A Russian college student drinks coconut milk at a theme park in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 23, 2006. A total of 50 Russian college students participating in activities for the Year of Russia in China arrived here for a visit on Thursday. Time-honored Chinese culture exerts peculiar fascination on the Russian young people.

Three Russian college students strike a bell to pray for good fortune and peace at a theme park in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 23, 2006. A total of 50 Russian college students participating in activities for the Year of Russia in China arrived here for a visit on Thursday. Time-honored Chinese culture exerts peculiar fascination on the Russian young people.

Three Russian college students appreciate red lanterns at a custom-themed village in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 23, 2006. A total of 50 Russian college students participating in activities for the Year of Russia in China arrived here for a visit on Thursday. Time-honored Chinese culture exerts peculiar fascination on the Russian young people.

Russian teachers and students at Splendid China Folk Culture Villages in Shenzhen yesterday morning (Shenzhen Daily)

According to Shenzhen Daily, nearly 50 college teachers and students from Moscow, St. Petersburg and some cities in the Far East visited the popular tourist destination in the Overseas Chinese Town as part of the Sino-Russian College Students Art Festival.

The festival, which will be held March 15-25, was also held in Beijing and Hangzhou as an integral part of the Year of Russia. The Russians said they were amazed by the miniature landscapes at Splendid China.

The warm welcome they received and the wonderful shows they watched at China Folk Culture Villages had left them with a deep and lasting impression.Qiu Haibin, Yuan Shuiling

Editor: Yan