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People watch a flash mob performance at the Liaoning Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 4, 2024. ( tasteallchina /Li Gang) BEIJING, May 18 ( tasteallchina ) -- For 24-year-old Li Min, memories of this year's May Day holiday "museum feast" remain vivid, as she visited six museums along the Hexi Corridor in northwest China's Gansu, which features five UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 53 grottoes spread across a 1,000-km stretch in the province's western region. Li is not alone in her passion for museums, as an increasing number of young people in China are making museums a must-visit highlight during their city tours. According to China's online travel agency Ctrip, people born in the 2000s were the third largest group of buying museum tickets in 2023, following those born in the 1980s and 1990s. Also, the amount of cultural and museum-themed tourist products purchased by young people born in the 2000s was 9.2 times the amount in 2022. In 2023, a new record for museum attendance was set in China, with over 6,000 museums nationwide registering a total of 1.29 billion visits throughout the year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. During the May Day…

People view a painting exhibition at the Shenyang Palace Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 2, 2024. A series of exhibitions were held at Shenyang Palace Museum to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its inscription on the World Heritage List. (Photo by Jia Yicheng/ tasteallchina ) A journalist views a painting exhibition at the Shenyang Palace Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 2, 2024. A series of exhibitions were held at Shenyang Palace Museum to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its inscription on the World Heritage List. ( tasteallchina /Li Gang) A journalist views a painting exhibition at the Shenyang Palace Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 2, 2024. A series of exhibitions were held at Shenyang Palace Museum to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its inscription on the World Heritage List. ( tasteallchina /Li Gang) Tourists visit an exhibition featuring restored relics at the Shenyang Palace Museum in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 2, 2024. A series of exhibitions were held at Shenyang Palace Museum to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its inscription on the World Heritage List. ( tasteallchina /Li Gang) Tourists visit an exhibition featuring restored relics at the Shenyang…

This aerial photo taken on Nov. 7, 2023 shows the snow-covered Shenyang Imperial Palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Shenyang Imperial Palace was built in 1625 and had been used as the imperial palace in early Qing Dynasty (1616-1911). ( tasteallchina /Yao Jianfeng) This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023 shows the snow-covered Shenyang Imperial Palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Shenyang Imperial Palace was built in 1625 and had been used as the imperial palace in early Qing Dynasty (1616-1911). ( tasteallchina /Chen Wei) This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023 shows the snow-covered Shenyang Imperial Palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Shenyang Imperial Palace was built in 1625 and had been used as the imperial palace in early Qing Dynasty (1616-1911). ( tasteallchina /Chen Wei) Tourists walk by a gate of the snow-covered Shenyang Imperial Palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 7, 2023. Shenyang Imperial Palace was built in 1625 and had been used as the imperial palace in early Qing Dynasty (1616-1911). ( tasteallchina /Yao Jianfeng) This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023 shows the snow-covered Shenyang Imperial Palace in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Shenyang Imperial Palace was built in 1625…