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| FESTIVAL SEASON: More than 20,000 Miao people gathered at Shibadong village of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture, Hunan province, on Aug 7 to put on a grand performance marking the beginning of autumn. The Miao ethnic group's traditional festival was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage items in 2015. Wang Tiancong / Xinhua |
| AUTUMN LEAVES: Growers pick autumn tea leaves in Erlong village in Yuqing county of Zunyi, Guizhou province, on Aug 7, which marks the beginning of autumn in the Chinese solar terms. He Chunyu / Xinhua |
| ANOTHER DIMENSION: A tourist poses in front of a 3-D painting during an art festival at Guyan township in Lishui, Zhejiang province, on Aug 5. The eight-day festival, which started on Aug 4, features more than 30 "experience" activities and 50 cultural and artistic activities. Zhang Cheng / Xinhua |
| THIRSTY WORK: Workers collect salt during the salt harvesting season at Shanyao saltworks in Quanzhou, Fujian province, on Aug 6. Covering an area of more than 6,666 hectares, the Shanyao saltworks has been producing salt for more than 200 years. It is still one of the largest in Fujian province and about 500 people now work there. Jiang Kehong / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 08/11/2017 page5)
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