The large-scale drama The Beginning of Spring, created by the Shanxi Drama Theater, will be performed at the Beijing People’s Liberation Army Opera House on Oct 16 and 17.
Guanque Tower in Yongji, Shanxi province, has decided to submit a joint application for UN World Heritage status together with nine other renowned towers in China, including Yellow Crane Tower and Yueyang Pavilion, according to reporters from the tourism office in Yongji on Oct 10.
The Lianzhu kite team from Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, won the group gold medal in the 2012 China Xinjin Kite Festival and second International Stunt Kite Invitational Tournament held from Oct 1 to 4 in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
The 2012 Chrysanthemum Culture Festival was unveiled at Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, on Sept 27 and will last until Oct 10. It attracted tens of thousands of visitors from China and abroad.
As Golden Week, a holiday that combines National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, approaches, local people in Shanxi province begin to celebrate in different ways.
Emperor Guangwu, first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220), is said to have been saved after praying to the mountain god in Changzhi. That's just one of the many legends of the county in Shanxi province. Wang Ru finds out more.
