Imitation of the crown of Empress Xiao from the Sui Dynasty (581-618) is on display in Xi’an City, the capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Archeologists from Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Yangzhou City Institute of Archaeology announced they have finished studying and preserving the crown’s materials, structure and manufacturing techniques, which will add to research into head-dressing trends in the Sui and Tang (618-907) Dynasties. The studies also found that cotton was produced in southern areas. (Photo: China News Service/Tian Jin)
A woman shows off shrimp at a fishing port in Qingdao City, East China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 5, 2016. Each approximately 20-centimeter-long shrimp sells for around eight yuan ($1.2) to 12 yuan due to their rarity in the coastal city. Qingdao suffered a blow to its tourism image last year when a seafood stall charged tourists an inflated price for shrimp. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Yanming)
Freshly caught shrimp are on sale at a fishing port in Qingdao City, East China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 5, 2016.
Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2016 shows the Yangtze Gold cruise ships berth at a dock in Chongqing, southwest China. The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Chongqing Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2016 will be held in Chongqing from Sept. 18 to 22, during which the Yangtze Gold cruise ships will be used as the official ships. (Xinhua/Liu Yuhe)
A truck carrying cars is stranded 150 meters above the ground after crashing through the guardrail in Qingyuan City, South China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 5, 2016. No one was injured in the accident. (Photo/Weibo of Qingyuan Police)