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The coastal city in Northeast China will stage a series of activities to celebrate the Spring Festival from January 27 to February 9, said an official Wednesday at a news briefing.
China's Spring Festival (Lunar New Year), the most important holiday for the nation, is a traditional Chinese festival that has existed for thousands of years. Today a series of customs are spreading far and wide.
Approved by the Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Culture, a cultural exchange activity between central China's Henan province and Australia will kick off in Sydney on January 26, both New Year's Day in China's lunar calendar and Australia Day.
SHANGHAI: Coupons worth almost 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) in discounts are to be doled out to tourists in the scenic city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, to boost visitor numbers during the financial crisis.
They say it is shaped like a turtle, with two wells outside its southern gate marking the creature's eyes and a 6-km-long wall outlining the four sides of its shell.
Tourism officials here in the Shaanxi capital have launched an aggressive marketing campaign to combat the effects of the economic slowdown.
Ice in various shapes and sizes is seen at the Yuqiao Reservoir, Tianjin, North China, January 14, 2009.
Dunhuang Grottoes is an ancient gallery of artistic treasures built over a thousand years ago. Now, the central government has fresh plans to help preserve the popular tourist attraction.
The Walt Disney Co is expected to submit plans to the Chinese government to build a theme park in Shanghai soon.