(Photo from Nanjing Public Transportation Group)

Nanjing unveiled 24 buses festively decorated to celebrate the Year of the Dragon on February 5, in collaboration with the Nanjing Yunjin Museum.

The Yunjin brocade weaving technique was inscribed in 2009 on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The bus’s exterior decoration features Yunjin patterns and elements, a soaring dragon and Lunar New Year blessings.

Inside the red-painted bus, passengers will find the Chinese character “Fu” (meaning good fortune), penned by masters of Chinese calligraphy, and other Spring Festival ornaments, including couplets and paper-cutting works on the bus window.

The 24 eye-catching buses serve Nanjing’s major routes that pass by tourist attractions and business centers, such as the Plum Blossom Hill, Nanjing Museum and the Confucian Temple.

Nanjing unveiled 24 buses festively decorated to celebrate the Year of the Dragon on February 5, in collaboration with the Nanjing Yunjin Museum.

Nanjing unveiled 24 buses festively decorated to celebrate the Year of the Dragon on February 5, in collaboration with the Nanjing Yunjin Museum.