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Millennium-Old Maijishan Grottoes - China

Mu Changyou, a cultural relics restorer of Maiji Mountain Grottoes art institute, checks a statue at a cave of the Maiji Mountain Grottoes in Maiji District of Tianshui City, northwest China's Gansu Province on Nov. 2, 2024. The Maiji Mountain Grottoes is one of the four most famous grottoes in China. In the past three years, 29 caves here have been protected and reinforced as Maiji Mountain Grottoes art institute and other cultural relics protection organizations have employed scientific and technological methods to ensure the grottoes remain well-preserved. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Bin/ABACAPRESS.COM

Millennium-Old Maijishan Grottoes - China

Yang Zhiqiang, a cultural relics restorer of Maiji Mountain Grottoes art institute, carries out protection and restoration work at a cave of the Maiji Mountain Grottoes in Maiji District of Tianshui City, northwest China's Gansu Province on Nov. 2, 2024. The Maiji Mountain Grottoes is one of the four most famous grottoes in China. In the past three years, 29 caves here have been protected and reinforced as Maiji Mountain Grottoes art institute and other cultural relics protection organizations have employed scientific and technological methods to ensure the grottoes remain well-preserved. Photo by Xinhua/Chen Bin/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-GANSU-LONGNAN-HEAVY RAINFALL-RESTORATION (CN)

(240726) -- LONGNAN, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A landslide-blocked section is being cleared along the national highway No. 212 at Waina Township of Wudu District in Longnan City, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 25, 2024. Gansu suffered the heaviest rainfall this year from Monday to Wednesday, or the most severe round of downpours in the province since 1961, said the provincial meteorological bureau. Locals in Longnan are racing against time to repair flood-hit infrastructure and put life back to normal. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lang Bingbing)