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Turquoise & goddess cultural tourism festival

www.chinanews.cn 2006-05-19 16:30:16

The "2006 Zhushan, China gem and goddess Nv Wa cultural tourism festival"
opened at Baofeng Town in Zhushan County of Hubei's Shiyan City on May
18, 2006. It is learnt that more than 40 projects were signed on that
day, with contractual investment reaching 400 million yuan (US$50
million). Presently chief turquoise producing areas of the world are
China, Iran, Egypt, the US and Chile. Shaanxi, Anhui, Yunnan and Xinjiang
in China all produce turquoises. Northwest Hubei Province is the most
famous with the longest history of turquoise exploitation and the best
turquoises, which earn this region the repute of the "oriental hometown
of turquoises".

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