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Spring Festival celebration around China

(Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-14 20:05

 

Actors take part in a performance, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger.[Photo/Agencies]

 
 

Actors take part in a performance at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year.[Photo/Agencies]

 

An actor reacts to the cold as he waits to take part in a performance at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year.[Photo/Agencies]

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