A bullet train leaves the Yichang East Railway Station on the inaugural trip of the Hanyi Railway, in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, July 1, 2012. The 293-kilometer Hanyi Railway, an express rail link that connects Wuhan, capital of Hubei, and Yichang, was launched on Sunday. The railway will reduce travel time between the cities...Read More
Zhangjiajie Mayor Zhao Xiaoming met a delegation led by Pak Chong-ryul, president of the Association of Korean Journalists on the evening of June 29, 2012. Mayor Zhao jubilantly shared with the South Korean journalists the exchanges and funny stories between Zhangjiajie and South Korea in the past decade. Pak Chong-ryul remarked that Zhangjiajie is very...Read More
On the evening of June 29, nine international chefs gathered at Qinhuang Restaurant in Changsha to promulgate cooking skills and ideas. The hosts prepared "Delicacies in Seven States" named after the seven states in the Warring States Period(475-221BC). These chefs are renowned for the dishes which closely relate to Chinese traditional culture. Javier, one of...Read More
Miao people are well versed in finding a good place to live, or hide, to be more precise. A track into a Miao village in the deep mountains of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern part of Hunan province has proved the conclusion positively true."Miao People's Valley", or "Miao Ren Gu" in Chinese,...Read More
June 30th is scheduled to mark the unveiling of a magic lantern show at Yaowang Temple on Haoyun Hill in Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town. The show will open with the indigenous labor song " Yuanjianghaozi" in the ancient town known as "Pearl of Western Hunan". The story of "A Self-made Stranger" will be staged, presenting...Read More
Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats. Every year, the dragon boat event held at the foot of the Tianmen mountain,...Read More
Hu Bojun, secretary of the CPC Zhangjiajie Municipal Committee, welcomes the delegation for their inspection visit to Zhang Jiajie.The two sides exchange souvenirs.Secretary of the CPC Zhangjiajie Municipal Committee Hu Bojun met with the delegation of the Social Democratic Party of German (SPD) led by Thorsten Schafer-Gümbel, Hessian SPD regional chairman on the evening of...Read More
The 2012 Changsha Hunan Cuisine Week opens on June 23 in Changsha as a part of the 2012 Hunan Cuisine Industry Promotion Week to highlight hundreds of new Hunan dishes and special offers provided by hundreds of hotels and restaurants in the city.The event is taking place through June 30th, during which time 23 internationally...Read More
