Chinese enjoy Labor Day holiday from doorstep amid epidemic control

Trying something new

"Among the gate tower buildings in Beijing, the Zhengyang Gate, located south of the Central Axis, is the most famous one..." a host introduced to the audience on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo on Sunday.

It was a livestreaming show jointly presented by Beijing Traffic Radio FM103.9 and the Communication University of China, dissecting the history of the 600-year-old Zhengyang Gate. The show attracted more than 8,000 views in less than an hour.

At 2 pm on Saturday, an elephant keeper was giving a bath to the giant mammals in the Beijing Wildlife Park while livestreaming on social media platforms. There were less than 10 visitors on-site, yet online, nearly 1,500 people were watching.

Li Xiaoyong, deputy director of the market management department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said that it is important to make good use of information technology, promote online and offline integration, and provide more tourism products with no contact or gathering.

In North China's Shanxi province, entertainment and other public venues also cap the number of visitors at 75 percent of the maximum flow. The provincial culture and tourism department cooperated with online platforms and major scenic spots to launch livestreaming activities, allowing people to visit Shanxi "on the cloud."

Stay-at-home life does not wear down people's passion for sports and exercise.

Honneypot Tennis, a tennis training company based in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has launched free livestreaming classes, inviting parents and kids to learn about tennis by following a coach and watching tennis matches.

"We also livestream on Douyin and WeChat to instruct on bodybuilding, so that people can enjoy the joy of sports and fat burning at home during the outbreak," said coach Zhang Ziyu.

Those who enjoy quiet individual time also have good destinations online.

Video sharing and streaming platform Bilibili announced Sunday that the netizens will have free access to more than 3,400 documentaries on it in the following week.

"We hope everyone can explore a wider world through documentaries on Bilibili, whether you are going out or staying at home," the company said in a statement.