Snapshots
| Seven blessed years: A kaiguang ceremony, or formal blessing, for a statue of Qianshou Guanyin, or thousand-hand Bodhisattva, in Chongqing on Oct 31. After seven years of restoration work, the statue reopened to the public on June 13. More than 1 million pieces of gold foil were used in the project, the most extensive of at least four restorations it has undergone. Luo Guojia / For China Daily |
| Credible witness: A robot bridesmaid serves as a marriage witness in Tianjin on Nov 11. You Sihang / For China Daily |
| One happy hog: Zhang Xianping, a piggery owner in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, has given one of his charges a life reprieve because the 600-kilogram pig is said to be the first living pig in the village weighing more than 500 kg. Chen Xiaodong / For China Daily |
| Show starter: Elephants put on a show at the opening ceremony of the China International Circus Festival at Hengqin Chimelong International Circus City in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Nov 2. Thirty of the world's top circus and acrobatic troupes from 20 countries are performing during the festival, which ends on Nov 12. Li Jianshu / For China Daily |
| Carcasses seized: Customs officers at Jiangmen, Guangdong province, display frozen pangolins they found recently on a boat bound for the Chinese mainland. Officials said on Oct 2 that 2,674 frozen pangolins, a protected animal in China, were found. Provided to China Daily |
(China Daily European Weekly 11/06/2015 page5)
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