During the Spring Festival holiday, traditional villages across China attracted more than 47 million tourists, according to the data released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

By the time the Lantern Festival, on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, marked the conclusion of the Spring Festival celebrations, approximately 11,853 events were held across 5,473 traditional villages nationwide. These activities, including dragon and lion dances, folk music performances, and lantern fairs, attracted 47.2 million tourists.

"I think it's wonderful that these activities preserve something basic of our traditional culture," said Ding Xiaoxian, a tourist.

Currently, a total of 8,155 villages in China have been included on the national protection list, while 5,028 villages across 16 provinces have been listed for provincial protection. In addition to strengthening preservation efforts, local governments have actively promoted the revitalization and utilization of traditional villages, focusing on the development of leisure tourism and other culture-related industries.

"Tourists are drawn to the natural scenery and traditional custom of our village, and their responses have been overwhelmingly positive," said Zhou Maohui, a resident of Tangkou Village in Pingnan County, Ningde City in east China's Fujian Province.