Spreading culture to the rural masses in North China's Hebei Province

12:21, February 27, 2023

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  Moments of the week (02/20-02/26)

  A monorail train runs through blooming plum blossoms in the Fotuguan section of light rail line 2, Chongqing, on Thursday. (Photo: China News Service)Children's toys lay in the mud where rescue workers look for bodies after a deadly landslide was triggered by heavy rains near Barra do Sahi beach in the coastal city of Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, on Wednesday. (Photo: CFP)A cousin holds Afraa, a Syrian baby born under the rubble after the February 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria killing her parents and siblings, after she was adopted by her uncle's family, in the rebel-held town of Jindayris in northern Syria, on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)People protest against the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the risk of a worldwide escalation of the conflict one year after its start in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday. (Photo: CFP)Visitors take a selfie at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday. (Photo: Xinhua)Masked monks perform a Cham dance to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year, at the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region on Monday. Cham dance is a costumed ritual performed by Tibetan Buddhist monks to exorcise evil spirits and pray for blessings. The Tibetan New Year falls on Tuesday. (Photo: China News Service)Penguins are seen at Harbin Polarland in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Saturday. (Photo: CFP)A snow 'Tanghulu' (crispy, sugar-coated fruit on a stick) in the hand of a 18-meter-high huge snowman on the riverbank of Songhua River starts melting as the weather gets warmer, on Tuesday. (Photo: IC photo)This aerial photo taken on Saturday shows people visiting a botanical garden in Maojian district, Shiyan, Central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: Xinhua)Fireworks burst behind cathedrals of the Novodevichy Convent during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on Thursday. (Photo: CFP)

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  Pic story: ecological ranger of Sanjiangyuan National Park

  Gecho Chopee takes a rest while patrolling at the Angsai Canyon in Angsai Township of Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Gecho Chopee is an ecological ranger of Sanjiangyuan National Park. He is responsible for patrolling a section of the Angsai Canyon in Qinghai Province.The unique climatic and geographical conditions have created a diverse ecosystem in the Angsai Canyon and made it a good habitat for a number of rare species such as snow leopards, Tibetan blue bear, lynx and white-lipped deer.Before 2005, snow leopards were rarely seen at the Angsai Canyon.With the continuous efforts of environmental protection, there are more snow leopards in the canyon in recent years. The improvement of ecological environment brings snow leopards a better life, so does the herders' families.Starting from 2018, local government has provided each herder family here with an ecological ranger position, which brings them a monthly income of 1,800 yuan (about 289 U.S. dollars).In 2019, Angsai Township was authorized by the Sanjiangyuan National Park to pilot franchise tourism services. Herdsmen who have lived on herding for generations become receptionists, leading visitors to enjoy the natural landscape, watch wild animals, and experience life in pastoral areas.I love my work, and doing this makes me feel like I'm contributing to my hometown, Gecho Chopee said.Gecho Chopee patrols at the Angsai Canyon in Angsai Township of Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 22, 2023.Gecho Chopee checks out a white-lipped deer that has been recently hunted at the Angsai Canyon in Angsai Township of Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 21, 2023. This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows a snow leopard at Angsai Canyon in Angsai Township of Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province...

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  New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor sees TEU containers transports growth

  This aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows rail-sea intermodal freight trains at Qinzhou Port Railway Station in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Feb. 23 this year, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor saw 107,000 TEU containers transported by the rail-sea intermodal freight trains, up 9.25 percent year on year.This photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows a rail-sea intermodal freight train departing from Qinzhou Port East Railway Station in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows an automatic container terminal at Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.This aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows the container terminal at Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows the container terminal at Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows an automatic container terminal at Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows unmanned vehicles transporting containers at an automatic container terminal at Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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  Moments of the week (02/13-02/19)

  Turkish citizens bid farewell to the Chinese search and rescue team as they return home after participating in the search and rescue efforts at the quake-hit provinces of Türkiye in Adana on Wednesday. (Photo: CFP)Members of rescue teams dispatched by the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region arrive in Beijing, capital of China, on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)Chinese astronauts Chen Dong (2nd R), Liu Yang (1st R) and Cai Xuzhe (3rd R), the three Shenzhou-14 crew members, salute during a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)Students walk into a school campus as new semester starts in Beijing, on Monday. (Photo: China News Service)Children take part in fun activities at a shelter in Aleppo city, northern Syria, on Monday. The powerful earthquake that jolted large areas along the Turkish-Syrian border did not only bring destruction and death to Syria's northern city of Aleppo, but also inflicted an indelible trauma on the survivors, especially the children. (Photo: Xinhua)Michigan State University students kneel at an ever-growing bed of flowers and keepsakes dedicated to the students killed and injured in Monday's shootings on campus, as a crowd gathers at The Rock, a popular college landmark on Wednesday, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. (Photo: CFP)An actress performs for residents to celebrate the upcoming Tibetan New Year at a new settlement in Luntse county in Lhokha, Tibet Autonomous Region, on Wednesday. The residents moved to their new homes in early January ahead of the festival, known as Losar New Year, that falls on Feb 21 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)Revelers celebrate at the traditional Alter Markt at the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, on Thursday. Hundreds of thousands will celebrate the carnival without any coronavirus restrictions in the streets of the German carnival capital. (Photo: CFP)A family do the conga next to a new artwork called 'Valentine's Day mascara' ...