Over 100 government officials, experts, and scholars from the sports sectors of 18 developing countries, including Nigeria, Cape Verde, and Cambodia, visited Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie on May 23, conducting field research on the achievements in natural heritage protection and the integration of culture, sports, and tourism. The photo shows foreign guests in ethnic costumes joining local performers in the Tujia hand-waving dance at the Wulingyuan Research Center for World Natural Heritage Protection and Exchange. (Photo/Zhang Hongtao)

Foreign guests in ethnic costumes pose for a group photo. (Photo/Zhang Hongtao)

Foreign guests watch the Zhangjiajie folk performance, Charming Xiangxi. (Photo/Zhang Hongtao)

Foreign guests join local performers in the Tujia hand-waving dance at the Wulingyuan Research Center for World Natural Heritage Protection and Exchange. (Photo/Zhang Hongtao)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn. 

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: Chinanews