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At a kindergarten in Xingtai, North China’s Hebei province, a girl tries to stand an egg upright to mark spring equinox, the fourth solar term of the year, which starts March 21 this year. The egg-standing game is an old custom that can be dated back to 4,000 years ago. People practice this tradition to celebrate the coming of spring. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, the person will have good luck in the future. [Photo/VCG]

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Two girls show eggs decorated with the Chinese characters for "spring" (left) and "equinox" in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, March 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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Two children play the egg-standing game at a kindergarten in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu province, March 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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A girl draws on an egg before playing the egg-standing game at a kindergarten in Beijing, March 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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A foreign teacher draws on an egg at a kindergarten in Beijing, March 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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The first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) holds its closing meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 20, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress leave the Great Hall of the People after the top legislature's annual session concluded in Beijing, March 21, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Chinese photographer Ding Zuhe's work The Dream Express wins first prize in the General Color category at the seventh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 12, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Chinese photographers, accounting for nearly 12 percent of all participants, won three of the 23 awards in a yearly international photography competition in Dubai.

The awards ceremony for the seventh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards (HIPA) was held March 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

With a theme of The Moment, the seventh competition had three categories: Portfolio, General and Time-Lapse.

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This image taken by Chinese photographer Liu Quanhui wins second prize in the General/Black and White category at the seventh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 12, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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The United Arab Emirates embassy held a cultural event Tuesday to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2018. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A cultural event was held yesterday in Beijing to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, which falls on March 20 every year, at the United Arab Emirates embassy in China.

Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, attended the event and shared his viewpoint on happiness: "Happiness is not related to a specific day, we should be happy every day; Happiness is not about everything going right, everyone has difficult times, but no matter what happens we should always cherish what we have. Compare yourself within your own fence instead of comparing yourself with others; be positive on the inside; be physically energetic to face daily changes

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Hendrik_2000 said:

Come on popeye leave the politic out of this thread for once because it can get ugly

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bd popeye said:

Chen Qiao En shot a group of fashion photos for a magazine.

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