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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women of Miao ethnic group prepare for a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this drone photo, people of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Photo by Hu Panxue/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group attend a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman of Miao ethnic group helps her daughter wear ethnic silver jewelry for a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A dragon dance performance is staged during the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Photo by Fan Hui/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A participant carrying "sisters' rice" with an egg attends a parade to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-SISTERS FESTIVAL (CN)

(240421) -- TAIJIANG, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women of Miao ethnic group take part in an embroidery competition in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 21, 2024. Recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Miao Sisters Festival kicked off here on Saturday and lasts until May 5 this year. (Photo by Tai Chun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (C) talks with villagers about embroidery skills at Xiaohe Village of Shibing County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbi

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (L) and her son promote Miao embroidery products via livestreaming in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang Wen

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (2nd L) and her employee check Miao embroidery products at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yan

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying introduces design concept of Miao embroidery decorations at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Ya

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (R) and her employee check the quality of Miao embroidery products at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village.

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (L) and her employee check Miao embroidery decorations at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (2nd R) and her employees make embroidery at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying checks Miao embroidery decorations at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying discusses design solutions of Miao embroidery decorations with her husband at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the v

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying spins thread at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERY-INHERITOR (CN)

(231022) -- GUIYANG, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Long Luying (2nd L) communicates with her employees at the workshop in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 18, 2023. In a embroidery workshop in Shibing County, Long Luying and her colleagues use needles as pens and thread as ink to embroider flowers, birds, fish, butterflies and other elements, creating Miao embroidery works with vivid patterns. Long Luying is a provincial-level inheritor of Miao embroidery. She learned Miao embroidery from her mother at an early age. In 2006, Long Luying left her job at an embroidery workshop in Shenzhen and returned to her hometown to start her own business on hand-made Miao embroidery in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Over the past 17 years, Long Luying has provided free embroidery skills training to local women, creating job opportunities for more than 1,000 rural women in the village. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

(230724) -- GUIYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Pan Yuzhen, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Miao embroidery of the Miao ethnic group, embroiders in Taijiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 30, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

(230724) -- GUIYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Pan Yuzhen (front), an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Miao embroidery of the Miao ethnic group, dyes cloth with her daughter Zhang Yanmei in Taijiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 30, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

(230724) -- GUIYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Pan Yuzhen (L), an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Miao embroidery of the Miao ethnic group, teaches her daughter Zhang Yanmei to embroider in Taijiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 30, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO EMBROIDERER-ETHNIC INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (CN)

(230724) -- GUIYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Women of Miao ethnic group are pictured during a parade in Taijiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 25, 2021. TO GO WITH "Across China: Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participate in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participate in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Photo by Zhang Hui/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participate in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participate in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Photo by Zhang Hui/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participate in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participate in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-CUSTOM-"TIAOYUE" (CN)

(230129) -- LONGLI, Jan. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl of Miao ethnic group in traditional costumes participates in an activity called "Tiaoyue" in Zhongpai Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 29, 2023. "Tiaoyue", literally meaning dancing in the moonlight, originated from an ancient custom traditionally practiced for auspiciousness praying and new year celebration among the Miao ethnic group, is also an occasion for the youth to express love and find prospective mates. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows Pan Xuefei (R) having dinner at Liduanfen Middle School in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022 (up); and Pan Xuefei (2nd L) having dinner at Dadai Elementary School in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 24, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education h

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Long Bin (L) of Dadai Elementary School helps Pan Xuefei with her homework in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 25, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefe

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei makes the bed at her dormitory at Liduanfen Middle School in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other children in the village, got the opportunity to study at a middle school in

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei (C) poses for a photo with her peers in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 25, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei waves goodbye to a teacher of Dadai Elementary School as she leaves for Guiyang in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 21, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows Pan Xuefei (front) arranging her new textbooks at Liduanfen Middle School in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022 (up); and Pan Xuefei heads for her peer's home to do homework in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 25, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' e

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Up: Liduanfen Middle School is pictured in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin). Middle: Dadai Elementary School is pictured in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 25, 2021(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin). Bottom: Dadai Elementary School before renovation is pictured in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 1, 2017. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living condit

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2021 shows Dadai Elementary School (L) in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nin

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei calls her mom using a telephone especially prepared for the students from villages at Liduanfen Middle School in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other children in the village,

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei does homework at home in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 25, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other children in th

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows Pan Xuefei attending a class at Liduanfen Middle School in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022 (up); and Pan Xuefei attending a class at Dadai Elementary School in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 24, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has a

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei (L) herds the cattle with her peers in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 20, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Teachers from Guiyang providing support to Dadai Elementary School see Pan Xuefei (2nd R) off in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 21, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei (L) does homework at Liduanfen Middle School in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other children in the village, got the opportunity to study at a middle school in the capital c

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei (R) learns spinning in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 20, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other children in the

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pan Xuefei (2nd L) goes back home after school in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 25, 2021. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living conditions as well as children's education. With the government's support, brand-new buildings have been built at local elementary schools and roads to and within the village have been paved. Girls' education has also received more attention from the government. Upon graduating from Dadai Elementary School in the fall of 2021, Pan Xuefei, together with nine other

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