Ice shaped like blossoming lotus and cute hedgehogs are among the attractions that recently made a salt lake known as "China's Dead Sea" a hot spot in the biting winter in North China.
Yangqu county in Shanxi province has recently welcomed 681 Australian alpacas to the area, after the animals underwent a thorough examination and period of quarantine.
Taiyuan, capital city of Shanxi province, will replace package delivery vehicles using traditional fuels with ones using clean energy over the next three years.
Shanxi province received 4.27 million visitors and earned tourism revenues of 2.23 billion yuan ($324.66 million) for the three-day New Year’s holiday period between Dec 30 and Jan 1.
