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Traditional threads: Women wearing qipao - traditional Chinese dresses - participate in a show on Potan Ancient Street in Xianju county, Zhejiang province, on Feb 19. The women are from a local qipao association. Wang Huabin / Xinhua |
First snow: A man visits the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Feb 21. The city received the first snow after the Lunar New Year celebration. Jin Liangkuai / Xinhua |
Future engineers take a spin: Students at No 165 Middle School in Beijing drive new-energy vehicles - which they built themselves - as part of the school's opening ceremony for spring semester on Feb 20. Ju Huanzong / Xinhua |
Preparing for pirates: A sailor from a special forces unit of the People's Liberation Army Navy climbs the hull of a "captured" ship as part of an anti-piracy drill in the eastern Indian Ocean on Feb 20. The CNS Changsha and CNS Haikou participated. Zeng Tao / Xinhua |
Food for the festivaL: Customers purchase traditional food in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, on Feb 21 in preparation for the Tibetan New Year celebration, which falls on Feb 27 this year. Liu Dongjun / Xinhua |
(China Daily European Weekly 02/24/2017 page5)
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