Wudang kungfu made it onto the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006, and it attracts the interest of martial arts enthusiasts around the world.
The Wudang Mountains, a scenic spot in Hubei province, embraced many tourists on April 30, the second day of the May Day holiday. As of 3 pm that day, it had received 35,587 visitors and generated an income of 23.56 million yuan ($3.83 million), a year-on-year increase of 18.67 percent and 18.04 percent, respectively.
April 13 (the third day of the third lunar month) is the birthday of Zhenwu Dadi, a Taoist god. Over 20,000 believers from all over the world came to climb the mountains, ramble the temple fairs, burn incense and worship the gods in Wudang.
A Chinese classical architecture photographic competition in Hubei, which opens on April 26, will explore various aspects of Wudang Moutains, with some famous photographers and startling images, such as sunrise on Golden Peak, incense burning on Nanyan Rock, Tai chi on Taizi Slope, or the ecology of Xiaoyao Valley.
A photo of three boys performing a folk dance in the snow of the Wudang Mountains posted by a netizen named Fengyuqun on their microblog on March 24 has attracted a lot of netizen attention.
Each blooming season, hundreds of thousands people flock to the university for the cherry blossoms. To control the number of visitors this year, the university has raised the admission price from last year’s 10 yuan ($1.60) to 20 yuan.
The newly decorated Wudang Taichi Theater, dressed in Taoist style, welcomed its first show — A Night on Taichi Lake ? 2013 Wudang New Year's Concert – on the evening of Jan 10.
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