The resort will be the first LINE FRIENDS family camping village in Asia, and is scheduled to open to the public in October. LINE FRIENDS are the original characters of the leading mobile messenger app LINE.

While making novel activities and entertainment more internationally popular, Taicang spares no effort to promote its traditions at a series of global arenas.

Qiu Guoliang, an expert at dragon and lion making art, shared his stories about how he has spent the bulk of his time making the unique art gradually noticed and accepted by more international audience.

The art has been identified as an intangible cultural heritage at the municipal level in Taicang. As the dragons and lions are totally handmade, they are usually used as performance tools at traditional Chinese celebrations or as special gifts given between governments representing the Chinese spirit.