15July2008
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Zhangjiajie Air service
The Zhangjiajie lotus airport is located at lotus village, Guanliping Office, Yongding district, Zhangjiajie, 5 kilometers apart from downtown area. This airport is a national large and middle scale engineering construction project in Hunan Province in the period of eighth five-year plan, in September, the item was set up in 1985 authorized by the State Council and the Central Military Committee, officially began to construct in November of 1991, and it was officially open to service in August of 1994. To the end of year 1999, Zhangjiajie lotus airport has provided service to places such as Changsha, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing, Yichang, Jinan, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Dalian, Chongqing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Fuzhou, Shantou, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Guiyang and so on. The special grade air show of “passing through Tianmen Hole” conducted in 1999 made Zhangjiajie lotus airport became famous domestic and foreign. At present service times of Zhangjiajie’s scheduled flight occupies the first 40 among civilian airport at home.
15July2008
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Tours in Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie’s traveling resources are extremely rich, it is divided into four big scenic areas: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Suoxi valley, Tianzi Shan and YangJiajie, the total area is 369 square kilometers, in which core scenic areas amount to 264 square kilometers. There are 3,000 singular peaks rising straight from the ground, 800 brooks winding circuitously in the scenic areas. It blends peaks, forest, holes and waterfalls altogether, gather the beautiful, quiet, wild and danger as one. It can be said as “a scenery each five steps, a firenew view each ten steps”, “traveling in mountains just likes in graceful drawings”, praised as “the expanded bonsai, reduced fairyland”, true “paradise”, “original manuscript of Chinese landscape painting” by Chinese and foreign tourists. Meantime the good ecological environment of Zhangjiajie also is an animal’s heaven, plant’s kingdom. There are cloud leopard, macaque, giant salamander, forest musk deer, wild boar, spirit cat, yellow abdomen tragopan, pangolin scales and so on, and the living fossil, metasequoia, gingko, Chinese dove tree, crag pine, cuckoo, lobster flower, cymbidium and so on, types are extremely many.
15July2008
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Zhuanjiacun Hotel is located in Wulingyuan scenic District, Facing picturesque scenic spots—Baizhanxia gorge and Baofeng Lake , has a easy approaches to Yellow dragon cave and Tianzi Mount
Most tour teams we served are those from Taiwan , Japan , South Korea and Southeast Asia . From June 1985 to now, we also served many party leaders, national leaders and foreign leaders; its quality service has been highly appraised by these leaders.
Zhuanjiacun Hotel is a comprehensive hotel covering services such as boarding, food and beverage, entertainment, shopping and so on. It has one multi-function banquet hall and five meeting rooms, a sauna and massage center, an entertainment center, fashion shops, a business center and a travel agency. Guests staying here will find it convenient, safe and comfortable.
15July2008
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Best Western Premier Zhangjiajiet is a five-star hotel built at the foot of green hills, facing the blue waters, under the shading boughs and among the merry birds warbles. It is a multifunctional business hotel designed to represent the beauty of nature, the Chinese garden, and East Asian hotel buildings.
The Zhangjiajie Taihe Corp made an investment of over RMB 200,000,000 yuan. It uses a land of 35,000 square meters, and has a floor area of 45,000 square meters. The hotel offers first-class facilities, an exotic staying experience, and sincere hospitality and care.
The hotel offers 482 rooms of different types. The rooms provide a bathroom with shower. People here can enjoy a beautiful view
15July2008
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How long will be spent on the Zhangjiajie tour?
Answer: If speaking purely by the Wulingyuan scenic spot, generally it needs 2 days half to 3 days to travel all major scenic spots. The main scenic spots are: the Zhangjiajie Country Forest Park, Huangshizhai Village, Jinbian Brook, Shuirao Simen, Tianzi Shan, Ten Miles Corridors, Yellow Dragon Tunnel, Baofeng Lake, Yuanjiajie, Confusion Platform, Number 1 Bridge under sun and so on. It will take 4 days to travel more thoroughly, you may consider about scenic spots such as Yangjiajie and Sparrow Hawk Stockaded Village and so on. However, it will deal with the matter of buying tickets for a second time for the ticket of Zhangjiajie’s core scenic area only in effect within 2 days.
15July2008
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The Tujia dishes of Zhangjiajie is well-known with has extremely rich national characteristic. It is made of materials are picking from great mountain range, in harmony with the habit of loving the acid, hot, spicy and fragrance of “nationality of the mountain”, to create a series of traditional delicacies with unique flavors, for everyone to taste.
Although there many snacks in Zhangjiajie, all depends upon the basic four tastes of the hot, cured, acid and the hemp, it is related with the food tradition of local Tujia nationality people. The concrete meaning is that people tend to put hot pepper, the Chinese prickly ash in food and like eating foods that are preserved in earthern jug or baked with smoking fire.
15July2008
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In the long geological time (about 380 million years ago), there was the boundless ocean within boundaries of Zhangjiajie. After that, it experienced crust movement for many times, has formed the quartz sandstone level over 500 meters, this has provided a good foundation for the formation of sandstone peak forests. In addition, it experienced aeon’s running water cutting, corrosion and avalanche, thus formed this natural landscape of singular peaks standing in great numbers and ten thousand lofty and steep stones today. As early as before 80’s, Zhangjiajie just liked a unknown girl who is raised in boudoir, all of here maintained in initial state. After that it is known to the world, it is spread in an uproar, then came painters and poets, all kinds of celebrity poets poured in, thus “Zhangjiajie” entered into the world’s great traveling circle by her unique charm.
Zhangjiajie’s traveling resources are extremely rich, it is divided into four big scenic areas: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Suoxi valley, Tianzi Shan and YangJiajie, the total area is 369 square kilometers, in which core scenic areas amount to 264 square kilometers. There are 3,000 singular peaks rising straight from the ground, 800 brooks winding circuitously in the scenic areas. It blends peaks, forest, holes and waterfalls altogether, gather the beautiful, quiet, wild and danger as one. It can be said as “a scenery each five steps, a firenew view each ten steps”, “traveling in mountains just likes in graceful drawings”, praised as “the expanded bonsai, reduced fairyland”, true “paradise”, “original manuscript of Chinese landscape painting” by Chinese and foreign tourists. Meantime the good ecological environment of Zhangjiajie also is an animal’s heaven, plant’s kingdom. There are cloud leopard, macaque, giant salamander, forest musk deer, wild boar, spirit cat, yellow abdomen tragopan, pangolin scales and so on, and the living fossil, metasequoia, gingko, Chinese dove tree, crag pine, cuckoo, lobster flower, cymbidium and so on, types are extremely many.
15July2008
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Zhangjiajie Classic Tour
Day1, Your guide meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,.
Day2, Today’s attractions: huangshizhai, Golden Whip Brook,
Zhangjiajie is famous for its exquisite forests, which are home to huge, leaf-covered stone pinnacles that rise right from the level ground. Get ready for some jaw-dropping panoramic views on your hiking adventures.
Huangshizhai, in English yellow stone stronghold, the largest view stand in Zhangjiajie, there are numerous lookout points for stunning views, from which you can see nearly half the peaks of Zhangjiajie, there is a popular saying goes like that if you don’t visit Huangshizhai, you can’t claim you have come to Zhangjiajie. Story telling about the mountain by your guide is a lot of fun. You can have convenience of cable car in Huangshizhai. Hike at Huangshizhai is a great challenging opportunity (flexible according to your hiking ability)
Golden Whip Brook which is reputed as the most beautiful canyon in the world and also your tour guide will tell beautiful story about the golden whip related to China’s first emperor and Great Buddha -Guanyin.,3 hours hiking come to an end at shuiraosimen (four streams converge here)
Day3, Today’s attractions: Yuanjiajie, Tianzishan Mountain
Adventure tour start at shuiraosimen (four streams converge here), Bailong elevator-world engineering wonder locates here, which outstands as the world tallest one with the height of 326 meters, it take 1.58 seconds to transport tourists from the bottom to the Yuanjiajie top exhibiting unbelievable and fantastic views
Tianzishan means King’s mountain in English, because its Tujia minority chief-Xiang Dakun’s uprising in Ming dynasty 500 years ago recorded in the history. Xiang Dakun is honored as a king.
In Tianzishan the huge forests of pillars stand foursquare against the distant blue hills, announcing themselves to be the very treasures that Unesco declares them to be.
Tianzishan present itself in distinctive shape, geological speaking, and the rock formation is older than that in Yuanjiajie, you will have fantastic experience of stunning views, against the backdrop of sunset the Tianzishan cable transport you down the mountain and return to your decent hotel.
Day4, Today’s attraction: Yellow Dragon Cave, Baofeng Lake
Yellow Dragon Cave is the longest one in Asia; it is an incomparable realm of gigantic subterranean chambers, fantastic cave formations, and extraordinary features. Today many of the wonders of Yellow dragon cave are well known, yet the experience of exploring its chambers is every bit as exciting. The cave remained mystic to local villagers before the first caving adventure took place in 1982; they believe it was the holy home for yellow dragon and spirits. Now the routes are well paved and well lighted. Sturdy walking shoes, flashlights, and water are required when you explore the cave. In the afternoon discover Baofeng Lake, it seats in the half way of eagle mountain, but not a natural lake. in 1970’s people fill the small faults of the lake with concrete to store water and water level come up and beautiful lake takes shape, boat tour in the lake gives a lot of fun with the folk songs by girls in the boat, the tourists are expected to interact with the folk song girls by crossing singing, permanent waterfall at the entrance is a wonder. Your unforgettable trip ends and transportation to Zhangjiajie airport
Well-organized tour= hotel+land transport+breakfast
15July2008
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Zhangjiajie is a rising tourist city famous for its unique natural scenery and abundant tourism resources. It is located in the northwest of Hunan province, about 400 kilometers away from Changsha, capital of Hunan, covering a total area of 9,563 square kilometers with 76% mountainous area. Among the total population of 1.62 million, almost 72% people belong to ethic minorities, including Tujia , Bai and Miao nationalities.
Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city which consists of Yongding and Wulingyuan Districts, Cili and Sangzhi Counties. Wulingyuan District is also called Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, listed in the World Natural Heritage Catalogue by the UNESCO in 1992, as it boasts the most beautiful natural scenery in China. What’s more, Zhangjiajie was accredited the title of ” World Geological Park” and honored as “ Number-One Miraculous Mountain in the world ” and “The Original Manuscript of Chinese Landscape Painting.”
Quartz Sandstone Peak Forest and Karst Caves are made of the outstanding landscape features in Zhangjiajie , which is so rare in the world. Here you’ll find yourself with hundreds of grotesque peaks, beautiful waters, towering trees, deep valleys, marvelous caves and exuberant forest, forming a complete primitive ecological environment. She is a perfect combination of the beauty of Guilin, the grotesqueness of Mount Huang, the peril of Mount Hua and the magnificence of Mount Tai. Therefore, She enjoys the reputation of “an enlarged potted landscaping”, “a miniature fairyland” as well as “a maze of nature”, integrating the characteristics of quietness, wildness, mystery, beauty, grotesqueness and elegance.
There are over 300 marvelous scenic spots in Zhangjiajie in which Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area is regarded as the core of Zhangjiajie attractions , occupying a total area of 397 square kilometers, including Zhangjiajie National Forest Park , two major Nature Reserves -Tianzi Mountain and Suoxi Valley and the new Yangjiajie Scenic Area. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, set up in 1982, is the first authorized national forest park in China, featured by its unique hills, queer ridges and peaks, tranquil valleys, thrilling streams and abundant fauna and floras and hospitable climate. There are six main scenic spots and over 90 smaller ones in the park which will bring you a lot of excitement and fun.
Near Wulingyuan stand Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park called “Soul of Wuling”, Maoyan River suitable for drifting enjoying the reputation of one-hundred-li-long painted corridor, Jiutian Cave called “the number-one cave in Asia” and other natural scenery. In addition, you can take great delight in touring the Puguang Buddhist Temple, Hongjiaguan- Former Residence of Marshal Helong, Tujia Folk Custom Park, The Old House and some other great human attractions.
In recent years, tourism industry has become the leading industry in Zhangjiajie along with other industries related to tourism growing rapidly. In the meantime, ecotourism in this city has been developed greatly. When you come to Zhangjiajie, you will not only enjoy magnificent natural scenery but also the appealing folk custom and hospitality of local people as well as other thrilling tourist activities . We are sure that your visit to Zhangjiajie is really exciting, joyful and unforgettable.