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Updated: 2006-05-23 16:44

Red China
Red is a very popular color in China. Whenever there is good news or festivals, people surround themselves with red. People wear red clothes, or decorate their homes with red colors. Red color has already become an essential part of Chinese people's lives. Red carries the meaning of prosperity, good luck and happiness in China. What¡¯s more, national flag and national emblem as well as other things representative of China are associated with red. It is without doubt that China well deserves the title of "Red China". [Photo By Guo Jingshe]


In February 2005, People in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province beat drums, surrounded by red colours.

 


In October 2005, people in Beijing hang Chinese flags up and down the streets to celebrate National Day.

 


A monk poses outside a Buddhist temple in September 2005 in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.

 


A house in a village in Shaanxi Province is decorated in red upon Spring Festival.

 


Migrant workers in Shanxi Province head home upon Spring Festival in February 2005.

 


An ethnic minority girl in Southwest China's Guizhou Province cuts paper for decoration in September 2004.

 


In September 2004, an ethnic minority girl in Southwest China's Guizhou Province cuts papers for decoration.

 


Girls in Dujun, Guizhou Province, are busy picking tea leaves in April 2004.

 


A wedding couple from a village in Shanxi Province pose to have their wedding pictures taken in December 2005.


A villager in North China's Hebei Province makes a string of candied haws in January 2006.