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Villagers busy making lanterns for Spring Festival

2011-12-28 10:26:31 GMT2011-12-28 18:26:31(Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

Villagers makes Chinese lanterns in Yaxi Village of Xianju County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 27, 2011. As the Spring Festival drew near, workers in the famous chinese lantern market Yaxi Village were busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. The village has more than 500 people of 201 families and half of them lived on lantern making. In 2011, Yaxi Village has produced more than 3 million lanterns, worthing 35 million RMB yuan (about 5.5 million US dollar).(Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Villagers makes Chinese lanterns in Yaxi Village of Xianju County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 27, 2011. As the Spring Festival drew near, workers in the famous chinese lantern market Yaxi Village were busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. The village has more than 500 people of 201 families and half of them lived on lantern making. In 2011, Yaxi Village has produced more than 3 million lanterns, worthing 35 million RMB yuan (about 5.5 million US dollar).(Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Villagers makes Chinese lanterns in Yaxi Village of Xianju County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 27, 2011. As the Spring Festival drew near, workers in the famous chinese lantern market Yaxi Village were busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. The village has more than 500 people of 201 families and half of them lived on lantern making. In 2011, Yaxi Village has produced more than 3 million lanterns, worthing 35 million RMB yuan (about 5.5 million US dollar).(Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Villagers makes Chinese lanterns in Yaxi Village of Xianju County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 27, 2011. As the Spring Festival drew near, workers in the famous chinese lantern market Yaxi Village were busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. The village has more than 500 people of 201 families and half of them lived on lantern making. In 2011, Yaxi Village has produced more than 3 million lanterns, worthing 35 million RMB yuan (about 5.5 million US dollar).(Xinhua/Xu Yu)

As the Spring Festival drew near, workers in the famous chinese lantern market Yaxi Village were busy making lanterns, a traditional decoration for Spring Festival in China. The village has more than 500 people of 201 families and half of them lived on lantern making. In 2011, Yaxi Village has produced more than 3 million lanterns, worthing 35 million RMB yuan (about 5.5 million US dollar).

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