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People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-GIANT BRONZE MASK (CN)

(220201) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discoverd at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The largest bronze mask unearthed from the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan met the public at Monday's Spring Festival TV Gala.The mask measures 131 cm wide, 71 cm tall and 66 cm deep, and weighs 65.5 kg, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. (Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum/Handout via Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-GIANT BRONZE MASK (CN)

(220201) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a bronze mask discovered at the No. 3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province (top, photo taken on Sept. 3, 2021 by Wang Xi), and the repaird bronze mask (bottom, file photo provided by Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum). The largest bronze mask unearthed from the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan met the public at Monday's Spring Festival TV Gala.The mask measures 131 cm wide, 71 cm tall and 66 cm deep, and weighs 65.5 kg, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-GIANT BRONZE MASK (CN)

(220201) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discoverd at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The largest bronze mask unearthed from the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan met the public at Monday's Spring Festival TV Gala.The mask measures 131 cm wide, 71 cm tall and 66 cm deep, and weighs 65.5 kg, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. (Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum/Handout via Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-GIANT BRONZE MASK (CN)

(220201) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discoverd at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The largest bronze mask unearthed from the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan met the public at Monday's Spring Festival TV Gala.The mask measures 131 cm wide, 71 cm tall and 66 cm deep, and weighs 65.5 kg, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. (National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)

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People crowd Kyoto on eve of Gion festival

KYOTO, Japan - People crowd the streets of Kyoto on July 16 on the eve of the annual ''Gion Matsuri (festival)''. The festival has its origin in 869, when 66 tall ''hoko (spears)'' representing the provinces of Japan were erected and prayers offered to counter an epidemic that had swept the city.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.

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Gion Matsuri reaches high point with Yamaboko

KYOTO, Japan - The Gion Festival, sponsored by Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, reaches a high point on July 17 with a parade of Yamaboko (mountain spear) floats. The festival dates back to 869, when 66 tall spears were erected in the Imperial Park to fight a nationwide epidemic. The photo shows the Naginataboko (halberd spear) float leading the parade, which starts from the Shijyokarasuma section of the old Japanese capital.