Ancient Town" project, which is expected to welcome tourists from home and abroad after its completion in 2015.After hundreds of years of historical accumulation, Zhijiang forms profound and unique geological culture and becomes a well-known historical and cultural city of Hunan Province. In recent years, centering on "County of Peace, Religious Culture, Dong Customs and Ecological Leisure", Zhijiang intensifies input in cultivating and expanding tourism industry. Hunan Arts & Culture Group laid its eyes on profound cultural resources and convenient traffic conditions of the county. According to Li Kelang, president of the group, "Yuanzhou Ancient Town" will be built into a base for patriotic education and cultural exchange between both sides of Taiwan Strait, displaying cultures and local conditions of over 20 minorities living in northwest of Hunan including the Dong Nationality and the Miao Nationality. Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Writing & Photographing Contest of Zhangjiajie Huanglong Cave Attracted Attention from 150 Thousand People Online.On 20 December, 2012, the Tour Guide Presentation Writing Contest of the Writing and Photographing Contest of Huanglong Cave, Zhangjiajie, on the theme of “The most beautiful and intoxicating Huanglong Cave of Zhangjiajie in the misty drizzle” came to a 12-day-count-down stage. Then the top 16 beautiful tour guide presentation writing pieces will gain awards from 100 thousand to 5 thousand yuan according to their ranks based on the experts’ comments and the online votes from the public. Totally 800 thousand yuan was invested to this contest and from the last 4 months since the beginning, a lot of attention from the public has been received. Up to 15 o’clock that day, 540 pieces of work from the candidates had been received and the people involved in the online voting hit 159, 227.Accordingly, this contest began on 1 August, 2012, and will bring to the public the most attractive 20 photos and the most beautiful 16 tour guide presentations. And “the most attractive photos” part lasts for a year and among all the candidates the Top Two will gain the Gold Medal Awards each with awards of 50 thousand yuan and a camera which costs 20 thousand yuan; “the most beautiful guide presentations” part lasts for 5 months and the Top One candidate will acquire the Gold Medal Award of 100 thousand yuan.Translated by Vincent Chou

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This year means the 20th anniversary after Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan was added to World Heritage List. During past 20 years, Zhangjiajie consistently followed world cultural and natural heritage conventions. At the same time, as world heritage, the tourism industry of Zhangjiajie was also accelerated largely.As reported, in 2012, Zhangjiajie has already received about 17 million visitors, and gained revenue of 7 billion yuan totally. Compared with 1992, the above two items witnessed an increase of 15 times and 129 times respectively.Now, Zhangjiajie acts as one of the attractive destination to home and abroad tourists.Translated by Becky

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