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| Bright Buddhist display: Lamas from the Labrang Monastery unveil a curtain covering a thangka in a ritual in Xiahe county, Gansu province, on Feb 9. Labrang Monastery is one of six prestigious institutes of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The annual thangka display is part of a traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayer for a good year. Chen Bin / Xinhua |
| Back to the grind: Passengers arrive at Suzhou Railway Station in Jiangsu province on Feb 12. A large number of people returned from their hometowns to the cities in which they work after the Lantern Festival, which fell on Feb 11 and marked the end of the Spring Festival holiday. Hang Xingwei / Xinhua |
| Wedding celebration: Dancers entertain guests ahead of a wedding banquet in Sinan county, Guizhou province, on Feb 4. Kang Taisen / For China Daily |
| Sartorial splendor: Colorfully dressed women participate in a competition featuring traditional clothes in Yongren county, Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, on Feb 11. The annual festival falls on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar and has been observed for more than 1,300 years. Li Jinhong / For China Daily |
| Tying The knot: Briton Peter James Disbury, 52, kisses his Filipina wife, Leizle Gomed Jison, 34, after they registered to marry on Feb 14 at the Civil Affairs Bureau of Chaoyang district in Beijing. The pair, who work in Beijing, were married on Valentine's Day. Zou Hong / China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 02/17/2017 page5)
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