“City of poetry” promotes cultural tourism industry in SW China
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Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
(250214) -- CHONGQING, Feb. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A cruise ship sails near Qutang Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in Fengjie County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 13, 2025. Fengjie, a county in Chongqing where the Kuimen gateway to the magnificent gorges of the Yangtze River is located, gained its reputation as the "city of poetry," as poets, military figures and politicians in history wrote extensively about the forbidding landscape of rapid currents and narrow waterways.
In recent years, the county has made full use of its ecological, cultural and historical advantages and continuously activated related resources, aiming to build itself into a world-class tourist destination. The cultural tourism industry has developed into one of the pillar industries in Fengjie County, which has effectively promoted the local green development. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
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Fengjie, a county in Chongqing where the Kuimen gateway to the magnificent gorges of the Yangtze River is located, gained its reputation as the “city of poetry,” as poets, military figures and politicians in history wrote extensively about the forbidding landscape of rapid currents and narrow waterways.
In recent years, the county has made full use of its ecological, cultural and historical advantages and continuously activated related resources, aiming to build itself into a world-class tourist destination. The cultural tourism industry has developed into one of the pillar industries in Fengjie County, which has effectively promoted the local green development.
Tourists take a cruise ship to visit Qutang Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025 shows a view of the ancient town of Baidi in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)A tourist takes photos in the ancient town of Baidi in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)Tourists pose for selfies in the ancient town of Baidi in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)Tourists visit the ancient town of Baidi in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)This photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025 shows a view of Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)This photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025 shows downtown buildings and the Kuimen bridge crossing the Yangtze River in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025 shows the scenery around the ancient town of Baidi and Qutang Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Photo by Zhu Song/Xinhua)This photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025 shows a view of Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Photo by Zhu Song/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025 shows tourists enjoying themselves in the ancient town of Baidi in Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)This photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025 shows a view of Fengjie County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. (Photo by Zhu Song/Xinhua)
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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