Xi'an city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province held a sun-rain umbrella conference at the Silk Road Starting Point Relics Museum on May 12, according to xinhuanet.com.

The newly-released umbrellas include elements of the Silk Road Economic Belt – an ancient trade road stretching through Central Asia to Europe. The umbrellas sported prints of camels, deserts and frescoes of the Mogao Grottoes in Gansu province.