People shook their bodies under the guidance of a coach in a park in southern China's Guangzhou on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. They were taught to shake off their bad moods by dancing during a stress-relief festival held in the park. [Photo: Information Times]

A stress-relief festival kicked off on Wednesday in southern China's Guangzhou, attracting many local office workers to take part, the city's Information Times reported.
 
The festival is the first of its kind in China. It aims to help office workers drive away the huge pressures triggered in their daily lives.

People were invited to learn stress-relief dances and take part in some adventurous activities involving a giant frisbee and a roller coaster. They can scream as loud as they want while using these breathtaking stress relievers. After getting off the machines, they will find their bad moods have completely vanished.

Huge pressures nowadays have become an important health problem for office workers. A survey showed the pressure Chinese face today is five times larger than those experienced 20 years ago. Ninety percent of people have disrupted their well-balanced lives due to the problem.

High work loads, keen competition and difficulty in good communicating with colleagues, bosses and clients were ascribed as the main reasons for the pressure.
 

Young people screamed while sitting on a giant Frisbee in a park in southern China's Guangzhou on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. They were there to attend a stress-relief festival held in the park. The festival, which will be held from Wednesday to May 13, 2007, is the first of its kind to help people drive away their daily life pressures. [Photo: Information Times]

Editor: Yan