Flexibility is Key Factor for Successful Spring Festival Journeys

Every year in the days leading up to the Spring Festival, China is the scene of the world's largest human migration.

Thomas Lehmann, a development coordinator at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing, will join the rush on Jan 27, Lunar New Year's Eve. He will take a train from Beijing to Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, reputedly the coldest city in the country.

A friend of the 27-year-old reserved the tickets for him online. "All I needed to provide was my passport number and date of birth," the United States national said. However, unlike Chinese citizens, who can collect reserved tickets from machines at stations, Lehmann will have to collect his tickets from a booking window.


2017 China Guqin New Year's Concert to be Held in Jinwan Theatre of Tianjin

China Guqin New Year's concert, hosted by China's Academy of Guqin, has been held for six years across more than ten cities. But the 2017 China Guqin New Year's concert will be the first national Guqin concert which will be held in Tianjin.

Zhu Mohan, Zhang Zisheng, Ni Shiyun and many Guqin masters will be in attendance to give a wonderful performance. Xian songs have a history of thousands of years, and it combines ancient artistry with literariness to create a captivating display of the arts.

Chaitoufeng, Luming and more Xian songs will be presented in this concert. Qin,se,zhong and qing instruments will also appear in this concert, which integrates Confucianism, Sakyamuni, and Taoism to give philosophical yet poetic performances.

Lyrics to one of the most popular songs, Manjianghong, will be given to audiences in the concert to attract choral participation.

It will undoubtedly be a wonderful audio-visual feast for audiences.