People in urban and rural areas across China have been enjoying grand performances, outdoor cultural fairs, and gatherings with local characteristics during the week-long National Day holiday, which started on Oct.1.
At the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, various night performances, such as float parades, traditional torch festival of Yi ethnic group, firework shows, drone shows, and water curtain light shows, have provided visitors with audiovisual feasts.
At the aquarium in the park, music performance with killer whale soaring out of the water and the underwater mermaid dancing show also attracted flocks of holidaymakers.
"On Oct. 2 and 3, the total number of tourists per day exceeded 50,000. The hotel occupancy rate will reach more than 95 percent for 10 consecutive days from Sept. 28 to Oct. 7. The unit price of the room will increase by 21 percent compared with the summer vacation, with both quantity and price rising," said Jiang Lu, deputy general manager of the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park. A large-scale water curtain light show was also staged on the banks of the Shanxi River in an ancient town of Shengzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province, and audiences were amazed by the natural integration of local Yue Opera, lights and shadows, fountains, and fireworks.
"I brought my family to watch this light and water show, especially the water curtain show in the middle of the performance, which was very novel and shocking," said a tourist.
During the holiday, bustling fish lantern parades were staged at an ancient village in Huangshan City of east China's Anhui Province. Villagers carried large fish lanterns and walked through streets and alleys, and also set up teaching booths for tourists to make their own fish lanterns to join the parade and share the happiness together.
"It feels very lively today, and the people here are very enthusiastic. There are fireworks and fish lantern parades, which I have not seen in other places," said a tourist.
The outdoor street market in Yangzhou City of east China's Jiangsu Province has set up an intangible cultural heritage food area with 30 stalls, and intangible cultural heritage food inheritors also demonstrated their production skills at the scene.
The outdoor market also provides creative products of local intangible cultural heritages, and stages special folk music performances.
"During the National Day holiday, the number of visitors to our outdoor market has been increasing every day, and about 80,000 to 90,000 people come here per day. So far, our total sales volume is about 1.5 million yuan (about 213,700 U.S. dollars)," said Fan Xiaoping, deputy Party secretary of Yangzhou Canal Culture.
In Shexian County of Anhui Province, an outdoor market featuring calligraphy, tea, and seal carving arts while gathering related intangible cultural heritage inheritors was opened to visitors and local residents during the holiday, and the market is expected to receive 200,000 visitors during the holiday.
People across China enjoy lively, featured activities during National Day holiday
