Source: CCTV.com

11-21-2008 09:21

Early winter travel can mean hard going through cold and snow in the far north. But in east China's Anhui province it's the golden season for sightseers. This week over 20 thousand tourists turned up for the opening ceremony of the 12th Huangshan Mountain International Tourism Festival.

There were songs and dances, featuring performances by some of the country's best artists and entertainers. 
There were songs and dances, featuring performances by some 
of the country's best artists and entertainers. 

The opening took the form a spectacular. There were songs and dances, featuring performances by some of the country's best artists and entertainers.

The week-long festival includes an international forum on tourism development on Huangshan Mountain. New travel routes are being promoted. There're photography exhibitions focused on Anhui, Tibet and Dunhuang. And to add to the air of festivity itinerant foreign performers are in town to entertain. The festival encourages visitors to participate in the activities. There're contests in cooking and calligraphy as a couple of examples.