Folk cultural activities held to celebrate Lantern Festival in East China

14:05, February 05, 2023

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  Moments of the week (01/30-02/05)

  A tourist poses for photos at Liaohe ancient street in Yingkou, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Friday. The Liaohe ancient street has been decorated with various lanterns to greet the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)An Iraqi businessman takes a selfie while watching celebrations to welcome the first business day in the Year of the Rabbit at the International Trade Market in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday. About 75,000 merchants at the Yiwu International Trade Market on Thursday welcomed their first business day in the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo: Xinhua)Mourners arrive to the funeral service for Tyre Nichols, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Wednesday, in Memphis, Tenn. (Photo: CFP)Pianists (R) perform on a piano in a tramway, on the sideline of the 29th edition of 'La Folle Journee' classical music festival in Nantes, Western France, on Wednesday. (Photo: CFP)Migrant workers prepare to get on train D4881 on the platform at Chongqing West Railway Station in Chongqing, Southwest China, on Monday. A special train for migrant workers who are about to return to work left Chongqing West Railway Station for Guangzhou of South China's Guangdong Province on Monday. (Photo: Xinhua)People holding fish-shaped lanterns parade during the new year celebrations in Shexian county of Huangshan, East China's Anhui Province, on Tuesday. (Photo: Xinhua)Hindu devotees listen to a religious leader at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday. (Photo: CFP)South Koreans spin fire cans during 'Jwibulnoli', a South Korean folk game, on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: CFP)Su Bingtian (1st R) of China competes during the men's 60m final A during the Gothenburg Games of World Athletics Ind...

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  Moments of the week (01/23-01/29)

  People gather and hold signs at a Justice for Tyre Nichols protest in Times Square on Friday, in New York City. Tyre Nichols was a 29-year-old man who died on January 10, 2023, three days being brutalized by five Memphis Police Department officers after a traffic stop. (Photo: CFP)A card and flowers are placed outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Tuesday, in Monterey Park, Calif. A gunman killed multiple people at the ballroom dance studio late Saturday amid Lunar New Year's celebrations in the predominantly Asian American community. (Photo: CFP)A man hangs prayer flags in Xigaze, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Tuesday. Following the tradition, people here went early in the morning to hang new prayer flags on top of mountains and their house roofs to celebrate New Year under the Tibetan calendar. (Photo: Xinhua)A tourist poses for photos at a ski resort on the suburbs of Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Wednesday. (Photo: Xinhua)A woman poses for a photo on the snow-covered steps of the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on Wednesday, after heavy snow and strong winds overnight affected wide areas of the country. (Photo: CFP)A child enjoys food at the Nanluoguxiang Lane in Beijing, capital of China, on Friday. People enjoy the last day of the Spring Festival holiday on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)Pleasure craft follows ferries that are having an annual race on Sydney Harbour during Australia Day celebration in Sydney, on Thursday. Australia marks the anniversary of British colonists settling modern day Sydney in 1788 while Indigenous protesters deride Australia Day as Invasion Day. (Photo: AP)A staff member guides passengers at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in East China's Shanghai, on Friday. Railway stations, highways and airports across China are bracing for a fresh travel peak as a growing number of travelers hit the road and return to work after a week-long Spring Festival holiday which ends on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)Folk ar...

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  Hundreds of blossom-headed parakeets spotted in Southwest China

  Hundreds of blossom-headed parakeets have recently been spotted in Dehong, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, setting a new record for the species' population observed in China. (Photos: People's Daily; Compiled by Zhao Yang)The blossom-headed parakeet is under second-class state protection in China. It had disappeared from China for nearly a century.At least 22 blossom-headed parakeets were captured by natural photographers last year.Four other species of parrots were also spotted, updating the record for parrot species spotted in a single region of China.Four other species of parrots were also spotted, updating the record for parrot species spotted in a single region of China.Four other species of parrots were also spotted, updating the record for parrot species spotted in a single region of China.

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  Israeli man documents manholes from around world

  The photo shows a manhole displayed on the website of "the ultimate manhole covers site." (The ultimate manhole covers site/Handout via Xinhua)JERUSALEM, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eli Zvuluny from Tel Aviv has a unique habit. The 70-year-old documents manholes from around the world and catalogs them on a website that he operates.While most people walk in the street and step on manholes without noticing them, Zvuluny was fascinated by their distinct features and shapes and decided to create an interface that maps those manholes that usually cover sewage infrastructure or other important underground facilities.The photo shows a manhole displayed on the website of "the ultimate manhole covers site." (The ultimate manhole covers site/Handout via Xinhua) Seven years into its operation, his website, titled "the ultimate manhole covers site," now records over 8,600 manholes from over 500 cities in 66 countries.The software company owner has also developed a mobile phone application called "addmanhole," allowing users to upload pictures of manholes they have documented and add to the collection."The sky is the limit for me, there are a lot more countries I would like to receive pictures from," Zvuluny told Xinhua. "At first, people raised their eyebrows at my hobby, but now when my friends travel, they know they have to send me pictures of manholes.""People get pretty psyched about it," he added.The photo shows a manhole displayed on the website of "the ultimate manhole covers site." (The ultimate manhole covers site/Handout via Xinhua) The website introduces eight different shapes of typical manholes, the materials they are made of, as well as their sizes and weights.Each manhole has an entry on the website, detailing its unique characteristics. Some of them are in the shape of a bear, and some are designed by local artists and contain features that characterize the cities they are installed in...