This year, high speed road from chongqing to hunan openning, which greatly shorten the distance between chongqing to zhangjiajie. Next year, after the opening of zhangjiajie to Huayuan city high speed, the traffic will be more convenient. And next year chongqing to zhangjiajie is just six hours’ drive, scenic spot may be appropriately increased, such as peach garden, fanjing mountains, etc. Meanwhile , the journey is also not too tired.Translated by Sophia

News 2012-11-29 18:26 View：3346

The world's longest and highest glass bridge that joins summits of two mountains is set to start construction in 2013 at Zhangjiajie Great Canyon. The project feasibility has got nod from domestic and international experts at Wuhan-based China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute CO., Ltd. (BRDI). Experts resolved to build up world's first cable-stayed glass bridge over mountains with a world's highest bungee jump platform at the center. It's said that new synthetic material will be first utilized in a bridge project. The bridge will be located on mountain cliffs at both sides of the canyon between Lishuya District and Wuwangpo District. The bridge is about 3.2 meters' wide and 330 meters' long with a relative height of 400 meters between the bridge arch and valley floor. Without normal support of steel and concrete piers, it features its complete glass structure with transparent bridge pavement. Translator: Guo Yan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-29 18:19 View：5054

Hunan Expressway Administration Bureau revealed that 16 expressway sections with a total length of 1,320 km are scheduled to be open for traffic by the end of the year. This achievement will make Hunan first among other provinces in terms of national expressway construction targets and will also mark a historic high in expressway mileage in the province. Forty-nine expressway projects have kicked off in the province since 2008. By the end of 2010, the length of expressways under construction hit 4,064 km, ranking first across the country. Added to the in-use road length, the entire expressway network totals 6,450 km, rising to the national top three from the 17th place in 2007. The provincial transport department has urged responsible officials and workers to strive to guarantee the readiness of the 16 expressway sections before the new year. Due attention must be paid to ensuring project quality and security, operation reliability and stability, with advanced consideration of next year's work. The 16 expressways included are Jishou-Changdong Expressway (traffic ready), Ningyuan-Dao County Expressway, Loudi-Xinhua Expressway, Hengyang-Guiyang Expressway, Guiyang-Linwu Expressway, Jishou-Huaihua Expressway (Jishou-Fenghuang Section ready), Changsha-Xiangtan Expressway, Yanling-Mu Village Expressway, Yanling Expressway, Nanyue Expressway, Dawei-Liuyang Expressway, Liuyang-Liling Expressway, Tongcheng-Pinjiang Expressway, Rucheng-Chenzhou Expressway, Chenzhou-Ningyuan Expressway, and Yongzhou-Nanshan Expressway. Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-28 18:16 View：1166

China International Travel Mart is one of the largest, most influential comprehensive travel trade fairs in the Asian-Pacific region nowadays.Recently, Shanghai international expo center ushered 2012 China International Travel Mart. On behalf of Hunan Travel Bureau, vice-inspector Bu Yuehui led the Hunan team (including 11 cities, autonomous prefectures, 28 travel exhibitors) attended this well-known trade fair.This year’s travel trade fair was in a large scale. The gross area of all exhibition halls was about 57.5 thousand square meters. The nations and districts that exhibited this time reached 104. And the exhibition stands summed 2514.Hunan pavilion mainly focused on “splendid Xiaoxiang, happy Hunan”, which not only extruded Hunan features, rich culture and other travel resources, but also caught the attention of numerous participators.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-27 18:22 View：1573

A Buddhist music fireworks show, themed "Sanskrit Performed in Zhaoshan, Buddha Blessing China", was held in Zhaoshan, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, on the evening of November 25. Renowned monks from China, South Korea, and Singapore performed to convey the spirit of equality, compassion, love, kindness, and following the fate implied by "go out of secularity" and "go into secularity". The show was composed of three chapters. It began with the recitation of "Origin" created by Great Monk Shenghui, Vice President Buddhist Association of China. Chinese monks played different styles of Buddhist music in a conventional Buddhist way; South Korean monks played an exotic drum dance; and Ven Sik Kwang Sheng, President of the Singapore Buddhist Federation, sang "Smiling Heart", amongst rounds of applause. Interludes such as "Buddha", "Blessing", and "The Thousand-hand Bodhisattva" made the show more resplendent.South Korean monks perform the drum dance. "South Shaolin Warriors" martial arts performance Distinguished monks play Buddhist music "The Trail of the Monk in A Winter Mountain". Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

News 2012-11-27 18:14 View：1432

On November 23, 2012, Mr. Haim Dotan, the architect who will design the glass bridge in ZJJ Grand Canyon which will be the highest and longest glass bridge in the world, together with Doron Shalev, a famous construction safety analyst from Israel, made an on-the-spot investigation in ZJJ Grand Canyon for this project.On the construction spot, Haim Dotan was so excited after overlooking the unique, precipitous but wonderful landscape that he frankly said:” It’s a more than perfect combination to build the longest glass bridge of the world in Zhangjiajie, the most beautiful place on earth. And I believe more wonders will be created here”. Doron Shalev, who is an Israeli expert in construction safety and power safety assessment coming here for the first time, is very concerned with the design idea and construction of the longest glass bridge around the world. He said that he had conducted experiments many a time on the design plan from Haim Dotan to test its feasibility and proved the plan is feasible and safe based on science.According to the introduction from one of the managers of ZJJ Grand Canyon Resort, the construction project of this glass bridge has come to the crucial stage already. On November 24, Haim Dotan and Doron Shalev, discussed with other experts from China Railway Group Bridge Design Institute, PLA University of Science and Technology, etc. in Wuhan on the material adoption of this bridge. Accordingly, aerospace material will be used to build the bridge, which will markedly improve the safety.Translated by Vincent Chou

News 2012-11-26 10:29 View：2155

As planned, Qianzhangchang railway will start from Qianjiang District (Chongqing City) in the west, go through Xianfeng County and Laifeng County (Hubei Province)， Zhangjiajie (Hunan Province) then by way of Taoyuan County(Changde City), finally arrive at Changde railway station. Its designed speed per hour is going to be above 200 kilometers.When finished, this railway will become passenger and cargo fast track that connects Chengdu-Chongqing and central China, and links up East China and South China.This new railway will last about 329 kilometers; the total investment will be about 34.8 billion yuan. As estimated, it will take four year to build this Qianzhangchang railway. When it is open to traffic, we can go to Chongqing from Changsha within 4 hours by train, which will save approximately 7 hours compared with existed Yuhuai railway.Qianzhangchang railway will fundamentally improve the poor transportation connection in Wuling district, and promote the economic development there.Translated by Becky

News 2012-11-25 10:28 View：1111

In company with Israeli construction safety analyst Doron Shalev, the internationally-famed designer Haim Dotan conducted a field visit on November 23 to the Zhangjiajie Great Gorge Scenic Spot for a construction project --- the highest and longest glass bridge in the world.After a gorgeous and wonderful overlook of the great gorge, Haim Dotan was tingling with excitement, saying that the world's longest glass bridge and the world's most amazing scenery as in Zhangjiajie are definitely a perfect match. He expressed the hope to perform more miracles in the city.The glass bridge will utilize aeronautical material to enhance the bridge's structure stability and safety, which is rare in the history of bridge construction around the world. The project is scheduled to locate in the Lishuya Area and the Wuwangpo Area of the Great Gorge Scenic Spot. According to Haim Dotam's design, the bridge is about 3.2 meters' wide and 330 meters' long with a relative height of 400 meters between the bridge arch and valley floor. The bridge surface is wholly paved with transparent glass with the world's highest bungee platform in the center. Upon completion, it is expected to become another tourism wonder in China. Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-11-25 10:19 View：1818