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| COOLING OFF: People gather at a water park to escape the summer heat in Chongqing, Sichuan province. Temperatures in the city reached 37 C on July 16. Wang Quanchao / Xinhua |
| CULTURE ON DISPLAY: The Gannan Shambhala Tourism Festival began at Dangzhou Grassland in the Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu province, on July 17. Shambhala, thought to have inspired Shangri-La, is a mythical paradise in the Tibetan language. The festival aims to display the unique folk customs and culture of the Tibetan ethnic group in Gansu. Chen Bin / Xinhua |
| ETHNIC DANCE: People of the Yi ethnic group dance in traditional costumes during the Liangshan Torch Festival in the Yi autonomous prefecture of Liangshan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on July 17. The festival is the traditional holiday of the ethnic group. Xue Yubin / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 07/21/2017 page5)
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