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_3607032021597172334921.jpg)
A boy presents an abacus embedded in an instrument in a
shop in Huizhou County, east China's Anhui Province July 17, 2006. 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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