Record 4.6 lakh tourists visits China's parks in a day

Major parks in China's capital Beijing have received a record 4,60,000 tourists on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, according to authorities.
The number of tourists in 11 municipal parks and a garden museum yesterday was up 14 per cent year on year, according to the municipal park administration centre.
Temple fairs and cultural exhibitions, traditional events in the parks during Spring Festival, attracted locals and tourists.
Since the week-long holiday began Friday, major parks in Beijing have attracted 1.37 million visitors.
The centre forecast that the flow of tourists would fall in the next two days as the holiday comes to a close.

Beijing has had a blue sky for most of the holiday period.

China was officially shutdown for a week from January 27 to welcome the Chinese New Year of the Rooster amid the biggest annual human migration as people rushed to their native places to celebrate with their family members.
In Chinese lunar calendar, years are grouped into a 12-year cycle, with each year assigned an animal symbol: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
As per the Zodiac calendar, 2017 is the year of the Rooster.