Hunan Food Culture Research Association on May 3 revealed that the construction project of Hunan Food Culture Museum, China's first comprehensive food culture museum has been approved by the Hunan Provincial Cultural Department, marking the official launch of this project.The museum will be on a mission to step up the protection, inheritance and development of local food and cuisines. The traditional cooking techniques will be rescued, explored, collected and protected. The museum will play a distinctive role in training high-quality and skilled practitioners of these intangible heritage items.On the local food and cuisine intangible heritage list, Anhua Black Tea and Yiyang Fu Brick Teas have been put under state protection. The customs of oil tea of the Miao Nationality and Taohuayuan Lei cha (literally “pounded tea”) were included among 12 food intangible cultural heritage items under the provincial-level protection. There are 1,000 such varieties in local food, cuisine and food customs under the county-level protection.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-05-03 22:48 View：1787

Changsha saw a tourism peak during the May Day Holiday 2011. The city received 2.2289 million visitors and earned 1.06 billion yuan, rising by 20.2% and 27.4% respectively over the same period of the previous year.The 2011 National Road Cycling Championship & China Changsha Cycling Invitational Race along the Xiangjiang River which kicks off on May 4 attracted more tourists across the country. Teams of tourists cycled along the Xiangjiang River and the Liuyang River and gathered at the foot of Yuelu Mountain, making the low-carbon travel popular among people.Chief of the Changsha Municipal Tourism Bureau said, the success of this professional sports event will be conducive to promoting the image of Changsha and expanding the cultural connotation of the city. The popularity of the low-carbon sports has confirmed the positive impact of this event. Sports travel will become another identity of the city.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-05-03 00:54 View：2121

All seats were occupied in front of a stage of Qianzhou Ancient City in Jishou on May 1st, as a performance of original Nuo culture was on show, attracting tourists throughout the country.Themed with "Origin of Wuxi", the large-scale performance is on display in Qianzhou ancient city on the morning from April 28 to May 10. In addition, 12 excellent programs of traditional Chinese opera including Chenhe Gaoqiang (a high-pitched opera), Yang Opera and Han Opera are scheduled to put on.Tourists can enjoy not only the sight of antique folk houses here but also splendid folk cultural activities, which enables them to experience the mysterious culture of Xiangxi on the scene.Translator: Zeng HuajuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-05-02 00:52 View：2046

May 1, 2011, Two Glass Auxiliary Bridges opening in zhangjiajie grand canyon attractions.The Glass main bridge is under construction.Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, The world's tallest, longest span glass bridge,Designed by the world famous design masters Dotan Haim. height of about 400 meters, a length of about 370 meters, all with transparent glass bridge deck paving, bridge center has Bungee jumping point.Two Glass Auxiliary Bridges is the main Glass Bridge of the early works, respectively 12 meters and 15 meters high.a 9-meter-deep in water, 3 meters from the surface.one located in the canyon. Auxiliary glass bridge built for World Natural Heritage of Zhangjiajie added to a new spot.

News 2011-05-01 14:45 View：11269

The state-level scenic area of Wanfo (Ten Thousand Buddhas) Mountain and Dong Village was officially opened on April 27 in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County of Huaihua City, Hunan Province. About 40 managers of travel agencies in Guilin of Guangxi Province visited the scenic area and signed an agreement on tourism cooperation with Tongdao Dong Autonomous County.Tongdao County has accelerated tourism development, and vigorously promoted the regional tourism cooperation between Hunan and Guilin in recent years. The establishment of state-level scenic area of Wanfo Mountain will contribute to the protection and development of Danxia Landform and earthy Dong Culture. Great efforts will be made to forge Wanfo Mountain and Tong Village into a world-renowned scenic area integrating culture research and ecological conservation, and Daotong County into a tourism county with the characteristic of ecology, folklore and red culture.The cooperation agreement plays a significant role in upgrading the quality of Guilin tourism and expanding the development space of the tourism circle for Guilin.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-05-01 07:44 View：2739

The construction project of Changsha Airport Town & Renmin Road Airport Town Section was officially launched on the afternoon of April 28. Five years later, a highly international and ecological airport town is expected to stand in the east of Changsha.The planning of the project will vigorously gear up the development of airport industry, improve regional economic structure and assist our province to open wider to the outside world. Zhou Qiang, secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, declared the start of the construction.Covering a total construction area of 30.69 square kilometers, the airport town is planned to stretch from Changsha-Zhuzhou Expressway in the west to the end of the airport link in the east, from Changsha-Yongzhou Expressway in the north to Airport Expressway in the south.As a core district to develop industry economy in Changsha, Changsha County is set to build the airport city and construct a high-end airport economic zone by making full use of its advantages.The Renmin Road Airport Town Section has officially kicked off. Upon its completion, a third express way will be available for airplanes and the work on the encryption of regional main road network will yield fruitful results, thus playing an important role in driving airport economy.Translator: Chen YuSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-04-30 08:03 View：1977

A delegation led by Yang Ruizong, director of the Beijing Office of the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association (TSTA) convened a promotion meeting in Hunan Apr 20-23 to advertise its tourism products.Yang revealed in his speech that the aim of the promotion is to establish  tourism exchange & cooperation platform so as to stimulate mutual communication between Taiwan and Hunan. He emphasized that since the number of mainlanders to Taiwan is on a constant rise, the tourism quality and management has become essential.Liu Miansong, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau said in his speech that Hunan and Taiwan share great similarities and differences in tourism resources, permitting an increasingly closer mutual exchange and achieving greater results. Both sides should strengthen collaboration and unswervingly seek new space of development.Other issues concerning  more direct flights, regulations of the tourism market and the handling of emergencies were also discussed at the meeting.Translator: Zhou QiongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-04-30 07:45 View：2016

According to Jishou Municipal Bureau of Culture on April 24, the first intangible cultural heritage park in Xiangxi Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture is to open to the public on April 28, 2011.More than 100 items of intangible cultural heritage at the provincial or national level will be shown to citizens and tourists all the year round. Besides, several inheritors of intangible cultural heritage and masters of folk arts and crafts will put on live performances there, including Long Yingtang, an inheritor of Miao ethnic drum dance, and Wu Labao, an inheritor of Miao ethnic folk song.There is an exhibition hall of intangible cultural heritage, Xiangxi Workshop, Artware Workshop and Food Workshop in the park, and furthermore an intangible cultural heritage square is going to be built according to the plan, thus making it integrating performances, entertainment, experiencing and shopping.When the park opens and is entitled to the protection base for intangible cultural heritage, there will be regular themed exhibitions and performances in the park.Translator: Zeng HuajuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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