About 5,000 tourists from all over the world gathered at Fangchuan Scenic Spot in Hunchun, Jilin province — the only Chinese area bordering Russia and North Korea — to welcome the first sunrise of 2017 and pray for blessings in the year to come.

At 5:50 a.m., fireworks lit the sky of Hunchun, China; Khasansky Rayon, Russia; and Dooman, North Korea. The tourists appreciated the splendid scenery and wished a peaceful and happy new year as fireworks could be seen from three countries at once.

Tourists watch the splendid fireworks in Hunchun, a unique Chinese city that borders Russian and North Korean cities. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

Tourists watch the splendid fireworks in Hunchun during the early morning hours of Jan 1, 2017. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]