Chinese Relief Goods Arrive in New DelhiA special Chinese cargo plane with relief goods arrived here at the Indira Gandhi International Airport Sunday afternoon, expressing the great sympathy of the Chinese government and people towards the people suffering from the Gujarat earthquake in India. |  |
Drive away Evil and Uphold Right, Consolidate HealthThree women dance on the square in front of the Zhengzhou Stadium, Central China's Henan Province. The place used to be a venue for Falun Gong cult practationers. The four Chinese characters in the background read:"drive away evil and uphold right".[ |  |
Forbidden City of Beijing in the Heavy Snow A heavy snow covered Beijing on Beginning of Spring and the Forbidden City looked like the fairyland. |  |
Ancient Tuned Bells and Stones to Chime Again An archaeologist restores a damaged ancient chime bell in Ji'nan, capital of East China's Shandong Province, Sunday Feb.4, 2001. A total of 107 tuned stone tablets which fall into 6 chimes, and one other chime of 19 tuned bells have been restored after their excavation last year from the Luozhuang ancient tomb dated to the Han Dynasty (206B.C.-A.D.220) in Zhangqiu of this province. A series of televised concerts with these percussion instruments are to be held starting on the Lantern Festival which falls on Feb.7. |  |
Grass-Root Publicity Campaigns Staged in Chongqing Citizens look through publicity materials at a street campaign against Falun Gong Cult in Chongqing Saturday Feb.3, 2001. Grass-root publicity campaigns have been mobilized against the Cult in the city. |  |
Migrant Workers Return to Guangdong After Spring Festival Leave Migrant workers walk out of the railway station in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, Saturday Feb.3, 2001. About one million migrant workers have returned from their Spring Festival leave at home back to the province in the past three days, and an estimated 4 million more are expected. |  |
Fresh Flowers Keep Popular during Spring Festival A flower grower waters tulips in a greenhouse in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong Province, Saturday Feb.3, 2001. A total of 300,000 pots of fresh flowers have been sold or ordered for during the ongoing Spring Festival. Large consumption of fresh flowers is pronounced nationwide in celebrating the Spring Festival this year. |  |
Lantern Fair Held in Shanghai to Welcome Lantern Festival A snake-shaped lantern shines against the background of a Chinese ancient-style building at a lantern fair held in downtown Shanghai Sunday, Feb.4, 2001, as the Lantern Festival turns the corner. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb.7, or the 15th of the first lunar month, is an occasion for lantern variety shows. |  |
Lantern Fair Held in Shanghai to Welcome Lantern Festival A snake-shaped lantern shines against the background of a Chinese ancient-style building at a lantern fair held in downtown Shanghai Sunday, Feb.4, 2001, as the Lantern Festival turns the corner. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb.7, or the 15th of the first lunar month, is an occasion for lantern variety shows. |  |
Dragon Dance Contest Held in Zhengzhou Villagers from the Guangwu Township of Xingyang city perform a dragon dance on a chain of benches at a dragon dance contest at the Lucheng square in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan Province, Sunday Feb.4, 2001. Over 20 folk dragon teams from the province took part in the contest in a biting cold. |  |
Rhesus Monkeys Attract Festival Visitors in Guiyang A total of 500 rhesus monkeys living at the Qianling Park in Guiyang , capital of Southwest China's Guizhou Province, have attracted an average of 20,000 visitors daily during the Spring Festival. |  |
Relief Work Continues in India Hindus carry plastic sheets to be used in making tents in Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat on February 3, 2001. Local residents still live in makeshift shelters in fear of more aftershocks. At least 16,000 people have been reported dead in the earthquake which struck on Jan. 26. |  |
China's Relief Materials Flown to India A chartered Chinese cargo plane loads relief materials donated to the quake-stricken state Gujarat in India before taking off at Tianjin Haibin International Airport in Tianjin Sunday Feb.4, 2001. A total of 5 million yuan (about 600,000 U.S. dollars) worth of relief materials donated by China was flown to India. |  |
China's Relief Materials Flown to India A banner publicizing China's support to India's relief effort is show before the background cargo plane took off for India at Tianjin Haibin International Airport in Tianjin Sunday Feb.4, 2001. The chartered Chinese plane carried a total of 5 million yuan (about 600,000 U.S. dollars) worth of relief materials donated by China to India. |  |
Ancient Tuned Bells and Stones to Chime Again Archaeologists restore damaged ancient chime stone tablets in Ji'nan, capital of East China's Shandong Province, Sunday Feb.4, 2001. A total of 107 tuned stone tablets which fall into 6 chimes, and one other chime of 19 tuned bells have been restored after their excavation last year from the Luozhuang ancient tomb dated to the Han Dynasty (206B.C.-A.D.220) in Zhangqiu of this province. A series of televised concerts with these percussion instruments are to be held starting on the Lantern Festival which falls on Feb.7. |  |
Vacation Pupils Frequent Science Palace in Harbin A girl gives it a try on a rolling wheel apparatus designed to simulate the effect of space travelling at the Science Palace in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Saturday Feb.3, 2001. This science palace has been a place frequented by pupils and high school students during the ongoing winer vacation. |  |
