Perhaps a winter activity of tourist value may just be in the making the making. In sharp contrast to the economic 'winter' which the Chinese economy is going through, Handan in the north-east of China is throwing up an activity of immense cultural value.
The fall of temperature usually signifies that winter is at hand except in precise areas like the north pole where winter wakes and sleeps. Winter induces people to sty at home to remain warm and it such a season that challenges an adventure to out-door life.
Somehow, the Yi Quan lake in Handan is breaking convention. The lake has frozen to sub zero levels and this has become the attraction that has encouraged hoards of people, wearing skimpy swimsuits, to frolic in the lake that's partially caked with enormous slabs of ice.
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