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Dragon Boat Festival Across China

An aerial drone photo shows locals rowing dragon boats in Zhenyuan ancient town in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 31, 2025. Zhenyuan boasts a 22-century-long tradition of dragon boat races, and the county is also well noted for the large sizes and intricate decorations of its dragon boats. The dragon boat racing in Zhenyuan was inscribed in the third batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list in 2011. Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It is celebrated on May 31 this year. Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shibing Dragon Lantern Dance - China

A drone photo taken on Feb. 6, 2025 shows people gathering to watch a "dragon eye dotting" ceremony in Shibing County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. "Shibing dragon lantern", a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Guizhou, is a festive dragon lantern dance in Shibing County and featured by the fantastic performance amid fireworks. In recent years, the dragon lantern parade has become a cultural icon of Shibing, attracting numerous tourists during holidays. Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Liuyueliu Ethnic Festival - China

People prepare to take part in the celebration of "Liuyueliu", an ethnic festival, in Jianhe County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 13, 2024. The annual celebration of the ethnic festival "Liuyueliu" lasts from July 11 to 14 here in Jianhe County. A series of cultural activities have been held during the celebration. Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#(GloriousGuizhou) CHINA-GUIZHOU-LIUYUELIU-ETHNIC FESTIVAL (CN)

(240713) -- JIANHE, July 13, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People prepare to take part in the celebration of "Liuyueliu", an ethnic festival, in Jianhe County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 13, 2024. The annual celebration of the ethnic festival "Liuyueliu" lasts from July 11 to 14 here in Jianhe County. A series of cultural activities have been held during the celebration. (Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240601) -- BEIJING, June 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, checks on painted pottery works outside the kiln in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Fu Tian)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240601) -- BEIJING, June 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, checks on painted pottery works outside the kiln in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. (Xinhua/Fu Tian)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, checks on painted pottery works outside the kiln in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cult

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Lu Qunshan, a national inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, introduces painted pottery works at Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, w

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Xing Shuqin, a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, shows a tea pot made by herself at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for in

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Xing Hui (front), an engraver and painter of Jieshou painted pottery, demonstrates her techniques to children of a study tour at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displayi

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, shapes clay in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which makes the townsh

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Xing Shuqin (2nd L), a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, instructs students of a study tour on the engraving and painting of pottery at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xing Hui (front), an engraver and painter of Jieshou painted pottery, demonstrates her techniques at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and revivi

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Xing Hui (front), an engraver and painter of Jieshou painted pottery, demonstrates her techniques at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Lu Hua, a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, makes a painted pottery craft at Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Students learn about Jieshou painted pottery making at Fuyang Science and Engineering School in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, wh

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xing Shuqin (2nd L), a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, instructs students of a study tour on the engraving and painting of pottery at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for display

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xing Hui (front), an engraver and painter of Jieshou painted pottery, demonstrates her techniques to children of a study tour at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a ba

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, checks on painted pottery works outside the kiln in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Hua, a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, makes a painted pottery craft at Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which makes the township a

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students learn about Jieshou painted pottery making at Fuyang Science and Engineering School in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which makes the townshi

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xing Shuqin, a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, shows a tea pot made by herself at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, shapes clay in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which makes the township a popular destinat

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-PAINTED POTTERY (CN)

(240531) -- JIESHOU, May 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Lu Qunshan, a national inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, introduces painted pottery works at Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006. To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers. Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which makes the townsh

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240430) -- LEISHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on April 30, 2024 shows Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village in Leishan County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. As the May Day holiday is approaching, the village held many activities such as basketball match, costume show and song and dance performances to welcome tourists. (Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-VILLAGE-TOURISM (CN)

(240430) -- LEISHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists donning traditional ethnic attire take selfies at Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village in Leishan County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on April 30, 2024. As the May Day holiday is approaching, the village held many activities such as basketball match, costume show and song and dance performances to welcome tourists. (Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-CENGONG-HYBRID RICE PRODUCTION (CN)

(230408) -- CENGONG, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager sows at a hybrid rice seed production base in Tianma Town of Cengong County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 7, 2023. Cengong, with 47 years of hybrid rice seed production history, is a national level rice seed production county in China. Each year Cengong could provide over eight million kilos of rice seeds to the market, which effectively helps local residents to increase their income. (Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(220426) -- TAIJIANG, April 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers work at a rice seedling breeding base in Yangfang Village in Taijiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 26, 2022. Taijiang County has stepped up efforts on the provision of high-quality rice seedlings for farmers to ensure sound spring plowing activities. (Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-GUIZHOU-SPRING-FARMING (CN)

(220426) -- TAIJIANG, April 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 26, 2022 shows villagers working at a rice seedling breeding base in Yangfang Village in Taijiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Taijiang County has stepped up efforts on the provision of high-quality rice seedlings for farmers to ensure sound spring plowing activities. (Photo by Yu Tianying/Xinhua)