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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023 shows salt fields in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager works at a salt field in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2023. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers work at a salt field in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2023. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager promotes salt produced by her family to a tourist near a salt field in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2023. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers work at a salt field in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2023. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023 shows salt fields in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-QAMDO-MARKAM-SALT FIELD (CN)

(231022) -- QAMDO, Oct. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023 shows salt fields in Naxi Ethnic Township of Markam County in the city of Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Markam County is known as a place with rich salt resources since ancient China. Salt fields are mainly built on cliff slopes and riversides of the Lancang River. Local people in Naxi evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). With a large amount of yearly output of salt products, salt-production has become a main income for local people. Furthermore, the salt fields here and local folk customs also become a unique attraction to visitors. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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Osaka to have sheep weed riversides

IZUMI, Japan - Osaka Gov. Fusae Ota (C) prepares to feed two sheep in a ceremony to launch a prefectural project to have sheep weed riversides on Aug. 26 in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture. Weeding by sheep is less costly than by using manpower and it also makes people refrain from throwing garbage on the river banks, according to prefectural officials.