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Ancient city in festive air

2010-02-07 10:00:11 GMT2010-02-07 18:00:11 (Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2010 shows a street of Pingyao at night, north China's Shanxi Province. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the World Heritage Site Pingyao is in a festive air, with red lanterns and paper cuts seen everywhere in yards and inns. During the promotion of "Chinese Spring Festival in Pingyao", the ancient city will embrace a great number of visitors from home and abroad with various traditional folk performances. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Toursits walk on a street in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 6, 2010. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the World Heritage Site Pingyao is in a festive air, with red lanterns and paper cuts seen everywhere in yards and inns. During the promotion of "Chinese Spring Festival in Pingyao", the ancient city will embrace a great number of visitors from home and abroad with various traditional folk performances. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2010 shows the south gate of Pingyao at night, north China's Shanxi Province. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the World Heritage Site Pingyao is in a festive air, with red lanterns and paper cuts seen everywhere in yards and inns. During the promotion of "Chinese Spring Festival in Pingyao", the ancient city will embrace a great number of visitors from home and abroad with various traditional folk performances. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2010 shows a street of Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the World Heritage Site Pingyao is in a festive air, with red lanterns and paper cuts seen everywhere in yards and inns. During the promotion of "Chinese Spring Festival in Pingyao", the ancient city will embrace a great number of visitors from home and abroad with various traditional folk performances. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

A girl cleans the window at an inn in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 6, 2010. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the World Heritage Site Pingyao is in a festive air, with red lanterns and paper cuts seen everywhere in yards and inns. During the promotion of "Chinese Spring Festival in Pingyao", the ancient city will embrace a great number of visitors from home and abroad with various traditional folk performances. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the World Heritage Site Pingyao is in a festive air, with red lanterns and paper cuts seen everywhere in yards and inns. During the promotion of "Chinese Spring Festival in Pingyao", the ancient city will embrace a great number of visitors from home and abroad with various traditional folk performances.

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