Spring fever in Shanxi tourism

Shanxi province's transportation office reported a returning-passenger peak, on Feb 23, the last day but one of the week-long Spring Festival, so its tourism business was still quite hot, and 26 major scenic spots receiving 330,000 visitors, and bringing revenues of about 8 million yuan ($ 1.3 million).

The top five spots were the Old City of Pingyao, the Taiyuan city zoo, the Wang Family Courtyard in Jingsheng county with Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1636-1912) dynasty architecture, the Guandi Temple in Haizhou county where Guan Yu, a heroic figure in the Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280) lived, and the Qiao Family Courtyard in Qi county.

And the festive atmosphere kept attracting crowds of visitors, many of them from nearby cities who came for a short trip and who mostly prefer parks, museums, historical sites, and rural areas.