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(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan arranges costumes used for "Dongbei Dagu" performance at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan prepares for "Dongbei Dagu" performance at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show via livestreaming at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan arranges accessories used for "Dongbei Dagu" performance at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan plays sanxian, a three-stringed instrument, at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show via livestreaming at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this aerial drone photo, Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan wears earrings at home in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a shopping mall in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 1, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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CHINA-LIAONING-YINGKOU-DONGBEI DAGU-INHERITOR (CN)

(240204) -- YINGKOU, Feb. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yanjuan stages a "Dongbei Dagu" show at a folk custom fair in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 2, 2024. "Dongbei Dagu," a folk art of drum music and recitative, is listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Wang Yanjuan, an inheritor of the folk art, performed three hours at a folk custom fair in Bayuquan District of Yingkou City during Chinese Xiaonian Festival. The festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, fell on Feb. 2 this year in northern China. Deeply influenced by her father since childhood, Wang has devoted herself to passing on the cultural heritage of "Dongbei Dagu" by cherishing the traditions and tapping the innovative potentials. To better promote the art, Wang has performed where she is needed full of enthusiasm, including fields, stages, schools and shopping malls. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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Folk art performances held in Beijing's community to welcome Spring Festival

STORY: Folk art performances held in Beijing's community to welcome Spring Festival SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of folk art performances 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO ZIJIE, Local resident 3. various of folk art performances STORYLINE: A temple fair was held in Beijing's Dongcheng District to celebrate the Chinese Xiaonian festival, also known as the Little New Year or the Kitchen God Day, on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO ZIJIE, Local resident "I saw lion dances, Huaban (a folk art form) performances, and Pingju opera performances. I feel that this event is full of traditional atmospheres. Wish everyone a happy Spring Festival!" This year's Xiaonian falls on Feb. 2. The festival is considered to be the prologue of the Spring Festival starting from which people begin to prepare for the Lunar New Year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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Overseas students celebrate traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival in N China

STORY: Overseas students celebrate traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival in N China SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: CANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of overseas student participating the celebration event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): YISHANI, Sri Lankan student 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TUSHAR, Indian student 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PENG ZHIQING, Director of Teaching Division, Cangzhou Central Hospital STORYLINE: Chinese Xiaonian Festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, falls on Feb 2 this year. Ten international students from Sri Lanka, Canada, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh and other countries celebrated the traditional Chinese festival in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province on Friday. Usually a week before the Lunar New Year, the festival is considered to be the prologue of the Spring Festival The Chinese usually start to make preparations for the Spring Festival on this day. The students joined their teachers in making d

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CHINA-FUXING BULLET TRAIN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230114) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A passenger plays a quiz game on the Fuxing bullet train G2457, which travels from Beijing to Hohhot, on Jan. 14, 2023. The traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday in north China. Stewards and members of the Ulan Muqir troupe presented gifts to passengers and performed on the train to mark the Xiaonian festival. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-FUXING BULLET TRAIN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230114) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 14, 2023 shows paper-cutting decorations on the Fuxing bullet train G2457, which travels from Beijing to Hohhot, at Hohhot East Railway Station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday in north China. Stewards and members of the Ulan Muqir troupe presented gifts to passengers and performed on the train to mark the Xiaonian festival. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-FUXING BULLET TRAIN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230114) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the Ulan Muqir troupe dances on the Fuxing bullet train G2457, which travels from Beijing to Hohhot, on Jan. 14, 2023. The traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday in north China. Stewards and members of the Ulan Muqir troupe presented gifts to passengers and performed on the train to mark the Xiaonian festival. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-FUXING BULLET TRAIN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230114) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A stewardess presents couplets to a passenger on the Fuxing bullet train G2457, which travels from Beijing to Hohhot, on Jan. 14, 2023. The traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday in north China. Stewards and members of the Ulan Muqir troupe presented gifts to passengers and performed on the train to mark the Xiaonian festival. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-FUXING BULLET TRAIN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230114) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A stewardess interacts with a passenger on the Fuxing bullet train G2457, which travels from Beijing to Hohhot, on Jan. 14, 2023. The traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday in north China. Stewards and members of the Ulan Muqir troupe presented gifts to passengers and performed on the train to mark the Xiaonian festival. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-FUXING BULLET TRAIN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL (CN)

(230114) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Stewardesses adjust paper-cutting decorations on the Fuxing bullet train G2457, which travels from Beijing to Hohhot, at Hohhot East Railway Station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Jan. 14, 2023. The traditional Chinese Xiaonian festival, marking the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday in north China. Stewards and members of the Ulan Muqir troupe presented gifts to passengers and performed on the train to mark the Xiaonian festival. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL-OPEN-AIR MARKET (CN)

(230114) -- YAN'AN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy snacks at an open-air market in Qinghuabian Town of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 14, 2023. Residents of Qinghuabian Town visited an open-air market on the day of Xiaonian Festival. Celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiaonian marks the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL-OPEN-AIR MARKET (CN)

(230114) -- YAN'AN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man buys Spring Festival decorations at an open-air market in Qinghuabian Town of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 14, 2023. Residents of Qinghuabian Town visited an open-air market on the day of Xiaonian Festival. Celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiaonian marks the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL-OPEN-AIR MARKET (CN)

(230114) -- YAN'AN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy candies at an open-air market in Qinghuabian Town of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 14, 2023. Residents of Qinghuabian Town visited an open-air market on the day of Xiaonian Festival. Celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiaonian marks the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL-OPEN-AIR MARKET (CN)

(230114) -- YAN'AN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman buys cloth at an open-air market in Qinghuabian Town of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 14, 2023. Residents of Qinghuabian Town visited an open-air market on the day of Xiaonian Festival. Celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiaonian marks the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL-OPEN-AIR MARKET (CN)

(230114) -- YAN'AN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman buys cloth at an open-air market in Qinghuabian Town of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 14, 2023. Residents of Qinghuabian Town visited an open-air market on the day of Xiaonian Festival. Celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiaonian marks the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-YAN'AN-XIAONIAN FESTIVAL-OPEN-AIR MARKET (CN)

(230114) -- YAN'AN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy condiments at an open-air market in Qinghuabian Town of Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 14, 2023. Residents of Qinghuabian Town visited an open-air market on the day of Xiaonian Festival. Celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar, Xiaonian marks the start of the countdown to Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)