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Liu puts on makeup before a day's work begins. She gets up at 6 a.m. everyday. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

Liu Yuting is an attendant for the high-speed train service G574 running from Southwest China's Chongqing municipality to Beijing. For the past seven years, Liu has served numerous passengers with her warm smiles and service.

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Liu and her colleagues attend a group learning session before a day's work. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

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Liu picks up her suitcase from a rack at the staff area for attendants. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

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Liu and her colleagues check the luggage of passengers and inspect the carriage. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

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Liu helps prepare hot drinks and boxed meals in the dining car. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

Volunteers from south China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) show video clips of acting lesson to children of Miao ethnic group in Wuying, an ethnic Miao village that borders on China's southwestern Guizhou Province and southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 25, 2018. About 18 student volunteers from Macao offer a week-long teaching services for children in the poverty-stricken mountainous village. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Artists perform traditional Anhui Opera for passengers on a bullet train of the high-speed railway between Hangzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province and Huangshan of east China's Anhui Province, on Dec. 25, 2018. The high-speed railway was put into operation on Tuesday, linking Hangzhou City, famous for its scenic West Lake, and Huangshan City, a tourist resort well-known for the Huangshan Mountain. (Xinhua/Yin Xiaosheng)

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Children show the stamps they designed for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Shijingshan District, Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 25, 2018. An exhibition of stamps designed by youngsters for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games was held in Shijingshan District on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

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A worker arranges red lanterns made for the upcoming New Year Day and Spring Festival in Wuyi County, Jinhua City of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 25, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiancheng)

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A girl takes pictures of a dog at an activity for adoption of shelter pets in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 25, 2018. (Xinhua/Luan Xiang)

Workers check the humidity of fabric at a workshop in Jizhou District of Hengshui City, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 25, 2018. Local impoverished households have a chance to learn a traditional cloth weaving technique exclusively of Jizhou, a skill included in the provincial intangible cultural heritage list, as a way to increase income. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo)

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Players take part in a national speed-skating marathon in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 25, 2018. Nearly 200 skating enthusiasts nationwide attended the event. (Xinhua/Wu Diansen)

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Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2018 shows the 100th China's domestically-developed unmanned aircraft Wing Loong. The producer of Wing Loong, state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on Tuesday delivered the 100th unmanned aerial system (UAS) for export. AVIC started to export the Wing Loong series of aircraft in 2010. The aircraft has been widely used in anti-terrorist operations, security patrols and aerial detection. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaohong)

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Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2018 shows a winter view of Hom scenic area of Kanas, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing)

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Tourists pose for photos at the Kanas scenic area, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Dec. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

Citizens arrange flowers at a community center for gardening in Shunyi District of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 26, 2018.

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A total of 33 community centers for gardening have been founded in Beijing to promote ecological culture and hold gardening classes. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Citizens take a gardening class at a community center for gardening in Shunyi District of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

Liu Yuting and a security worker inspect a fire extinguisher on the train. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]


Liu helps with a passenger in a wheelchair. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



Liu Yuting and an intern conductor take time to eat lunch during a stop. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



Liu and her colleague tidy up the seat covers during a train stop to prepare for the coming of passengers. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



After a day's work, like many other young women, Liu enjoys light moments chatting with her colleagues while eating snacks at her dormitory in Shijiazhuang.

Dancers perform during a dance work displaying activity in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 25, 2018.







The dance work displaying activity, with the participation of 13 dance works from Fujian, was held here Tuesday night. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

A tram begins service in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Dec. 26, 2018. The first section of the city's Rong Line 2 tram line has opened, running for approximately 13.7 kilometers.

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The trams can travel at speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour and carry a maximum of 380 people. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

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Liu Quan with one of his sculptures. He's a fourth-generation sculptor from the city of Pingliang in Northwest China's Gansu Province. (Photo by Wei Jianjun for chinadaily.com.cn)

Liu Quan, 55, is a fourth-generation sculptor from the city of Pingliang in Northwest China's Gansu Province.

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Liu Quan carves a phoenix, a bird from traditional Chinese myths. (Photo by Wei Jianjun for chinadaily.com.cn)

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Liu Quan with some of his works. (Photo by Wei Jianjun for chinadaily.com.cn)

Using mostly clay, his creations include figures, dragons, phoenixes and other imaginary beasts from traditional Chinese myths, as well as flora sculptures.

His family has been passing on the craft for over 200 years, while Liu himself has been devoted to the art since childhood, learning the techniques from previous generations.

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the sculpture of a rooster?