Festival funnels big crowds to landmarks

Village where Xi worked as a youth joins traditional Beijing tourist attractions

Liangjiahe, a village in Shaanxi province where President Xi Jinping spent seven years as a rural laborer, became a popular Spring Festival tourist destination after Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan paid a visit ahead of this year's holiday.

A small community hidden among the valleys of the Loess Plateau in Yanchuan county, Liangjiahe was put under the spotlight when Xi rose to China's leadership in 2012. Xi has talked on several occasions about how he benefited from his experiences working there.