A tourism festival kicks off in the Wuxi Economic Development District on Jan 18. [Photo provided to wuxi.gov.cn]

A tourism festival kicked off in the Wuxi Economic Development District of Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, on Jan 18 to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on Jan 22 this year.

During the festival, two cultural performances will be staged and four fairs featuring Chinese-style products will be held.

Huishan clay figurines are on display at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to wuxi.gov.cn]

At the launch ceremony, 1,000 movie tickets were given out and on Feb 5, another 1,000 will be given out. The district is also issuing discount coupons every day until March 31.

Calligraphers write the Chinese character "福" and Spring Festival couplets at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to wuxi.gov.cn]

From Jan 23 to 27, the nine sports fields in the district, including Shangxian River Lighted Court and Shangxian River Basketball Court, will open to the public free of charge.

People who are fond of handicrafts can visit the Hechang Neighbourhood Center during the Spring Festival holiday to try their hands at writing the Chinese character "福" and Spring Festival couplets and making Spring Festival paintings and Chinese knots, all of which are usually used to decorate houses during the festival.