China-Israel city wall photo exhibition kicks off in N. Israel

STORY: China-Israel city wall photo exhibition kicks off in N. Israel DATELINE: June 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the exhibition and visitors 3. various of the old city of Akko STORYLINE: A photo exhibition of city walls of the Chinese ancient capital Nanjing and the thousand-year-old Israeli city of Akko kicked off on Monday in the old city of Akko, northern Israel. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent "Here I'm in Akko, a port city in northern Israel with a history of thousands of years. Now photos of Nanjing, capital of six dynasties in ancient China, are being showed here." The exhibition, jointly organized by the China Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, the Municipality of Akko, and other bodies from both countries, demonstrates about 40 photos of Nanjing, the capital of six dynasties in ancient China, and Akko, one of the first historical sites in Israel selected as world c

Torii gates at Fushimi Shrine

Torii gates at Fushimi Shrine

The red Senbon Torii (one thousand gates) along the eastern approach to Fushimi Inari Taisha are viewed looking southeast. The approach starts at Kamigoden Hall on the east side of the shrine precincts and stretches in a southeasterly direction to the foot of Mt. Inari, Myobusha. There are many visitors. The man on the lower left may be a beggar. The marks on the torii gate indicate that this photograph was taken after February 1889, probably by British photographer H. G. Ponting.==Date:1904, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐36‐0]

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Fireworks are set off as five thousand ice candles burn during a lantern festival in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2019, in memory of the 36 people killed in a powerful earthquake the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Five thousand ice candles burn during a lantern festival in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2019, in memory of the 36 people killed in a powerful earthquake the previous year. ==Kyodo

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Fireworks are set off as five thousand ice candles burn during a lantern festival in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2019, in memory of the 36 people killed in a powerful earthquake the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Lantern festival in quake-hit Hokkaido town

Five thousand ice candles burn during a lantern festival in the town of Atsuma, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2019, in memory of the 36 people killed in a powerful earthquake the previous year. ==Kyodo