Huizhou people's abacus complex
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-20 22:01
![A special calculating tool in ancient China, the abacus has gradually faded away from people's life at a time when computers prevailed. In Huizhou, however,abacuses can still be found almost everywhere. [Xinhua]](xin_3607032021594661713120.jpg)
A woman presents a Bagua (the Eight Diagrams) abacus of the Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644) in Huizhou County, east China's Anhui Province July 17,
2006. This abacus can be used for both calculation and entertainment.
A special calculating tool in ancient China, the abacus has gradually faded
away from people's life at a time when computers prevailed. In Huizhou,
however,abacuses can still be found almost everywhere. [Xinhua]
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