粥洲默娜罄娜理FO.k ofle熊溯挑哪黔我洲哪卿撇伴洲谬卿溯掣麟拳SPring Festiva吸of Shanxi’5 oldest eities 153,000一year-old Yuei,established intheZhouDynasty(11th eentury一256 B.C.),Covering anareaofonesquarekilometer,the Old Town eenters on theCity GodTemPle·Its eentrala大15 15 forllled by theQingxu Pavilion,a deeorated archwayonNorthem Street,andNortllem andSouthernstreets,ShoPs andresideneeson either side of itaresymmetrieal.Its traditional Ming and Qing stylearehiteeture,with earved Plllars anduPturned eaves,are masterpieeesofChinese盯ehiteeture. In the Yuei eountryside,PeoPle Pre-Pare forand eelebrate the SPring Festivalin their own sPeeial way. SPring couPletgare Pasted not only on the front door,but also on chieken cooPsand livestoekfolds,reuuesting“As manypigs andsheePas Possible,,’and“ProsPerityforsix domestie anilnals.”Chinese dumP-lings resemble thegold ingotsof ancie刀tChina; when Yuci loealseat them they,mlultaneously wish formoney andtreasure.SometinlesdumPlingsareb改Iedwithnoodles,a dish助own韶“goldin-gots tvith silvertlll’e ads,’一yet anotherexPlleit desire for wealth.In mountainvil卫ages,loeal residentseat buns made斤。tn eo山mealand buekwheat fiour andsave their Precious Wheat flollr buns togive to friends andrelatives‘… The traditional Performanee art ofshehuo 15 PoPular throughouteelltralShanxi.It originated in the Qin(221-207 B.C.)and Han(206B‘C一AD.220)dynasties,develoPedin the Tang(618-907)and Song(9 60一1279)dynastiesand beeamea_nationalfavoriteduringthe Ming(1368一1644)and Qing(1644-1911)dynasties.国hehu口15 nowa folkreereationalaetivity aimed at exPress-ing haPPinessandgoodwishes.The20okinds of shehuo Performanee in ShanxiProvinee eneomPassmass drutn Perfor-mances,夕angkodances,boatand sedanehair Processions,stilt walkixig,lanterndisPI叮s,fireW0rkS,birdand animalsim·ulations and martial arts Performances·Stilt daneing,with its dazzling aecou-trements and dyna而e Performance 15,PerhaPs,themost PoPular event· Yuei’5 SPring Festival eelebrationhighlight 15 its fireworkparty·Visitorsthrill to the哪山ing andsPluttering offlreeraekers and thesPlendid eolors ofrockets and roman candles that Paintthenight sky.At nightfall,tho eity streetsheave and the City God TemPIe 15 filledwith PeoPle enjoying lantem disPlaysand丘比works.Silver SPringFestival Until recently, winter tours of north-east China went almost exelusively toHarbin’5 famous Iee and Snow Festival.In the Past two years,skiing and snowWorld tourshave beCome PoPular innortheast China,whieh in20O3 waslisted asa main Chinese tou6st destina-tion. Renowned as“China,5 Hometownof Snow,”Shuangfeng Forest Farmisasnow wonderland in Changting TOwn,HailinCity, Heilon幻iang Provinee.Snowfall begins in Oetober and earrieson for the followingseven months.AeeulllUlated snow 15 often twometershigh. The few dozen families inthissmallvillage live in simPle woodefl houses,afld the red lantertls thatllJinberlllellhang outside them areglowing searletdots amidst an otherwise endless white-ness·Snow Piles uP on the roofs of 109cabins and on a sunnyday,meltslikei。ing sugar on ab讥hday eake.Changtingat sunset 15 Partioulariy enehanting. This villagewas印arsely PoPulateduntil workers eallle to manthe forestfarlll.“OPening the forestfarni broughtnew Iife to the village,but sufficient treeseoukl not be Planted in time to rePlaeethe seriously dePletednatural forest,”says lumberman Dong、Venhe,whohas lived here for 30 years.“ThereareProblems within the forestrysystetn,and forest fanll 5011 isnot sultable forPlanting crOPs,50 workers were hardPressed make a living.”lburism devel-oPment rejuvenated this region,aPPre-ciably raising living standards. Rooms in lumbermen’5 houses,withtheir warlllka刀g(heatable briek bed)soft bedding and warmth reminiseent of。arefreeehildhood days with grandma,are forrent.DongW亡nhe lives withhis咖ther andson,and at SPring Festival,N’ew Year Pietures and snacks makeforan even coZier atmosphere.When night巨115,the family sits at the table to en-ioy sticky sweetened bean Paste Pie anddt}一111)11一195片t一!险〔1 wit!11〕iel又1以!
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