Just a few weeks after a female migrant worker died in Shanxi province after her hair was trampled upon by police, a 13-year-old girl jumped off the 16th floor of a building under construction in Jizhou, Hebei province; both tragedies happened when migrant workers met difficulties in collecting their wages for the year. Comments:
The village of Liuhe, in Pingyao county, is a new tourism spot that has interesting vegetation, animals, landscape, folk culture, religion, and a merchant culture that flourished back in the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as historic sites from World War II.
The trip, known as Discovering Shanxi, started on Sept 12. Held in cooperation with Shanxi Evening News, it is designed to investigate and promote Shanxi's history, scenic spots and folk customs.
A shadow puppetry club in Pingyao county took part in the recent 9th International Culture & Creativity industry Expo, Dec 11 to 14, in Beijing, and earned even greater fame when It captured the audience with its unique puppetry.
