Lamps from the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) feature a diverse array of forms, featuring designs such as wild goose feet, the vermilion bird, and auspicious patterns involving oxen and sheep.

People have fun on frozen Kunming Lake at Summer Palace in Beijing

Dubbed China's "ice city", Harbin has recently seen a tourism boom.

The new visa-free policy that took effect on Dec 1 has led to rapid growth of inbound travelers with Chongqing, an inland municipality, seeing about 600 people entering the country through its ports in the first 10 days, a month-on-month increase of nearly 30 percent.

Situated at the southern foot of the Altay Mountains, Beitun City boasts abundant ice and snow resources, fostering rapid growth in ice and snow sports, industries, and tourism.

Due to the recent early winter sunny weather, tourists got the chance to enjoy a double rainbow at the Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area in Jixian county, Shanxi province.

Travel platforms say nation's residents show rising demand for overseas trips

Scenery of Yellow River turning in border area between Shanxi and Shaanxi

Shanxi province launched the Great Wall "fortress master "recruitment program recently, inviting scholars, singers and travelers from around the world to create and promote works related to the famous structure.

China's second domestically developed C919 narrow-body aircraft is delivered to China Eastern airlines, July 16, 2023. /CMG China's second domestically developed C919 narrow-body aircraft was delivered to its operator Shanghai-based China Eastern airlines on Sunday. It made its official flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 10:06 a.m. and arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at 10:20 a.m. to join the airline. It is the second of five C919 aircraft China Eastern airlines has purchased from its developer, the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) with the same cabin layout. The aircraft will join the first one to fly the route between Shanghai and Chengdu. It is expected to fly expanded routes in the future. As of July 12, the first C919 aircraft has carried out 87 commercial flights for about 250 hours, serving 11,095 passengers.

["A 3700-meter-long city wall is rebuilt for the Old Taiyuan county seat.[Photo by Han Shuangxi for China Daily]If not for a devastating fire in the early Song Dynasty, the city center of Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province.During the early Ming Dynasty, local officials built a smaller city on the location of fire-destroyed site, to act as the seat of Taiyuan county, an administrative region under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan city.A show featuring a traditional wedding is held in Old Taiyuan in early May.[Photo by Sun Ruisheng/China Daily]Zhou Ailan, a resident from an area neighboring Old Taiyuan, was among the first visitors on the opening day.\"Zhou said.\"I was excited with a number of ancient buildings here but regretted the decay and collapse of some old structures over the decades.\"Many of the old structures have been restored to what I saw decades ago.\"According to officials at the Old Taiyuan scenic area.According to Li Yongqiang, Party secretary of Jinyuan district－which administrates the scenic area－Old Taiyuan is expected to become a major tourist destination in Taiyuan alongside attractions such as Jinci Temple, Jinyang Lake and Taishan.And Tianlong mountains.\"Like Jinci, the oldest temple complex in Taiyuan, the Old Taiyuan scenic area will be a major site for tourists to explore the millennia-long history of Taiyuan and Shanxi province, \"Li said."]