On August 23, A Tujia painter Li Junsheng began working on his "100-meter Wuling Gravel Painting" at Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie. It will be the longest gravel painting, made of gravel, stalks, and China fir pieces. It will artistically depict the magnificent Zhangjiajie landscape.Tujia painter Li Junsheng makes a 100-meter-long gravel painting at Zhangjiajie Scenic Area.Part of the drafts of Li’s gravel paintingA ceremony marking the beginning of "100-meter Wuling Gravel Painting"Tourists experience gravel painting.Foreign tourists are attracted by the gravel paintings which are made of natural materials.Li Junsheng’s gravel painting works "Ancient Town" (120*110 cm) (File photo)Li Junsheng’s gravel painting works "Immortals on Zhangjiajie Mountain" (File photo)Translator: Pang Yuehui 

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The 2017 China (Hunan) International Tourism Festival will kick off at Yangsha Lake International Tourism Resort, Xiangyin County, Yueyang City on September 25. International and domestic friends will meet to discuss how to promote all-for-one tourism.Themed on “Splendid Xiaoxiang, Vast Dongting Lake, and, Charming Xiangyin”, the festival will provide tourists with customized classic travel routes, including landscape sightseeing tour, tower and island tour, and ancient town tour. They will depart from Xiangyin to enjoy the beauty of Hunan.Xiangyin’s Qingshan Island, Exing Mountain, Zuo Zongtang Cultural Park, Donghu Ecological Park, and Guo Chongtao Square are popular tourist attractions in Hunan.Nine themed activities will be organized, including Yangsha Lake international motorboat competition, the first international chaiyao cultural festival, a symposium on revitalization of celadon ware, Yangsha Lake international golf invitational tournament, cycling around Yangsha Lake, a marathon, and hiking.Scenery at the foot of Exing Mountain (Photo/Yi Hui)The charming Xiangjiang River (Photo/Feng Ye)A bird’s eye view of Qingshan Island (Photo/Wu Dewen)Night viewChangjiadong ReservoirDowntown Xiangyin CountyThe Helong LakeDuanwu CelebrationNanquan TempleYuyao Ancient TownWenxing PavilionTranslator: Xiao Juan 

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Zhangjiajie summer has quietly being coming, summer tourism, of course, choose the mountains, where there is water!Zhangjiajie mountain kingdom, Zhangjiajie is also a paradise for water, is the first choice for your summer travel!Of course, summer rafting is summer preferred Zhangjiajie rafting resources are abundant, the following is to Zhangjiajie drifting project recommendedMengdonghe River raftingZhangjiajie Canoe SlalomZhangjiajie Maoyan River summer raftingZhangjiajie Lou River DriftingBy shuire 

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On August 21, 12 choruses of more than 500 members performed "The Same Song" on the roof of the Hallelujah Concert Hall at the Huanglong Cave Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie, marking the opening of the 2017 Huanglong Music Season – International Chorus Art Week.The Huanglong Music Season, formerly the Huanglong Cave Art Season, was initiated in 2016 as a large music event for performance, contest, and art exchange.Two parts were arranged this year-the International Piano Week, and the International Chorus Art Week.The 2017 International Chorus Art Week has performers of different age groups and special categories, such as ethnic troupe, public-spirited troupe, and China’s first monk and nun troupe.A special "Roof Concert" is staged on the roof of the Hallelujah Concert Hall. (Photo/Xu Xing)The Hallelujah Concert Hall is known as a "breathing concert hall". (Photo/Wu Yongbing)The Tiantai Temple’s Guangxuan Art Troupe from Hubei Province, China’s first monk and nun chorus, performs at the concert. (Photo/Wu Yongbing)Twelve choruses perform "The Same Song". (Photo/Wu Yongbing)Translator: Pang Yuehui 

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In Zhangjiajie national forest park, golden whip sream, tens of thousands of lobsters are competing to open up, bouncing around in the breeze like live shrimps. It has become a unique scenic spot, attracting countless tourists from home and abroad to take photos.Lobster flowers sprout in the spring with the shape of lobsters. Depending on the size of the flower, it can be divided into rice prawns, shrimp and lobster. In bloom, the single bracts are called “Shrimp flowers” and in pairs are called “Prawns”. The flowers are rich in color, bright red and red as coral. The shrimp head has two tendril, and shrimp body is a pattern, as early as one hundred million years ago, which has been hailed as a “Living fossil” plants.Lobster flower likes warm wet environment, generally, which borns in an altitude of 500 meters to 1,200 meters mountain under the bushes and small ditch. It is one of the world natural heritage site Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan unique old flower seeds, spreading in Huangshi, sand ditch, and other damp places. The lobster flowers are blooming longer, from summer sustainable until September, with very high value of ornamental cultivation.Translated by Sophia

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On August 21, the 2017 Sino-British Teens International Intangible Cultural Heritage Exchange was held in Changsha. It was hosted by the Hunan Culture Department (HCD), and organized by the Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center and Yishu Hunan. During the event, 31 children who had visited Britain earlier were honored as "Cultural envoy youth".The HCD Deputy Director Zhang Fang said, “These envoys exhibited and performed intangible cultural heritage in Britain between August 7 and 18. They helped promote traditional Chinese culture.”During their stay in Britain, Xiang Opera child performers staged improvisational performances at Shakespeare’s residence. They played Tai Chi at Chelsea Football Stadium, which was applauded by the audience.The young culture envoys attended an English afternoon tea party to learn about British noble culture and international etiquette. They performed Xiang Opera, drum flower opera, Tai Chi, allegro, and classic poems at the London Musical Museum.The "Young cultural envoys" present their certificates of honor. (Photo/Tang Xiaoqing)Translator: Xiao Juan 

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On the afternoon of August 11, the film crew of Hunan golden eagle cartoon TV “Children’s funny adventure” has completed a four-day project on wulingyuan scenic spot. After the later production, the world natural heritage wulingyuan will be featured in the country’s first youth outdoor adventure TV program.The program tells the story of the adventures of two young children with their brother in wulingyuan. It is very informative, interesting and thrilling. During Wulingyuan, the crew successively has visited a lot of spots. They have used many equipment to shoot Wulingyuan hoodoo, sunrise, sunset and amazing natural scenery.In the 45 minutes, the show will be broadcast on hunan TV, golden eagle cartoon TV and mango TV. Due to the high ratings, the project will help expand Wulingyuan in all the influence of the youth, also play a positive role in further exploring Wulingyuan parent-child travel market. Translated by Sophia

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The Changsha Oil-paper Umbrella Cultural Tourism Festival was launched at the Windmill Valley Fairytale Town, Changsha County, on August 19, 2017.Varied colorful oil-paper umbrellas dot the forest, grass, and lake, forming an oil-paper umbrella corridor and special sceneries. Several oil-paper umbrella makers paint patterns onto the umbrellas at the site.The forest is decorated with colorful oil-paper umbrellas.The Windmill Valley Fairytale Town is located at Huangxing Town, Changsha County.Oil-paper umbrella is a type of paper umbrella that originated from China more than a millennium ago.The umbrella is made of a handmade bamboo frame and the surface of the umbrella skin is brushed with tung oil.A painted oil-paper umbrella with a diameter of three metersTranslator: Pang Yuehui 

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