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DONGHAI, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A dealer displays a piece of crystal ware at the China Donghai Crystal City in Donghai County of Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 2, 2016. The China Donghai Crystal City, a crystal trading center covering a floor area of 450,000 square meters, is expected to boost local crystal industry. Donghai County has 300,000 metric tons of natural crystal reserves and more than 200,000 people rely on crystal industry for living. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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DONGHAI, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A dealer displays a piece of crystal ware at the China Donghai Crystal City in Donghai County of Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 2, 2016.

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LINYI, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Craftman Hu Yujie makes a dough Monkey King in Tancheng County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, on Feb. 2, 2016. With the approach of the Chinese lunar New Year, or the Year of Moneky, dough models of monkeys were popular at Spring Festival fairs in Tancheng. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)

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WUHAN, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Workers are busy on a production line at Dongfeng-Renault plant in Wuhan, China's auto hub in the central province of Hubei, Feb. 1, 2016. French automaker Renault opened its first factory in China on Monday, in a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Corp. that has an initial production capacity of 150,000 cars per year. (Xinhua/Wang He)

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BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A boy eats sugar-coated haws during his road trip break at Zhuozhou service area on Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Highway, north China, Jan. 31, 2016. Instead of queueing at crowded railway stations or buying costly air tickets, many Chinese are opting to drive back to hometown during the Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

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BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A man walks his parrots during his road trip break at Fengqiu service area on Daqing-Guangzhou Highway, China, Jan. 27, 2016.

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BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A girl eats instant noodles during her road trip break at a service area on Daqing-Guangzhou Highway, north China, Jan. 27, 2016.

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GUANGZHOU, Feb. 1, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Passengers talk with an intelligent robot named "Xiao Lu" in Guangzhou South Railway Station in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 1, 2016. It's a trial for the station to introduce robots to provide service during the travel peak of the Spring Festival.(Xinhua/Liang Xu)

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President Xi Jinping (R, 3rd) talks with local residents in Jinggangshan, in east China's Jiangxi Province on Feb. 2, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) receives some oranges from local villagers before he leaves the Shenshan village in rural Jinggangshan area in east China’s Jiangxi Province on Feb. 2, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

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A photo showing two little boys dressed as monks at a temple in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

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A craftsman displays a box of traditional butter sculptures in this photo published on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. Buddhist prayer flags and butter sculptures are currently the bestselling items in Tibet as the Tibetan Calendar New Year approaches. [Photo: Chinanews.cn]

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HEFEI, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Passengers take a bullet train heading from Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, to Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, during the Spring Festival travel rush to return home for the annual family reunion on Feb. 2, 2016. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

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HEFEI, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Passengers take a bullet train heading from Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, to Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, during the Spring Festival travel rush to return home for the annual family reunion on Feb. 2, 2016. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

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TAIPEI, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) -- People buy flowers at a market in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 2, 2016, to greet the traditional lunar New Year to start from Feb. 8 this year. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

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SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Children try to perform shadow play at the exhibition in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 3, 2016. "My Chinese Dream: 2016 Hebei Folk Art Exhibition" was held to celebrate the Spring Festival, which starts from Feb. 8 this year. Over 20 intangible cultural heritages were exhibited. (Xinhua/Mou Yu)

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Xueying Zhang poses for a magazine.

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ahojunk said:

Blaze-shrouded performers, meant to resemble a tiger or a phoenix resurrected from the ashes, danced in the center of crowds. This splendid performance is a Spring Festival tradition called the "Fire Tiger" in a small village in east China's Shandong Province.

According to a senior performer, the "Fire Tiger" has existed for over 120 years. Based on the Chinese Lion Dance and martial arts, the performance is a demonstration of vitality and masculinity.

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ahojunk said:

The year of the monkey
CHONGQING, Feb. 2, 2016 -- Security personnel in Chongqing Municipality dressed in Monkey King costume patrolling a street as the Chinese New Year, the Year of Monkey is approaching.

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