
Pingyao International Photography Festival
On September 19, 2009 many tourists came to north China´s Shanxi Province to see a large seven-day-festival of photography. "PIP is among 10 largest photography festivals in China and the only one to be held in a world heritage site,"said Hu Suping, head of Shanxi Provincial Publicity Department. Pingyao is a historical city with a history of approximately 2, 700 years and it was listed as a world heritage site by the UNESCO in 1997. This year we could see more than 20, 000 pictures coming from 1, 232 photographers from 46 countries. This festival was first viewed 8 years ago. Nevertheless more than 1.6 milion people enjoyed works of 1, 600 photographers from all around the world so far.
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