Citizen has Unique Proposal to Promote Chinese Culture – CRIEnglish

From CRIEnglish via Xinhua:

If you’re planning a trip to China next summer for the Olympic Games, you might want to stop by the ancient city of Kaifeng in Henan Province near Beijing, where you’re likely to see the city full of ancient Chinese.

A Kaifeng resident nicknamed Wu Huang has made a proposal on the Internet, petitioning all of the city’s 800,000 residents to wear costumes of the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279) and speak the ancient language during the Olympic season….[Full Text]

-Photo (from Xinhua): Wu Huang and his friends walk on a Kaifeng street wearing costumes of the Song Dynasty

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