A rewarding tourist experience

Yueyang Tower, an ancient Chinese tower in Hunan province, was free of charge during the Spring Festival holiday to tourists who could recite Yueyang Louji, a piece of prose written in commemoration of the renovation of the tower during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The management of the tower proposes continuing the practice during other national holidays, a welcome gesture that should be promoted nationwide, says an article in Guangzhou Daily. Excerpts:

Statistics show that during the first six days of the week-long holiday, some 6,000 tourists got to visit the tower by reciting the prose piece. Yueyang Tower is one of the oldest towers in China and has witnessed many historical changes. Tourists will get to know the tower and its history better by reading the prose before they visit it.