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Rural tourism turns Jiangsu villages' fortunes around

By Li Ping | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-05-25 13:52

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Bacheng township of Kunshan city is aimed at promoting opera-themed tourism as well as the ancient Kunqu Opera. [Photo by Liu Huan/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Bacheng township, a 2,500-year-old water town in Kunshan city which is also one of the birthplaces of the ancient Kunqu Opera, has remodeled the 157-square-kilometer place to create opera-themed travels, as well as to protect the ancient performing art that was listed as a UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage in 2001.

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