A strong focus must be placed on cultural undertakings that highlight the protection of cultural and historical relics and the construction of cultural facilities to benefit the public, Changsha Mayor Zhang Jianfei made the remarks on January 17 when inspecting the city's work concerning culture, radio and TV, press and publication.Changsha was honored as one of the country's first pilot demonstrative areas in public cultural services in 2011. It boasted...Read More
On January 14, the Hunan Provincial Culture Department selected 13 counties and cities to highlight as boasting unique Spring Festival culture.Longshan County, Baojin County and Yongshun County are listed as areas known for Tujia Spring Festival customs. One of which is the Tujia new year "Diaonian", usually celebrated one day ahead of the lunar new year. There is also the Sheba Festival, celebrated from the 3rd day to the 17th...Read More
New preferential rules for the ticket prices have been implemented for vulnerable or other special groups since the fist day of 2013 in ZJJ Wuingyuan Resort.According to the newly issued rules, people as follow have a right of free visiting in natural-landscape-viewing and custom-and-culture-viewing scenic spots:1. Children under or with the height of 1.3 meters;2. Solders on serving;3. The disabled;4. People at the age of 70 or over;For tourists as...Read More
The China Net News 2012 Heroes" awards ceremony was held in Beijing on the afternoon of January 15. The ceremony was hosted by the Xinhua News Agency and sponsored by Xinhua Net, Beijing TV and the China Net News Column of Xinhua News Agency.The awards were presented to ten grassroots heroes, including Mountain Guard Liu Zhenmao from Chenzhou, Hunan, Chinese J-15 fighter jet engineer Luo Yang, who died in the...Read More
