Chinese Celebrates Labor DayPeople across China celebrated Labor Day by holding colorful activities.Some 49 art troupes in Beijing, China's capital, staged 106 performances during the week-long holiday period beginning May 1. A campfire evening party was held in Mu Us Desert in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Tuesday night. Hundreds of people, including workers, students, soldiers and officials, sang and danced around the campfire. The Shaolin Temple in Putian County of Fujian Province, east China, had received 100,000 visitors by May 1. Many of the tourists came from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Canada and the United States. Many Chinese chose sightseeing with family members during May Day. Shanghai, China's largest industrial center, arranged 110 trains a day to carry 720,000 passengers in and out of the city, more than the amount for the Spring Festival, the most popular holiday in China. However, the number of tourists to Guilin, one of the most renowned scenic spots in China, dropped on May 1 compared with a year earlier. But an official with the city tourism bureau expects the climax to occur in the next couple of days. |
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