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To many Shanghailanders the Easter Holidays ahead give promise of a welcome respite from the routine of watching the writhings of the depression. Even those who cannot claim the Easter season as their own festival are not imper= vious to the allurement of milder weather, sunnier if uncertain skies and the open-air of a spring-kissed countryside. Nowadays the Faster holiday-maker in Shanghai has a wealth of choice, limited only by the interpretation which he or she can place on the period covered by the celebration. Some, indeed, find that that pleasant twenty-day trip through the Yangtze's gorges can be smuggled into the holiday list, Others are prepared to see Japan cherryblossom time, to revel in the hot springs and golf at Unzen, or spend a cheerful week or ten days or more on a round-trip which includes either Kobe, Yokohama or Manila. Then there is Tsingtao, the Brighton to Shanghai's London, if the comparison does not do an in= justice to the simpler joys which te modern development of a. proaressive seaside resort also affords. Nanking—now boldly described as "China's Diplomatic Centre", let Peiping and Mr. Lionel Curtis' note—also makes a bid for holidaymaking attention and the delight of a river journey there and back is persuasively dangled before the eyes of the office-slave unable to take more than a modest four days, Air travel widens the field of adventure. Nanking, Hankow and Chungking all expect to receive holidaymakers from Shanghai the China National Aviation's services which include Canton and Peiping for those who can give the 1 time. The part which the acroplane is playing in unfolding China to the treaty-port resident is gradually being better appreciated. If the admirable river steamers still command affection because of their restful comfort, the aeroplanes which reveal the hitherto hidden charms of the Chinese countryside must be awarded a special med of favour.
But even the extension of air travel is not as significant as the plans for motoring during the Easter holidays. Correspondents have shown that the development lof roads capable of bearing motor-traffic is being promptly turned to advantage by the urban dweller who likes to get away from the monotony of concrete and stucco, The Chinese authorities have given their warm encouragement to. provincial stimulation of the road-tourist traffic. In Chekiang, the Chekiang Tourist Bureau had def mitely divided the province into "seventeen beauty districts". Among them is that lovely hill near Ningpo, Hsuehpushan ("Snowy Mount"). 'Tienmushan shortly to developed as summer resort with Hotel and other amenities, 'Tientai with its famous Buddhist' monasteries, where young devotees are trained, are others. The Chekiang organization receives financial sup-
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