XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iranian puppeteer Fahimeh Barotchi (R) reacts as Chen Daigong, puppeteer and inheritor of a local Chinese puppet performing art, demonstrates at a puppet art preservation center in Jinjiang of Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 11, 2023. Puppet artists from 12 countries are invited to Quanzhou, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, to give puppet performances and communicate with local puppet artists. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

(231212) -- QUANZHOU, Dec. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iranian puppeteer Fahimeh Barotchi (R) gives instructions as Chen Daigong, puppeteer and inheritor of a local Chinese puppet performing art, learns to play at a puppet art preservation center in Jinjiang of Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 11, 2023. Puppet artists from 12 countries are invited to Quanzhou, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, to give puppet performances and communicate with local puppet artists. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

(231212) -- QUANZHOU, Dec. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iranian puppeteer Fahimeh Barotchi (R) reacts as Chen Daigong, puppeteer and inheritor of a local Chinese puppet performing art, demonstrates at a puppet art preservation center in Jinjiang of Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 11, 2023. Puppet artists from 12 countries are invited to Quanzhou, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, to give puppet performances and communicate with local puppet artists. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

(231212) -- QUANZHOU, Dec. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iranian puppeteer Fahimeh Barotchi (1st L) tries a traditional Chinese puppet art at a puppet art preservation center in Jinjiang of Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 11, 2023. Puppet artists from 12 countries are invited to Quanzhou, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, to give puppet performances and communicate with local puppet artists. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-QUANZHOU-PUPPET ARTISTS (CN)

(231212) -- QUANZHOU, Dec. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Iranian puppeteer Fahimeh Barotchi gives a performance at a puppet art preservation center in Jinjiang of Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 11, 2023. Puppet artists from 12 countries are invited to Quanzhou, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, to give puppet performances and communicate with local puppet artists. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)