The Ningguta exile tourism venture has sparked combined reactions on social media.
A novel tourism expertise is being launched in Heilongjiang province, China, the place vacationers can stroll the back-breaking troublesome routes of former exiles whereas sporting handcuffs and prisoner uniforms, in keeping with South China Morning Publish.
In an effort to extend tourism and income, the venture, which is scheduled to start in December, has generated loads of dialogue on Chinese language social media.It’s hoped that this artistic package deal will considerably increase tourism numbers and revenues.
In response to SCMP, Mudanjiang metropolis, positioned within the southeast of Heilongjiang, was residence to Ningguta, an historic navy city and one of the crucial famend areas for exile.Historic data point out that over 1.5 million folks had been banished to Ningguta for severe crimes in the course of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
Many prisoners confronted lengthy, gruelling journeys, with many perishing alongside the best way, whereas survivors had been typically enslaved by native officers.Ningguta gained trendy notoriety by way of the hit historic drama Empresses within the Palace, wherein Emperor Yongzheng exiles his consort’s household there.
On mainland social media, this expertise of historic punishment has obtained loads of consideration.
“I can not wait to go to Ningguta this winter and do a ‘prisoner’ hike,” one Weibo on-line observer wrote in anticipation. It appears like an effective way to alleviate rigidity.
“It is a artistic method to promote native historical past and tradition that appeals to younger folks,” mentioned one other.
There are conflicting views additionally: “Many intellectuals and patriots had been forcibly exiled from Ningguta, which was a tragic location in historic China.” This behaviour is insensitive to that traumatic previous.