During the Chinese New Year holiday, a “Chinese Style Carnival” was held in Chunshanli, Jizhou district. The carnival featured temple fairs, intangible cultural heritage delicacies and workshops, enabling tourists to experience the charm of local folk customs.
The cooking activity of the "Chinese Style Carnival" [Photo/WeChat account: zhangshangjizhou]
"During the holiday, we launched the three themed tourism routes of 'hometown at Chinese New Year', 'tasting Chinese New Year', and 'humanities at Chinese New Year'. Each route integrates local characteristics," said Wang Lihua, deputy general manager of Chunshanli.
The tourism route of "hometown at Chinese New Year" has organized for visitors to go to the local markets of Jizhou to purchase characteristic agricultural products, such as chicken, pork and fruits. Visitors can also taste local foods and recuperate at various activity sites.
If tourists choose the themed route of "tasting Chinese New Year", they can participate in several festival activities, including making paper-cuttings, Spring Festival couplets and dumplings. At the same time, it provides children with the opportunity to learn how to make pottery, try carpentry and do landscaping.
The themed route of "humanities at Chinese New Year" provides visitors unique lectures on the famous ancient architectural building of Dule Temple. After the lectures, tourists can also put on astronaut costumes and experience "walking on Mars".
Children learn to write blessing characters for Chinese New Year [Photo/WeChat account: zhangshangjizhou]
In the first 4 days of the holiday, 39,000 tourists visited Jizhou district, with the peak still to come.