On December 2nd, 2012, “stone eggs” struck Yangjiajie Scenic Spot in Zhangjiajie city. These “eggs” are shaped like eggs of dinosaurs and their cores are white crystals. Since Zhangjiajie Landform is very typical in Yangjiajie Scenic Spot and the mountain in which these “eggs” were found is formed of quartz sandstone, some insiders believe that there is a great possibility that these “eggs” are quartzite.Each “egg” weighs1 kgand is as big as 6 times the size of a normal egg. The faces of these “eggs” are with white color, glossy, and with muck shaped like nets seems made from ridges of farmland and also like a map full of lines. Whether these “eggs” are that of dinosaurs or just quartzite? When had them been formed and what is their value? Answers are on-coming from the identification of those experts from Yangjiajie Natural Reserve and Resort. Yangjiajie, located in the northwest of Wulingyuan, next toTianziMountain, is a newly-found resort of Wulingyuan Scenic Spot, which is featured with marvelous mountains and clear creeks and lakes, and has picturesque landscape which is very charming. Moreover, the main scenery spots are known asWulongVillage,TianboMansion, One Step to the Heaven, Longquan Waterfall, etc.Translated by Vincent Chou

News 2012-12-06 15:03 View：1579

On November 13th, zhangjiajie wulingyuan scenic spot administration outward revealed: From November 20th, 2012 to February 28th, 2013, all the people who would take a trip by the high-speed rail to changsha before entering into zhangjiajie, would enjoy “one mountain, a hole and one lake” ticket discount.“One mountain, a hole and one lake” respectively referred to the wulingyuan scenic spot, huanglong hole, Baofeng lake. During the promotion, visitors could with high-speed rail tickets (five days effective) and id card to purchase discount ticket. The wulingyuan scenic core preferential ticket price 160 yuan/pax, huanglong hole scenic spot 45 yuan/pax, baofeng lake scenic spot 40 yuan/pax. For 60-year-old man with id card would enjoy free ticket (excluding environmental bus fare). At the same time, passengers with high-speed rail ticket could also enjoy wulingyuan area preferential policies of the hotel.It was reported, this was the first time in the country to take high-speed rail travel tourists preferential policy. This policy appeared to expand further tourism source market of shenzhen – guangzhou – changsha – wuhan – zhengzhou, improving the brand image of wulingyuan scenic area.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-12-05 22:03 View：1503

The Press Conference on Hunan's Cultural Export Policy & Hong Kong-Hunan Cultural and Creative Industry Cooperation & Exchange Conference was held in Changsha on December 4. During the conference, 18 key culture-export enterprises and projects were conferred plates and they can enjoy the newly-released preferential policies accordingly. The Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province jointly issued "Opinions on Supporting the Export of Cultural Products and Service", which is divided into three parts with 12 articles.The document focuses on supporting industries with comparative advantage and nationwide influence and the export of their derivative products, like broadcasting & TV, new media, publishing & printing, animation game, entertainment, cultural and creative crafts and arts, so as to spread Huxiang culture abroad.The enterprises included in the key enterprise list can enjoy preferential policies in terms of departure and entry, settlement of exchange, customs clearance, financial service and tax preference. In addition, Hunan Province will formulate and promulgate the "Catalogue for the Guidance of the Export of Cultural Products and Service of Hunan" once every two years. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-12-05 14:58 View：1007

On the morning of December 3, 2012, Macrolink Group together with Creat, Delixi, Nanxiang, and Beijing Xingpai Groups signed a cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Yanling County in Changsha Huatian Hotel, to register a total investment of 10 billion Yuan for the construction of Shennong Valley International Cultural Tourist Resort. The project includes focus on several scenic areas such as Shennong Valley, Dayuan, and Lishuzhou. A series of sub-projects featuring high-end cultural tourism, leisure, and health & fitness will be undertaken, such as the original ecological hotel, Shennong (Yan Emperor) Culture Museum, and artistic creation base. On behalf of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, Vice Governor Hunan Province, He Baoxiang congratulated the investors. He hoped that Shennong Valley International Cultural Tourist Resort will develop into a world-class project to elevate the tourism image of Yanling and propel the development of its tourism industry. He pointed out that as the burial place of Shennong and the land of "Two-Oriented" Society undertakings, Yanling should take efforts in promoting this construction effectively and developing more and better tourism products with an international and strategic view.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-12-04 14:54 View：1151

ZJJ Responded to the Social Doubt: The Longest Glass Bridge in the World Will not Spoil the Natural Scenery.The spreading of the news that Zhangjiajie will build the longest glass bridge on the earth leaded to broad attention and doubt. On November 30, 2012, the Scene Spot side claimed that new and compounded aerospace materials will be used in the construction of the bridge so that this “invisible bridge” will do no harm to the natural scenery.To the doubt that whether this glass bridge project has been discussed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the World Heritage Association, Mr. Chen Zhidong, the person in charge of Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, said that this bridge is located in Cili County, over 10 Km far from the core scenic spot of Wulingyuan. And Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is featured with the plank roads off the face of cliff, the creeks in the valley, etc. which is not in the list of world heritages and therefore it is not necessary to be discussed.Chen also said that the design of this bridge is based on the idea of ecological environmental conservation and Mr. Haim Dotan, the architect, has the reputation of being the No. 1 architect in the ecological construction and has designed the Israel Museum in Shanghai World Expo. He once said in the on-the-spot investigation that it’s more than a perfect combination to build the longest glass bridge of the world in Zhangjiajie, the most beautiful place on the earth.Translated by Vincent Chou

News 2012-12-04 00:01 View：3362

Together with Xinjiang Yining Airport, Hubei Xiangyang Airport, Heilongjiang Mudanjiang Airport,Jiangxi Jiangangshan Airport and Jilin Changbaishan Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport was honored with “China’s Best Tourist Feeder Airport” by Chinese tourism association professional committee of civil aviation tourism.Since its opening in 1994, Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport combines tourism industry of western Hunan with air travel. Successively, Hehua airport establishes Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen flights. Zhangjiajie government also comes on preferential travel ticket. In 2011, Zhangjiajie Hehua Airport was upgraded to Zhangjiajie Hehua international airport.Translated by Becky

News 2012-12-04 00:01 View：1578

On December 3rd, Tianzi mountain, Ten miles gallery, Huanglong hole, and other attractions have a lot of visitors, the eco-cars smoothly and orderly shuttle away. According to incomplete statistics, since late November, wulingyuan on an average has above 10000 persons per day, the whole winter tourism presents prosperous situation.Zhangjiajie winter tourism is prosperous, mainly following several favorable factors. Firstly, the creative promotion attracts eyeball. Early November, zhangjiajie introduces the first tour edition of the jiangnan STYLE. In the middle of November, zhangjiajie group march zhengzhou, with high-rail way successful promoting winter tourism products. In late November, zhangjiajie grand canyon will build the world’s longest glass bridge which passing at home and abroad.Secondly, the low relative price. Compared with the busy season, zhangjiajie tourism winter slightly “quiet”, food, housing, transportation, travel, entertainment, tourism consumption index is obviously lower than the tourist season.Thirdly, the fascinating winter scenery. Winter zhangjiajie has a charm. The mountain enchanting red leaves, the scent of the wild fruit, sea of clouds, the beautiful zhangjiajie landform, all of these adding beautiful scenery, as if a natural oil painting.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-12-03 23:44 View：1281

News conference of 2013 Xiaoxiang Morning News’ New Year Concert was held in Changsha，Hunan Province a few days ago. Before that, Liu Lianyu, vice director of Hunan Provincial People’s Congress, met with Christian Chaib, concert master of Vienna Video Symphony Orchestra.Liu Lianyu said, the origin between Austria and Hunan is very deep. In 2003, Hunan singer Song Zuying held a solo concert in golden hall of Vienna. By the way, she mentioned her visiting to Austriain 2002, couldn’t help to signing that the mountains and water there impressed her deeply.At the same time, Liu Lianyu also didn’t forget to introduce Hunan province to those guests and invite them to go sightseeing, with great hospitality. “Hunan is a large tourism province in China, which shows a lot of features. Furthermore, Zhangjiajie is known for its most beautiful mountain in China, and its mountains are just like Vienna Forest.” Liu Lianyu said.Translated by Becky

News 2012-12-03 23:39 View：1249