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Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere

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Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror

Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
(250202) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 2, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People visit a festive lantern show at the Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 1, 2025. Yangliuqing ancient town is long celebrated for its woodblock new year pictures. These pictures, which usually bear auspicious meanings, flourished during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) due to highly developed canal transportation, and were sold to different places in the country. During Spring Festival holidays, light installations, folk performances, and specialty shops in the town attract large flocks of tourists to enjoy the festive atmosphere there. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Yangliuqing ancient town is long celebrated for its woodblock new year pictures. These pictures, which usually bear auspicious meanings, flourished during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) due to highly developed canal transportation, and were sold to different places in the country.

During Spring Festival holidays, light installations, folk performances, and specialty shops in the town attract large flocks of tourists to enjoy the festive atmosphere there.

Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
People visit the Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
People view woodblock new year pictures at Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
Vendors sell specialty snacks at the Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
Tourists hit the drum for good fortune at Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
People enjoy the night view at the Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
A magician performs at Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Tianjin’s Yangliuqing enchants tourists with Spring Festival atmosphere
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 1, 2025 shows a night view of the Yangliuqing ancient town in Tianjin, north China. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250202/60f2d5cc1254465993a994a0d2ecefe7/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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