Yizhou folk songs performed at CAEXPO Tourism Fair

Performers from Yizhou sing folk songs in antiphonal style at the 2015 China-ASEAN Expo Tourism Fair in Guilin on May 29. [Photo by Yang Yecheng/Yizhou Municipal Publicity Department]

Yizhou's folk songs made the first appearance on the 2015 China-ASEAN Expo Tourism Fair held in Guilin on May 29.

Yizhou, a county-level city in Hechi, Guangxi, aimed at publicizing its folk culture, facilitating foreign people's understanding of Yizhou and promoting its tourism.

As the hometown of the singer Liu Sanjie and the birthplace of China's first villagers' committee, Yizhou has beautiful scenery, characteristic folk culture and abundant tourism resources. It is also the biggest silkworm producing county nationwide and Guangxi's cocoon silk recycling economic demonstration base.

Publicity staff introduce Yizhou's travelling routes to an expo participant. [Photo by Yang Yecheng/Yizhou Municipal Publicity Department]

The 2015 China-ASEAN Expo Tourism Fair was jointly sponsored by National Tourism Administration and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional People's Government. Nearly 800 enterprises and over 300 overseas buyers from 50 countries took part. With the theme of "The 21st Century 'Maritime Silk Road' Tourism Development and Cooperation", the expo aims to be a world famous exhibition of cooperation and communication between China and ASEAN.

Edited by Andrew Ancheta