Gexian Village in Shangrao City's Yanshan County, east China's Jiangxi Province, has drawn crowds of tourists with thousands of glowing lanterns and a variety of vibrant folk performances during the Spring Festival holiday.
Nestled at the foot of Mount Gexian, a revered site for blessing, this 43-hectare resort started the Year of the Horse with a spectacular thousand-lantern parade, immersing tourists in the festive spirit of the Chinese New Year that fell on Tuesday.
As night falls, the village is bathed in a magical sea of lights under the glow of 1,000 lanterns. Tourists wander among colorful, intricately designed lanterns from across China, celebrating the new year with shimmering displays. Many also gather by the riverside to release floating lanterns, which carry their hopes and dreams into the year ahead.
Yanshan County is one of the largest areas inhabited by the She ethnic group in Jiangxi, and Gexian Village offers more than just ancient village charm. Tourists ringing in the new year here can also savor traditional She cuisine, with many festive dishes made of rice.
Folk song and dance performances are another highlight of the village's New Year traditions. Captivating ethnic dances invite audiences to join in, as the festive cheer reaches its peak.
This Spring Festival, Gexian Village has assembled nearly 100 folk performances from across China, including the Huohu (fire pot) performance, fire skirt dance, and traditional acrobatics, offering tourists an up-close encounter with the richness of China's cultural heritage.
To enhance the tourist experience during the holiday, Shangrao City has rolled out over 200 culture-tourism activities, totaling more than 2,000 events across scenic spots, urban areas, and rural villages. Running throughout February, these offerings promise a vibrant and unforgettable start to the Year of the Horse for tourists from near and far.
Jiangxi village attracts tourists with thousand lanterns for festival
A Chinese research team has developed an integrated communication system bridging optical fiber and wireless networks, setting a new world record for data transmission speed, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
The increasing demand for computing power in AI data centers and the development of next-generation 6G wireless networks require high-speed, low-latency signal transmission across diverse scenarios.
However, differences in signal architecture and hardware between optical fiber and wireless communication systems have made it difficult to achieve high-speed, compatible end-to-end transmission between the two systems on the same infrastructure, posing a major challenge for high-speed telecommunications networks.
The research team, comprising researchers from Peking University, the Peng Cheng Laboratory, ShanghaiTech University, and the National Optoelectronics Innovation Center, has developed a converged communication system that achieves single-channel signal transmission of 512 Gbps over optical fiber and 400 Gbps over wireless.
According to Wang Xingjun, one of the paper's corresponding authors at Peking University, the new system supports dual-mode transmission via both optical fiber and wireless networks, not only avoiding bandwidth limitations and noise accumulation but also enhancing anti-interference capabilities.
The team also simulated a large-scale 6G user access scenario, demonstrating multichannel real-time 8K video access across 86 channels, achieving a transmission bandwidth more than ten times that of the current 5G standard.
Beyond enabling ultra-large-capacity communication, the system exhibits excellent performance in terms of energy consumption, cost and scalability for large-scale deployment. The system's all-optical architecture enables seamless integration with existing optical networks, fostering deep convergence between mobile access networks and optical fiber networks.
Wang noted that the new system has significant application potential in scenarios such as 6G base stations and wireless data centers and could reshape the architecture of telecommunication systems, laying the foundation for next-generation ultra-broadband, high-speed integrated fiber-wireless communication.
Chinese scientists make breakthrough in optical communication, 6G technology
