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_400703202205761087325.jpg)
An waitress uses computer infront of a giant abacus in a hotel in
Huizhou County, east China's Anhui Province on 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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