Langshan Mountain-World Natural Heritage

On November 18th, the opening ceremony of the 9th China Langshan Navel Orange Cultural Tourism Festival was held at the Performance Center of Shunhuangli Cultural Industry Park in Xinning county, Hunan province.

At the opening ceremony, rich and colorful performances such as the national intangible cultural heritage “Rock Eagle Fist” and “Hundred Miles of Navel Orange Connecting Langshan Mountain” were held. With distinct characteristics of the times and full of regional characteristics of Langshan, these performances brought everyone to the beautiful picture of Langshan Mountain, winning applause from the audience present. 

Interactive interviews were also conducted with representatives of the navel orange industry from Taohua Village, Longfeng Fruit Industry and Shanzhiliang Technology Co., Ltd.

Before the opening ceremony, attending leaders and tourists visited the “Navel Orange Museum ” and “Langshan Museum”, and toured the “Orange” Carnival Night held in Shunhuangli Cultural Industry Park.

Recently, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China announced the results of the seventh national evaluation and grading of public libraries at or above the county level. The list of first, second, and third class libraries has been determined and made public. The Xinning County Library is honored as the “National First Class Library”, which lays a solid foundation for the rapid development of Xinning county’s library industry, the establishment of a civilized city, and the implementation of the cultural revitalization strategy.

Covering an area of 7268 square meters (including its branch area), the Xinning County Library  has 410000 books（among which, 276800 are paper books, 138000 are electronic books, 2600 are ancient books, 16500 are journals），one newspaper & journal reader, two Goethe readers, 36 computers , and two digital cultural engineering readers. It also has comprehensive reading rooms, children’s reading rooms, lending rooms, self-study rooms, electronic reading rooms, ancient books and local literature rooms, multimedia rooms, celebrity halls, calligraphy and painting halls, traditional Chinese culture halls, reading activity centers, 24-hour self-service libraries and city book houses.

In recent years, Xinning County Library has steadily promoted the cultural resource sharing project of digital library and the construction of reading promotion brand, established 45 branch libraries, and opened the library’s WeChat official account and website which has been integrated into the public cultural tourism cloud of Hunan Province. Its activity has ranked first or before fifth among all provincial labraries’ websites. 

As a reading promotion brand, the “Jincheng Classroom” initiated by the Jincheng Academy branch library has gained popularity among the readers. The cultural publication “Langshan Discoveries” (Xinning Discoveries) with the title inscribed by by Comrade Wen Xuande, former Deputy Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, has been published for 150 issues, which is the first brand in the library industry in Hunan province and expands reading services.

On November 2, 2023, the Shaoyang Public Resource Trading Center released the “Bidding Announcement for the Rebuilding of Langshan Bajiao Stronghold’s Cableway and Its Supporting Facilities”. 

According to the bidding, the construction includes the main project of the cableway, the upper and lower stations of the cableway, as well as other supporting utilities ranging from the general layout engineering, power supply and distribution to water supply and drainage. The total investment of the project is 21.496867 million yuan. 

On November 3rd, the press conference of the 2023 China Langshan 9th Navel Orange Cultural Tourism Festival was held at the Yuehan Village Observatory in Jinshi Town, Xinning County. Deng Tao, the Xinning County Party Secretary,  presided over the press release to introduce the relevant information of this navel orange cultural tourism festival to the attending medias.

It is reported that this navel orange cultural tourism festival will kick off on November 18th in Xinning. Deng Tao said that the Langshan Navel Orange Cultural Tourism Festival, as a brand event in Xinning, has been successfully held for 8 consecutive years. It witnessed the integration and development of Xinning’s culture and tourism, and it has increasingly rich connotations and far-reaching impacts now.

This year’s Langshan Navel Orange Cultural Tourism Festival will have four events: on-site inspection of high-quality agricultural, cultural, biological, and tourism integration routes, navel orange orchard opening ceremony, opening ceremony of the Langshan Navel Orange Cultural Tourism Festival, and the first China (Xining) Navel Orange Industry Development Summit Forum and the Blue Book Press Conference of the “Langshan Navel Orange Quality Report”.

On October 28th, the ceremony of the first “Langshan Talent Week”  was launched at Xinning County’s talent apartment. Jiang Jianxin, an academician of the CAE and a researcher of the Army Specialty Medical Center, attended and delivered a speech. Deng Tao, secretary of the county party committee, announced the launch. Xiao Feng, director of the Municipal Talent Development Center, delivered a speech. Peng Hongbing, deputy secretary of the county party committee and head of the county government presided over the ceremony.

At the ceremony, Xiao Rong, a member of the Standing Committee of the County Committee and head of the Organization Department, introduced the situation of talent work and talent apartment construction of the county. Yao Meichun, a member of the Standing Committee of the County Committee and Director of the County Committee Office, announced the list of experts and talents awarded the first batch of “Langshan Talent Card” in Xinning County.

Academician Jiang expressed a deep sense of the importance, desire, and care of talent placed by the Xinning County Party Committee and Government. He praised the county Party Committee and Government for their commitment to “creating an environment of recognizing, loving, respecting, and utilizing the talents”, expressed gratitude to the provincial and municipal experts who have served the development of Xinning, and paid tribute to the outstanding talents who have actively returned to their hometown to build Xinning. He hopes that every talented person from Xinning who is out of Xinning will often come back and actively contribute to the development of Xinning. At the same time, we also hope that the Xinning County Party Committee and Government can bear the burden, hand over tasks, and build platforms to urge everyone to turn the “love of the hometown” into practical actions to serve the development of Xinning.

24 experts and talents who obtained the first batch of “Langshan Talent Card” in Xinning County were awarded talent cards and certificates, and the first batch of 17 talents who moved into talent apartments were given keys. Representatives of them also delivered speech resepectively on site.

The glossy ibis, listed as a national key protected wild bird, was  spotted in the village of Yaoshi, Langshan Township, Xinning county while the staff of Xinning County Forestry Bureau  conducting the daily patrols.

The ibis is a large bird and a close relative of the rare bird crested ibis. It is mainly distributed in southern Eurasia, Africa, and other regions. Its population in China is extremely rare and its distribution area is very narrow. Since 2009, it has been found sporadically in China. The glossy ibis prefers to live in groups and often gather together with other ibis and egrets. They mainly feed on small invertebrates such as aquatic insects, shrimps, crustaceans, and mollusks.

The ibis is a large bird and a close relative of the rare bird crested ibis. It is mainly distributed in southern Eurasia, Africa, and other regions. Its population in China is extremely rare and its distribution area is very narrow. Since 2009, it has been found sporadically in China. The glossy ibis prefers to live in groups and often gather together with other ibis and egrets. They mainly feed on small invertebrates such as aquatic insects, shrimps, crustaceans, and mollusks.

In recent years, Xinning County has strengthened the force of  protecting the ecological environment to effectively protect key areas such as tourist attractions, wetland parks, and nature reserves. The wildlife protection staff of the Xinning County Forestry Bureau stated that the appearance of the glossy ibis indicates that the ecological protection system of Langshan mountain in Xinning county has been effectively protected, and the ecological environment is getting better and better.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, the Langshan Scenic Area in Xinning county, Hunan Province launched new cultural and tourism formats such as low altitude tourism, helping Langshan usher in the peak of tourism through various immersive experience activities. According to statistics, from September 29th to October 6th, Langshan Scenic Area received a total of 400000 tourists, a year-on-year increase of 54.28%; The ticket revenue was 5.2894 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 60.61%.

Langshan Mountain, a world natural heritage site and a national 5A level scenic area, has concentrated the essence of the landscape at different stages of Danxia landform. Red mountains, clear water, red cliffs, villages, strange peaks, strange rocks, deep valleys and idyllic gardens together form a beautiful landscape painting. Besides the traditional mountaineering tours, the Langshan Scenic Area also introduced bamboo rafting and helicopter low-flying for the tourist to better appreciate the beautiful scenery of Langshan Mountain. Shunhuangli Cultural Tourism Industrial Park has invited inheritors of intangible cultural heritage to participate in night tour programs such as the “Bonfire Party”,  allowing tourists to experience the charm of Langshan Yao family intangible cultural heritage.

During 8-day of the double-festival holiday, the Langshan Scenic Area also launched a series of warm services and preferential measures. In addition to the real name Langshan Tourism Discount Card and the Anti epidemic Warrior Changyou Card holders, all children under the age of 14, elderly people over 65 years old (including 65 years old), soldiers in active service, veterans, and disabled people can visit the four scenic spots(including Bajiao Stronghold, Tianyi Lane, Chili Peak, and Zixia Cave)for free with valid documents.

On October 4th, accompanied by the roar of the propeller’s rapid rotation, the “Langshan” B-724V helicopter took off smoothly from the Langshan Scenic Area Square, leading tourists to enjoy the beautiful Danxia scenery from a high altitude perspective, making them exclaim excitedly.

In recent years, with the diversified development of tourism and the rapid takeoff of the navigation industry and low altitude economy, low altitude tourism, a new type of travel that overlooks the beautiful scenery from high altitude by helicopter, is being favored by more and more tourists.

During the National Day holiday, the number of tourists who  choose low-flying is skyrocketing. Many of them are looking forward to admire the wonderful  Danxia  scenery in the clouds.

It is reported that each low-flying can take three passengers. According to the tourists’ preference, there are three air travel routes for them to choose, namely, 15 km experience flight, 30 km essence flight and 50 km panoramic flight. Each flight can take a panoramic view of the Danxia scenery of Langshan Mountain.

Low altitude tourism in Langshan Scenic Area can better showcase the beauty of Langshan, enrich its tourism products, enhance the tourist transportation and emergency rescue capabilities of the scenic area. It is continuously improving the experience and sense of gain for tourists, and promoting Langshan to stride forward in the new journey of building a world excellent tourism destination.

On November 20th, the 7th China Langshan Navel Orange Cultural Tourism Festival “Internet Celebrity Live Streaming” was officially launched. The live event lasted for two days from November 20th to 21st. Zeng Xiaoming, researcher of Shaoyang Bureau of Commerce, Peng Hongbing, deputy secretary of Xinning County Party committee and head of Xinning County People’s government, Xu Lihua, chairman of Xinning County CPPCC, Deng Kaili, deputy head of Xinning County People’s government and other leaders attended the live event.

Liqin, Yao Qi and other influencers with millions of fans and 50 outstanding local liver streamers in Shaoyang city and Xinning county introduced Langshan tourism and Langshan navel orange through live broadcasting, which attracted a total of more than 6 million people to watch online and won 2.2 million of likes.

Xinning County is one of the four bigest navel orange export base counties in China. Its navel orange planting area is 500,000 mu, with an annual output of 700,000 tons and an annual output value of 5 billion yuan. Xinning county has successively won a series of honorary titles such as the first batch of pollution-free fruit production demonstration counties in China, the national standardized production base of green food raw materials, etc.