The just opened Ice and Snow Festival in Shenyang Qipan Mountain is popular among Shenyang people. On Jan 16th, the festival received a lot of foreign tourists.

In this natural amusement place by the ice and snow, young people from the South Korea are playing happily. As they introduced, it is the first time for them to see such heavy fall of snow and they love to play here.

It is learnt this batch of young people from South Korea are invited to Shenyang in the friendly exchange visits between Shenyang and one city of the South Korea. Most of them are students from primary and secondary schools with dense interests of Shenyang.

It is also learnt since its opening, Shenyang Ice and Snow Festival attracted nearly hundreds of visitors this year. The festival will soon receive its second batch of foreign tourists.

 
(Northeast Network January 19, 2004)