(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

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An aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows the scenery of the Sangke Grassland in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a camp at the Sangke Grassland in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Yu Lan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows the scenery of the Sangke Grassland in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Yu Lan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows the scenery of the Sangke Grassland in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a camp at the Sangke Grassland in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Ma Ning/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

(EcoChina)CHINA-GANSU-XIAHE-GRASSLAND-SUMMER (CN)

An aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a rape flower field at the Sangke Grassland in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo by Yu Lan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ox-cart racing held in Cambodia

STORY: Ox-cart racing held in Cambodia DATELINE: April 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:12 LOCATION: KAMPONG SPEU, Cambodia CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ox-cart racing 2. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): KHAT SOKHAY, Head of Kampong Speu Provincial Oxen Association STORYLINE: Villagers in the Rolaing Sangke village, some 46 km west of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, on Sunday hosted an ox-cart race event, a centuries-old tradition. At the annual event, contestants raced their ox-carts pulled by two oxen on an 800-meter-long track. It was held to mark the end of the rice harvesting season and the upcoming Khmer Lunar New Year, which will begin on April 14. SOUNDBITE (Khmer): KHAT SOKHAY, Head of Kampong Speu Provincial Oxen Association "Since the generation of my grandparents, I have always seen this tradition of ox-cart racing at the end of the rice harvesting season. Today, there are 38 pairs of oxen participating in the race. As this traditional sport is on the brink of disappearance, I'd like to appeal t