BEIJING, June 8 (RIA Novosti) - Chinese authorities
have lifted a six-year ban on nude bathing in southwest China's
Yuping Mountain resort, the china.org.cn portal said on Monday.
The nude-bathing area was closed six years ago on the
grounds that it allegedly did not comply with "the cultural and
ideological progress."
The region has a long-running tradition of nude bathing.
According to a popular legend, a beautiful young woman named Lu
Wan was abducted by robbers and jumped off the Mozigou's
Feishui Waterfall to defend her virginity.
Since then, people have been bathing nude in the area to
pay their respect to the woman, whose body was never found.
"Because of this beautiful tradition, we don't feel many
objections from locals to reopen this nude bathing place," the
portal quoted Li Jun, the head of the Yuping Mountain Scenic
Area, as saying.
The 1-km-long nude bathing area is naturally divided by
hills, naturally creating a male and female area.
The resort has introduced strict rules to protect the
visitor privacy, including a ban on photography and video
recording.
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