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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists are pictured at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 21, 2023. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2023 shows part of buildings at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Statues are pictured at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 21, 2023. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 21, 2023. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows part of buildings at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists watch performance at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 22, 2023. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023 shows a view of the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-QILOU OLD STREET-TOURISM (CN)

(230827) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023 shows some details in buildings at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Qilou, or arcaded house, refers to a building with a frontage arcade on its ground floor that allows pedestrians to pass through. Haikou boasts the largest and best-preserved Qilou compound in China, which was included by the state authorities in the country's first list of historic streets in 2009. Most Qilou in the city were built in early 1900s by returned overseas Chinese with ideas borrowed from architecture of the Southeast Asia where they used to live. This compound of unique building style has turned into a major tourist attraction in Haikou. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

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Creative seaside activities boost tourism in China's Tianjin

STORY: Creative seaside activities boost tourism in China's Tianjin DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tianjin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO WEI, Dongjiang vintage car exhibition center 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MR LI, Tourist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MRS HAI, Tourist 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): XU FEI, Deputy manager of Dongjiang Bay Beach scenic spot STORYLINE: With more than 150 kilometers of coastline, Tianjin, a coastal city in northern China, has become a popular destination for people from Beijing and surrounding areas to enjoy the sea. Since the beginning of this year, marine tourism in Tianjin has been booming. About two kilometers from the coastline, a vintage car exhibition center has become a popular tourist destination during the summer vacation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO WEI, Dongjiang vintage car exhibition center "We display 18 classic cars from the early 1900s until the 1960s. Instead of simply showing the cars, we

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Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media

HSIYU, Taiwan - An ammunition dump built by the colonialist Japanese on Hsiyu, or Fisher Island, in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago in the early 1900s was opened to Kyodo News on July 25, 2011.

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Restored Black Madonna statue returns to Yamagata church

TSURUOKA, Japan - A Catholic worshipper offers flowers to the renovated image of the Virgin Mary at the Tsuruoka Catholic Church in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on April 4. The Black Madonna statue, a gift from France in the early 1900s, was returned to the church earlier in the day after undergoing extensive restoration work at Tohoku University of Art and Design.

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Commemorative train marks Tsuruga port's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - Well-wishers see off a commemorative train leaving Tokyo's Shinagawa Station on July 17 for Tsuruga port in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The train marks a railway service linking Asia and Europe in the early 1900s and celebrate the port's centennial.

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THE ENTRANCE TO HALE'S TOURS, AN EARLY FORM OF CINEMA SHOW.

THE ENTRANCE TO HALE'S TOURS, AN EARLY FORM OF CINEMA SHOW. THE FILM WAS TAKEN WITH A CAMERA ON THE OBSERVATION CAR OF A TRAIN, WITH THE CINEMA A LONG NARROW ROOM LIKE A CARRIAGE, THE SCREEN TAKING THE PLACE OF THE OBSERVATION PLATFORM HALE'S TOURS [1900s - 1910s] THE ENTRANCE TO HALE'S TOURS, AN EARLY FORM OF CINEMA SHOW. THE FILM WAS TAKEN WITH A CAMERA ON THE OBSERVATION CAR OF A TRAIN, WITH THE CINEMA A LONG NARROW ROOM LIKE A CARRIAGE, THE SCREEN TAKING THE PLACE OF THE OBSERVATION PLATFORM

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Restored Black Madonna statue returns to Yamagata church

TSURUOKA, Japan - A Catholic worshipper offers flowers to the renovated image of the Virgin Mary at the Tsuruoka Catholic Church in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, on April 4. The Black Madonna statue, a gift from France in the early 1900s, was returned to the church earlier in the day after undergoing extensive restoration work at Tohoku University of Art and Design. (Kyodo)

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Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media

HSIYU, Taiwan - An ammunition dump built by the colonialist Japanese on Hsiyu, or Fisher Island, in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago in the early 1900s was opened to Kyodo News on July 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Commemorative train marks Tsuruga port's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - Well-wishers see off a commemorative train leaving Tokyo's Shinagawa Station on July 17 for Tsuruga port in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The train marks a railway service linking Asia and Europe in the early 1900s and celebrate the port's centennial.