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Tourists dip into ‘human hotpot’ ahead of Chinese New Year

BEIJING, Jan 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A tourist town in eastern China is trying
to attract health conscious visitors with hot springs designed to look like a
fiery hotpot, a popular Chinese dish said to drive away winter blues.

A hotpot is eaten with friends or family, with diners cooking raw meat,
vegetables and noodles in a shared pot of spicy broth.

Visitors to the First World Hotel in Hangzhou can dip into a hot spring
bath, shaped like a rectangular copper pot with nine compartments, each
containing popular hotpot ingredients like chilli peppers, lime, corn and
lettuce.

The hot spring is designed to promote a healthy lifestyle in the run-up to
the Lunar New Year, or spring festival, which begins the first week of
February, according to Chinese news site Sohu.com.

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