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(230724) -- YUEYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Zou Yeai (L), a member of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the CAS, collects sedge samples with students in the east Dongting Lake nature reserve, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2023. Xie Yonghong is the head of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Researchers conduct studies on the ecosystem of the Dongting Lake wetland in this station, which was founded in 2009. Xie Yonghong has played an important role during the establishment of this station since its preparation phase in 2007. Since 2009, Xie Yonghong and his team have taken root in the Dongting Lake wetland and committed to maintaining the local ecological balance and biodiversity for more than a decade. From the age of 36 to 50, Xie Yonghong has gradually become a scientific researcher focusing on scientific researches providing support for economic and social development and led other team me

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CHINA-HUNAN-DONGTING LAKE-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230724) -- YUEYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Doctor Zou Yeai (L), a member of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the CAS, collects sedge samples with students in the east Dongting Lake nature reserve, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2023. Xie Yonghong is the head of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Researchers conduct studies on the ecosystem of the Dongting Lake wetland in this station, which was founded in 2009. Xie Yonghong has played an important role during the establishment of this station since its preparation phase in 2007. Since 2009, Xie Yonghong and his team have taken root in the Dongting Lake wetland and committed to maintaining the local ecological balance and biodiversity for more than a decade. From the age of 36 to 50, Xie Yonghong has gradually become a scientific researcher focusing on scientific researches providing support for economic and social development and led other team me

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CHINA-HUNAN-DONGTING LAKE-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230724) -- YUEYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Researchers measure weight of sedge samples at the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the CAS in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2023. Xie Yonghong is the head of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Researchers conduct studies on the ecosystem of the Dongting Lake wetland in this station, which was founded in 2009. Xie Yonghong has played an important role during the establishment of this station since its preparation phase in 2007. Since 2009, Xie Yonghong and his team have taken root in the Dongting Lake wetland and committed to maintaining the local ecological balance and biodiversity for more than a decade. From the age of 36 to 50, Xie Yonghong has gradually become a scientific researcher focusing on scientific researches providing support for economic and social development and led other team members to withstand challenges and guard the Dongting L

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CHINA-HUNAN-DONGTING LAKE-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230724) -- YUEYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the CAS records the condition of sedge samples in the east Dongting Lake nature reserve, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2023. Xie Yonghong is the head of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Researchers conduct studies on the ecosystem of the Dongting Lake wetland in this station, which was founded in 2009. Xie Yonghong has played an important role during the establishment of this station since its preparation phase in 2007. Since 2009, Xie Yonghong and his team have taken root in the Dongting Lake wetland and committed to maintaining the local ecological balance and biodiversity for more than a decade. From the age of 36 to 50, Xie Yonghong has gradually become a scientific researcher focusing on scientific researches providing support for economic and social development and led other team members to withstand c

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Yamagata women perform local dance in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Women from Yamagata Prefecture, promoting the prefecture's folk songs, perform a traditional floral sedge-hat dance at a Brooklyn's botanical garden in New York on April 27.

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Awa-odori dance festival begins in Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa-odori dance festival starts in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 12. During the four days through Aug. 15, the city is gripped by Awa-odori fever. Photo shows women wearing ''yukata'' (cotton kimono for summer) and ''sugegasa'' (sedge hats) performing on the city's street.

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The five-story pagoda,Toshogu Shrine,Nikko

The five-story pagoda of Nikko Toshogu is at the left rear of the Ichino torii. The red-painted pagoda is done in Chinese style at the fifth story, but the other stories are done in Japanese style. The twelve horary signs are carved under the roof of the first floor. The Gochi Nyorai is placed inside the pagoda. A man wearing a sedge hat and a man carrying his hat on his back pass by.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐4‐0]

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Rice planting

Four women line up to plant rice with their backs toward the camera. The second woman from the left wears a sedge hat while the others wear towels over their heads.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐39‐0]

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A couple baby-sitting their children

A family is going somewhere with a child in the front basket and baggage in the back. The father is wearing gaiters and a sedge hat for protection from the sun. The mother has a hand towel on her head, and she is holding up the bottom part of her kimono.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐59‐0]

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Women holding umbrellas

Girls with beautiful kimono are standing with bangasa umbrellas. A large tree is visible in the background. Bangasa umbrellas became popular among the common people during the Edo Period and were used widely. Prior to the late-18th century, straw raincoats and sedge hats were used for protection from the rain.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐76‐0]

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Rice planting

Ten men and women plant rice in several groups. Many women wear towels over their hair in Anesama style. Some wear sedge hats. The same photo as that numbered 18-27.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number43‐4‐0]

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The Blood Falls at Mt. Asama

A fall in Mt. Asama on the borders of Tsumagoi-mura of Agatsuma-gun in Gunma prefecture and Karuizawa of Kitasaku-gun in Nagano prefecture. In the caption, the meaning of the name of the fall is explained in English. A man wearing a Sando sedge watching the fall with his back to the camera and a monk who leads an ascetic life in the mountains wearing a headpiece scarf can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐50‐0]

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Shinto priests

The priests are holding a big sedge and shaku at the foot of the stairs of a shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐3‐0]

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Hozu River

Hozugawa kudari (going downstream on the river Hozu) is a 16 km downstream course from Nishizume to the Togetsu Bridge. Originally this route was used to transport lumber from Tanba in the form of rafts but was frought with difficulty due to the rapids and exposed rocks. Sumikura Ryoi made transportation by shallow boats possible in 1606 by removing the greater rocks.From the end of the Meiji to the Taisho era, the Hozugawa downstream course was popularized for tourism, and former workers on the lumber rafts became boatmen. In the photo, the boatman is wearing a sedge hat and holding the helm at the rear of the boat.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐38‐0]

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Yamagata women perform local dance in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Women from Yamagata Prefecture, promoting the prefecture's folk songs, perform a traditional floral sedge-hat dance at a Brooklyn's botanical garden in New York on April 27.

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Awa-odori dance festival begins in Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa-odori dance festival starts in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 12. During the four days through Aug. 15, the city is gripped by Awa-odori fever. Photo shows women wearing ''yukata'' (cotton kimono for summer) and ''sugegasa'' (sedge hats) performing on the city's street.