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People dance with a straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Bao Guanjin (L), an inheritor of straw-woven dragon craftsmanship, works with a villager to make a mini straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

An aerial drone photo taken on October 4, 2025 shows a straw-woven dragon performance at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

A drone photo taken on October 4, 2025 shows a scene during a straw-woven dragon performance at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Bao Guanjin (L), an inheritor of straw-woven dragon craftsmanship, makes a mini straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

People dance with a straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

Bao Guanjin (L), an inheritor of straw-woven dragon craftsmanship, works with a villager to check a finished straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Straw-Woven Dragon Performance - China

People dance with a straw-woven dragon at Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, October 4, 2025. As China's Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, villagers at Shuyuan Village highlights their celebration with the straw-woven dragon performance. Shuyuan's straw-woven dragon has been listed as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history spanning over three centuries. Once the date for a dragon performance is slated at the village, locals would spontaneously collect and contribute straws for weaving of the dragon - an omen for a bountiful harvest. The straw-woven dragon performance on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival has well blended cultural experience into sightseeing, which serves as a major tourist attraction this year. Photo by Fan Chengzhu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-LIAONING-FUXIN-AFFORESTATION (CN)

(240503) -- FUXIN, May 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Hou Gui (front) and his wife Li Shuyuan prepare for dinner in Zhangwu County of Fuxin City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2024. Hou Gui, over 70 years old, is a villager in Liujia Village of Sihecheng Town in Zhangwu County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Living at the southern edge of Horqin sandy land, Hou has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land over the past 20-plus years. Hou began afforesting in 2001. He raised funds, cultivated saplings suitable for growing in sandy land, dissuaded villagers from entering woods to graze, and keeps patrolling the woods twice a day. Over the years, Hou has witnessed the improvement of the ecological environment and the public's awareness of forest protection. A green barrier against wind and sand has been built on the southern edge of the Horqin sandy land. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese employee Liu Shuyuan (C) interprets for trainees during the first training courses for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, March 20, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A villager checks the straw-woven dragon ahead of the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A villager checks the straw-woven dragon ahead of the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-HUANGSHAN-LONGTAITOU DAY-CELEBRATION-STRAW-WOVEN DRAGON (CN)

(220304) -- HUANGSHAN, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers perform dragon dance with the straw-woven dragon to greet the Longtaitou Day in Shuyuan Village, Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. Straw-woven dragons with more than ten meters in length were handcrafted by local villagers for dragon-dance performance to greet the day of Longtaitou, which literally means "dragon raises head". Heralding the start of the spring plowing season, the Longtaitou Day, the second day of the second lunar month, falls on Friday this year. Villagers perform dragon dance to pray for harvest and auspiciousness. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)