URUMQI, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 500 ethnic minority teachers from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region will be dispatched to universities in inland China for a one-year training program that is designed to train more bilingual teachers and boost educational quality in the region, according to regional educational authorities.In addition, 225 of the region's Chinese teachers, along with 60 elementary and secondary school headmasters, have been sent to universities in the municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, as well as Jiangsu Province, for the purpose of undergoing training or taking up temporary posts in elementary and secondary schools, according to the region's education department.The Chinese government and the Xinjiang regional government have allocated 76 million yuan (11.9 million U.S. dollars) to send more than 6,000 teachers to inland universities between 2003 and 2006. So far, 1,450 teachers and 120 headmasters from elementary and secondary schools have been trained at inland cities since 2009.Source: Xinhuanet

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This year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Sept.12. On that night, a splendid Mid-Autumn Festival evening gala was held in Xibu Street, Wulingyuan, which was part of 2011 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week. 32 overseas music ensembles, which included Austrian Alps Orchestra , Russia Folk Song Group “Soroka”(magpie), Incubeko ye Afrika Band, South Africa and "Bruce Guynn "& the Heavy Rain Band, took part in the evening gala. In addition, 8 Chinese national bands played Chinese traditional musical instruments and performed singing and dancing.  Tens of thousands of tourists and local people flooded into Xibu Street to enjoy beautiful and unique country music. As the full moon rised in the sky, audience could watch wonderful performance under the moonlight. The night was so beautiful and romantic. The evening gala was a fantastic platform for artists and audience to interact with each other. Different national music and cultures were integrated here. Xibu Street was full of happiness.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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Zhangjiajie Beautiful Scenery in the autumn,Zhangjiajie autumn tourist season is September to November each year, of course, it is the golden season of tourism in Zhangjiajie!

HOT News 2011-09-14 00:23 View：7220

Zhangjiajie autumn tourist season is September to November each year, of course, it is the golden season of tourism in Zhangjiajie!September: Tree leaves are still green, Autumn is coming soon. Good month for traveling here ,not hot ,nor cold. The lowest temperature is 22 Centi-degree, and highest is 32 centi-degree.October: Good view with the golden yellow color, Many people come on the golden week(1st---7th)it is the harvest season for orange and Kiwi fruits on this month, The lowest temperature is 18 Centi-degree, and highest is 28 centi-degree.November: it is the fogy season on November,mountain looks quite difference but pretty with fog. the lowest temperature is 12Centi-degree, and highest is 25centi-degree.

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2011 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week is to unveil its curtain in Yellow Dragon Cave Square on September, 10. At that time, people will enjoy a grand carnival of country music in the picturesque Zhangjiajie.According to Ye Wenzhi, general planner of Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, efforts will be made to develop the music week into regular music festival and foster Zhangjiajie into an international brand as well as a holy land of country music after holding three to five music weeks.The six-day music week this year aims to display and exchange country music across the whole world, and promote the development of national cultures. At present, thirty-one overseas bands consisting of 392 musicians from twenty-six countries and regions have been identified, while the list of eight domestic bands of the minority nationality is still up in the air.

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On the afternoon of Sept.10, 2011 China International Country Music Festival kicked off in the Ecological Square of Yellow Dragon Cave, Zhangjiajie.The festival will be closed on Sept.16. During this week, country music artists from 28 countries will give 55 wonderful performances to audience in Tianmen Mountain, Tianzi Mountain (Emperor Mountain), Baofeng Lake, Xibu Street, Forest Park, and Yellow Dragon Cave .The closing ceremony of the festival will be held in the Hallelujah Concert of Yellow Dragon Cave. At that time, the “Golden Stone Prize” of country music will be awarded to the bands. As the largest country music festival in Asia, China International Country Music Festival is based in Zhangjiajie, which will be held every two years. The first festival launched in 2009 was regarded as “a successful practice of improving China's image by using cultural soft power”. The 2011 country music festival will exert more influence in the world. Nashville of the United States, the birthplace of country music, is willing to be a sister city of Zhangjiajie so as to spread and develop the world's country music together.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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At 14 o'clock on September 10, 2011 China Zhangjiajie International Country Music Festival opening ceremony in Wulingyuan Huanglong scenic square  was held. In this International Country Music Week,32 foreign bands, from the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, Egypt, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Italy, South Africa, Australia, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Kuwait and other 27 countries.There are four first-class groups to participate in this event, they are from the USA (the birthplace of country music)  

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On the afternoon of September 6, Zhangjiajie's Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area is ranked as 5A-class tourist attractions by the National Commission on Rating the Quality of Tourist Attractions.There are other scenic spots Yueyang's Junshan Islet and Xiangtan's Shaoshan in Hunan Province.Translator: SHUIRESource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

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