
Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, relies on "sports + cultural tourism" to attract Chinese and foreign tourists. Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang welcomes the opening of fishing in the East China Sea with a fish lantern parade. Luannan, Hebei revitalizes old craftsmanship through e-commerce and cultural creativity.
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Various parts of China are stimulating the vitality of the autumn tourism and consumer markets through the integration of culture and tourism, traditional folk customs and modern e-commerce.
CCTV news: At present, the autumn scenery of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan is picturesque, and it is the best time for landscape sightseeing and leisure vacation. In order to continue to activate the autumn cultural tourism market, Tianmen Mountain relies on its landscape resources and adopts the "sports + cultural tourism" integration model to continue to attract a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists in its autumn landscape.
The Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan is surrounded by many mountains, and its unique natural conditions have created a special high-altitude extreme sports venue. In these two days, the thrilling high-altitude extreme sports combined the passion with the majestic autumn colors of Tianmen Mountain, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists.
The new "watching games + enjoying the scenery" experience has lengthened the stay of tourists, driving an overall increase in passenger flow and consumption in the scenic area. According to statistics, from September 6th to 12th, Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area received nearly 30,000 inbound tourists, an increase of 73% from a week ago. American tourist Jack Luria said that Tianmen Mountain is really impressive and (extreme sports) looks super cool. He has never seen anything like this before. They planned the whole trip to China. The mountains in Zhangjiajie were different and super beautiful. They wanted to see them with their own eyes.
Ningbo, Zhejiang: Fishing in the East China Sea is about to begin with a lively start
At 12 noon on September 16, the East China Sea will usher in full fishing. Recently, in Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 180 smart fish lanterns lit up the Millennium Fishing Port. The folk parade was grand and the special market was full of fireworks, playing the prelude to the harvest and fishing in the sea breeze.
As night falls, gongs and drums sound, the fish lantern parade starts from the pier. Warm orange lights illuminate the night, and the fish tails sway gently with the steps, just like swimming fish roaming in the fishing port. "I pray that the fishermen brothers will go to sea safely and have a full catch. We also welcome all friends to visit Tongzhao." said a local staff member who was interviewed.
The dragon dance team follows the fish lantern formation, and the dragon body and fish lanterns complement each other. On the shore of the fishing port, 120 specialty stalls are neatly arranged, with a dazzling array of fishermen's seafood and Fenghua delicacies. The smoke of fireworks lingers around the fishing port, allowing citizens and tourists to immerse themselves in the vitality of the fishing village's "night economy".
Luannan, Hebei: Circle powder on a feather duster line and use old skills to create trendy cultural and creative products
In Zhangmawan Village, Luannan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, feather dusters have become internet celebrity products, e-commerce live broadcasts have expanded sales, and making feather dusters has become a cultural tourism experience project.
In the live broadcast room, Liu Wenhao, secretary of the Party branch of Zhangmawan Village, Luannan County, Tangshan, Hebei Province, was leading a live broadcast with fellow villagers to promote the village's handmade feather dusters. Starting in 2024, he will lead the villagers to put old skills on the Internet, making this craft that has been dormant for many years quickly come out of the circle. The old people are making dusters and becoming "Internet celebrities" at the same time. The first piece of making feather dusters has received more than 600,000 views.
The old craftsmen insist on pure handicrafts, while the young people focus on innovative design, launching new products such as car hangers, bag hangers, desktop ornaments, cat funny sticks, etc., to adapt to modern aesthetics and life scenes.
It became popular online, and cultural tourism flourished offline. The village combined its own advantages to launch activities such as skills experience, rural sightseeing, farm catering, and study classes, attracting a large number of tourists and children to participate. Secretary Liu Wenhao said that they want to continue to update Feather Duster cultural and creative products, improve the village's research and tourism business through short videos and live broadcasts, and provide more employment and earning opportunities for villagers.

The 2026 Hunan cultural tourism autumn promotion event "Traveling Hunan by High-speed Rail" was launched on September 15 at Changsha South Railway Station. In the next 10 days, 14 cities and states in Hunan will take turns to promote cultural tourism here, launching autumn boutique travel routes, special artistic performances and exclusive preferential policies to provide autumn surprises to passing tourists.

The Sun Moon Lake Thousand People Swimming Ferry will be held on September 20, with an expected influx of 50,000 people. Jiji police announced that the Huantan Highway will implement clockwise one-way traffic control that day, with only two-way traffic from Peacock Garden to Jiulongkou. Roadside parking will be prohibited on many road sections from noon on the 19th to remind tourists to pay attention.

In response to the World Car-Free Day on September 22, the Kaohsiung City Transportation Bureau launched a "Bring Home Good Gifts" campaign for YouBike and MeNGo. YouBike will hold a cycling tour event starting from September 15. People can win gifts such as camping supplies through social interaction and check-in at attractions; September On the 22nd, MeNGo launched the "My Green Commute Day" event to encourage citizens to use public transportation instead of private transportation. The first 200 people to complete the designated steps will receive supermarket coffee e-vouchers. Those who share creative photos will have a chance to win a commuter ticket exchange voucher worth about NT$1,000.

2026 Hakka Festival - Nantou·Guoxing Success Event will be held in Guoxing Township, Nantou County from October 30 to November 1, including the traditional grab success boat pushing competition and the 8th Lai Hakka Village Hakka Pop Song Competition, two competitions Online registration is open from now until 5 p.m. on September 30. The maximum prizes can reach NT$50,000 and NT$18,000 respectively. Hakka markets, traditional clothing experiences and comic-style posters will also be arranged to attract young people.

Lishui, Zhejiang Province held a press conference on September 14 and announced that 215 cultural and tourism activities will be held during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day. Through innovative measures such as the issuance of consumer coupons, air ticket discounts and "travel with games", combined with the customs of Qingtian's hometown of overseas Chinese and the folk customs of the She people in Jingning, it aims to promote the upgrading of cultural tourism consumption across the region.

On the 14th, the second China-Central Asia cultural tourism train in 2026 departed from Xi'an Station and headed to Almaty, Kazakhstan via Horgos Port. The train's journey lasts for 15 days and 14 nights, marking the Central Asia cultural tourism train entering a new stage of normal operation.