The approaching Tomb Sweeping Day Festival, a period of ancestor worship, has become a popular tourism holiday for spring outings and flower viewing. Experts and tourism insiders said lower travel cos
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Dunhuang Academy\’s protection team work to ensure relics not lost to sands of time
The Dunhuang Academy\’s cultural relics protection team was honored with the title of National Outstanding Engineering Team early this year, China\’s highest honor in the field of engineering.
Su Bomin,
Dunhuang sees 86.6 pct rise in tourists year on year
Tourists visit a museum in Dunhuang, northwest China\’s Gansu Province, March 17, 2024. Dunhuang has received a total of 336,000 tourists from Jan. 1 to March 16 this year, an increase of 86.6 percent
Lanzhou New Area witnesses progress in industrial growth
A staff member processes components of medical machines in Lanzhou Ion Therapy Co., Ltd. in Lanzhou New Area of Lanzhou, northwest China\’s Gansu Province, March 14, 2024.
In recent years, Lanzhou New
China renews blue alert for sandstorms
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) — China\’s national observatory renewed a blue alert for sandstorms on Thursday in northwestern parts of the country.
From Thursday morning to Friday morning, floating sand
Schools in quake-hit areas of Jishishan start new semester
Students take exercise at Xiaohongping Primary School in Shiyuan Town of Jishishan County, northwest China\’s Gansu Province, Feb. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)
Primary and secondary schools in Jis
Extreme weather prompts suspension of more trains in NW China
LANZHOU, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — Strong gales and snowfall in northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have resulted in the suspension of 13 additional passenger trains on Sunday, railway author
Chinese Paralympians eye on 2026 Winter Paralympics
LANZHOU, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — After several hours of skiing and shooting, Yang Qianru, a 23-year-old disabled biathlete, finished training at noon with her ski suit soaked with sweat, while her teammat
China adds 7 ski resorts to national roster
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — China has expanded its list of national-level ski resorts with seven new destinations, further enriching the country\’s winter tourism offerings.
The newly added seven reso
\”Slow trains\” facilitate people\’s shopping for upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in NW China\’s Gansu
This photo taken on Feb. 4, 2024 shows passengers aboard the train No. 7503 in northwest China\’s Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
LONGXI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — The pair of \”slow trains\” No. 7503 and No.