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Japan and China, which are close to us, are suffering from the cold these days.

In China, during the Lunar New Year holiday, like our Lunar New Year, tens of thousands of tourists were isolated in the cold. 



This is Correspondent Jeong Young-tae in Beijing. 



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China's 5 famous mountains, Huangshan, were covered with snow. 



Due to the easing of quarantine measures, 35,000 people visited Huangshan every day during the Lunar New Year holiday. 



It was the largest crowd since 2018, but the downhill road has turned into a nightmare. 



It took 7 hours to walk to the place where the cable car goes down from the top of the mountain with heavy snow and strong winds in minus 15 degrees weather. 



It was usually 40 minutes away. 



[Tourist in Huangshan, China: It's 8pm now, but people have been waiting since 1pm.

Everyone is crying because the heavy snow has brought the temperature down to -10 degrees.] 



There were also people who got frostbite while standing in the crowd while standing on the trail. 



[Chinese tourist in Huangshan: I can't move for half a day, so someone has to come out and explain.

The children are all frozen.] 



There were also complaints that no precautionary measures were taken when bad weather was expected. 



[Chinese tourist in Huangshan: How many people did you send to such an extreme situation?

There are no emergency response measures.] 



At Mount Tai, another famous mountain, tourists suffered from strong winds and cold temperatures below minus 20 degrees Celsius. 



In Xinjiang in the northwest, 370 vehicles and 1,000 people were rescued after being stranded on the road in a snowstorm. 



With electricity, water, heating, and railroad transportation in emergency, temperatures in central and eastern China are predicted to drop by 4 to 6 degrees by the end of this week. 



In Japan, the whole country fell below freezing, with some mountainous areas in Nagano Prefecture recording minus 27 degrees Celsius. 



In some areas, vehicles were unable to move due to the snow that fell overnight, and a series of collisions occurred on icy roads. 



Japanese authorities say the death toll has risen to five from the heavy snow and strong winds. 



(Video coverage: Ma Gyu, Video editing: Jung Yong-hwa)