Snapshots
| Traditional free lunch: Local residents receive free Laba porridge at Beijing's Yonghe Lama Temple on Jan 27. The Laba Festival is celebrated on the eighth day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar and is an important traditional festival. Zhang Wei / China Daily |
| Let them eat porridge: Ring-tailed lemurs eat Laba porridge made of corn, carrots, apples and grapes at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Shandong province on Jan 27. Yu Fangping / China Daily |
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In living color: A live model becomes part of a mural painted by Belgian multidisciplinary artist Ben Henine. The mural, part of an exhibition in Hong Kong, is called "From Cocoa to Choco: Taking You Through the Journey of Love". The exhibition runs until March 1. Tyrone Siu / Reuters |
| Camouflage entourage: Paramilitary police officers enjoy a lighthearted moment in front of the mirror during a Chinese opera event as part of festivities leading up to Chinese New Year in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. Chinese New Year festivities, also called Spring Festival, begin Feb 19. Xu Yijia / China Daily |
| While you were sleeping: French artist Julien Malland, also known as Seth, and Chinese artists recently created more than 10 works of graffiti on the walls of houses being demolished in Shanghai. This one is accompanied by the lines written by Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) poet Meng Haoran, "Wind and rain sounded through the night, how many flowers fell during the storm?" Most of the murals were destroyed by authorities, who cited safety concerns after they attracted groups of admirers. Gao Erqiang / China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 01/30/2015 page5)
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