Mid-Autumn Festival

2018-09-14
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Shiniuzhai Mid-Autumn Carnivals

Various activities at Shiniuzhai hot scenic spots are in full swing.
 
1.Glass Skywalk

 
2. Swinging Bridge


3.Each Step is Startling: Standing above a 180-meter drop height, you must pick up moon cakes, cash red packets, and retrieve other gifts while on tiptoe.

 
4.Swinging Cliff

 
5. Via Ferrata (Ironroad) Rock Climbing

It is a thrilling journey! Conquering the cliff and standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the world is a wonderful experience! Don’t miss it!
 
6.Proclamation Fountain
  

7.Challenging 8.15

Press the red button to start the challenge. When the number is close to 8.15, let go and win a free cable car downward ride ticket.
 
8.Peach Garden

Shiniuzhai Geopark’s Most romantic scenic spot

9.Decorated Boat Cruise


10. Campfire Party and Guess the Riddles


11.Beautiful Scenes at Shiniuzhai Geopark



Tranlator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: shiniuzhai.com

Zhang Guying Village Harvest Celebration

Bump harvest scene was seen in Zhang Guying Village. It is located at the foot of Bijia Mountain in the mountainous Weidong area east of Yueyang County and is 73 kilometers (about 45 miles) from the downtown area of Yueyang City. It enjoys the fame as the 'Folk Imperial Palace' and 'First Village under the Sun'.


Officials from the Yueyang City Government compete with those from the Yueyang County Government in chopping peppers.


Adults are busying selling vegetables while a child is playing harmonica.


Chief of the Yueyang County Government Zeng Pingyuan advertises peppers.


Bean curd-themed banquet scene


A prosperous scene seen in front of the gate of the Village

On September 23, the Yueyang County Farmers’ Harvest Festival and the Zhang Guying Village Autumn Cultural Tourism Festival kicked off. The events, focusing on autumn culture, consist of four chapters in the name of “shaiqiu (drying crops in autumn), autumn scene photography, autumn themed painting, and autumn gains banquet”. A series of farming culture and folk customs, with unique local and ethnic characteristics, were held to present the spirits of the new generation of farmers in the new era. This reflected Yueyang County’s achievements made in beautiful village construction, traditional culture inheritance, and economic and social development.

Zhang Guying Village is China’s most well-preserved complete residential complex in the south of the Yangtze River, whose residents bear the same family name. It bears a very high value and is known as the “'Folk Imperial Palace”. The celebration will last until October 8. (Photo/Peng Weiwei) 

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hn.chinanews.com


Mid-Autumn Day Holiday 2018

Mid-Autumn Festival or Chinese Moon Festival, is one of the three major annual occasions in China. and it takes place on the 15th day of the 8th Chinese lunar month, which is in September or early October on the Gregorian calendar. It falls on September 24 this year.

As a time for families to be together, Mid-Autumn Festival’s typical food is moon cake which is round and symbolizes reunion. Families and friends gather together to celebrate by eating moon cakes and appreciating the spectacular beauty of the fullest and brightest moon.

Facts About Mid-Autumn Festival

Name in Chinese: 中秋节 Zhōngqiūjié /jong-chyoh-jyeah/ 'middle autumn festival'

Holiday: lasts from September 22 to 24

How it began: moon worship, over 3,000 years

Must-eat food: mooncakes

Popular activities: admiring the full moon, eating mooncakes, travelling

Greetings: The simplest is "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" (中秋快乐)

Holiday Travel Tips

The full moon will occur in the morning on the day following the Mid-Autumn Festival. If weather permits, a bright round moon will be observable at night during the Mid-Autumn Festival period.

For the latest weather conditions during the Mid-Autumn Festival period, please refer to the seven-day Weather Forecast (en.weather.com.cn) for the planning of moon-watching activities.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, expressways in Hunan will continue to follow related national policies, and be no toll-free to vehicles with not more than seven seats from September 22 to 24.

Source: travelchinaguide.com; chinahighlights.com

Holiday Train Tickets in High Demand

The Changsha Railway Station announced on September 18 that, between September 22 and 24, the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, 300,000 trips are expected to be made via railways, 95,900 more than last year. During the later National Day holiday from October 1 to 7, 971,000 railway trips will be made, an increase of 115,000.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the Changsha Railway Station plans to add 26 pairs of temporary trains to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoyang, Tongdao, Yongzhou, and Zhangjiajie.

As of 18:00 on September 18, there are only a few high-speed and normal-speed train tickets from Hunan to such cities as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai for September 22. Those tickets towards Yueyang, Huaihua, and Shaoyang are hard to get.

The normal train tickets from Hunan to Guangzhou and Shenzhen for October 1st (National Day) have been sold out, while a few high-speed train tickets available. The tickets of other cities in Hunan are in great demand.

As the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway Hong Kong section will open on September 23, the tickets to Hong Kong are in great demand. At present, there are sufficient tickets to Hong Kong for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. The tickets from Changsha to Hong Kong for the National Day holiday are extremely popular, and the tickets for October 1 have been sold out.

Chinese source: rednet.cn

Expressways Not to Be Toll-Free During Mid-Autumn Festival

The Hunan Expressway Network Operation Monitoring and Command Center (Center) announced on September 19th that during Mid-Autumn Festival holiday (from 22nd to 24th), expressways will not be toll-free to vehicles. During the three-day holiday, Changsha-Yiyang Expressway will implement traffic control in different periods of time.

The Center judged that the traffic volume of the provincial road network will be expected to gradually grow starting from the afternoon of the 21st. The traffic volume in a few toll stations (such as the Changsha West Toll Station) might be in a blowout situation, which is prone to slow traffic and congestion. On the 24th, the holiday peak, it will be expected to reach a peak around 4:00 pm that day. So it is advisable that drivers return in advance and avoid the peak rush. It is estimated that the total flow at expressway entrances and exits of the whole province will reach around 6.35 million, 30% higher than usual.

According to the comprehensive study and judgment of historical and public data combined, the Changsha-Yiyang Expressway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway, Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, Changsha-Yongzhou Expressway, Changsha-Zhuzhou Expressway, and Changsha-Shaoshan-Loudi Expressway, will be the main sections that are prone to congestion and slow traffic during Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

From 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm on the 21st, from 9:00 am to 12:00 am on the 22nd, and from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm on the 24th, the department of highway traffic management will implement traffic control in different periods of time in such toll stations along the Changsha-Yiyang Expressway as Youren, Guanshan, Jinzhou, Ningxiang, and Yiyang (original Xiangjiang West) toll stations, and prohibit vehicles from entering Changsha-Yiyang Expressway. At other times, temporary control measures will be taken when necessary.

Chinese source: hnrb.voc.com.cn