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| Spinning a record: A total of 331 women were thought to have set a new Guinness World Record on April 5 by simultaneously using spinning wheels to make thread. The event, held at a school in Wangmo county in the Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province, included women between ages 40 and 88. Zhang Hui / Xinhua |
| Tree painting: Tourists pose with painted pandas at Wanfo Lake in Shucheng county, Anhui province, on April 3. Artists have painted animals like tigers, snakes and pandas in accordance with the trees' features. Tao Ming / Xinhua |
| Tea time: A dragon dance is performed in Miaoshan, a village in Miaoxi, Zhejiang province, on April 5 to celebrate the beginning of the tea harvest season. Miaoxi produces more than 200,000 kilograms of tea leaves every year. Xu Yu / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 04/07/2017 page5)
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