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Chinese Daily Photos for 2020!!!
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Liu Huijun copies a driving account before starting her shift in a duty room at a station along the Line One of Nanning Rail Transit in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2020. What does the driving cab look like? How do metro drivers steer a train? When passengers take a metro train, many may find metro driving mysterious, as they cannot see the drivers in the cab, which is separate from the main body of the train.
Liu Huijun tidies hair before starting her shift at a duty room in a station along the Line One of Nanning Rail Transit in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2020.
Liu Huijun takes a breathalyzer test before starting her shift in a duty room at a station along the Line One of Nanning Rail Transit in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2020.
For Liu Huijun, however, metro driving, which may appear as routine as any other, requires not only proficient driving skills and excellent psychological qualities, but also a spirit of dedication and hard work. Liu, a metro driver born in 1996, is at work along Line One in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Liu Huijun drives a subway train along the Line One of Nanning Rail Transit in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2020.
She became one of the first batch of female drivers for metro trains on Line One in July 2017. Line One is Nanning's first urban rail transit line. It's east section opened on June 28, 2016, while the full operation began six months later. The metro line, which stretches 32.1 km from Nanning East Railway Station to Shibu, consists of 25 underground stations. When it comes to the morning shift, Liu usually gets up at about 4 a.m., when many people are still sound asleep.
Liu Huijun takes her bag before starting her shift in a room at a station along the Line One of Nanning Rail Transit in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2020.
After following a ritualistic process including copying driving accounts, taking a breathalyzer test and inspecting subway train and rails, Liu embarks on a journey alone in the driving cab. It takes about two and half hours to finish a round trip, during which Liu must concentrate her mind on the work. Only a break after a one-way trip can Liu ease her nerves and become as lively and talkative as her peers. Wearing plum red uniforms with bowknots, Liu and eight others, all born in the 1990s, are a special and welcome sight among the total of 300-plus drivers of Nanning Rail Transit. Talking about gender difference, Liu said that women are more detail-oriented, which give them an advantage in train driver positions dominated by men. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
People wait for ticket checks at Guangzhou South Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
A child waits for the train at Guangzhou South Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Breeders take care of giant panda cubs born in 2019 at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)
Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2020 shows giant panda cubs born in 2019 at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Tang Wenhao)
Jiang Yuanyue settles passengers' luggage on train G3105, Jan. 17, 2020. Jiang Yuanyuan, an attendant born in the new millenium, is getting ready for her first Spring Festival travel rush work as an attendant.
Jiang Yuanyue checks a passenger's digital ticket on train G3105, Jan. 17, 2020.
To be an attendant on a high-speed train has always been Jiang's dream. After making her debut in the job, she tried hard to keep up with the fast pace and learn to get along with various passengers. As she tried and persisted, Jiang has grown into a professional and proficient attendant. As the job requires Jiang to work during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, her parents came to visit and brought her favorable meal on Friday, the traditional Chinese Xiaonian Festival, as a special family reunion. (Xinhua/Li An)
Jiang Yuanyue answers a passenger's question on train G3105, Jan. 17, 2020.
Jiang Yuanyue hugs her father who comes to visit her during the stop of the train G3105 at Zhoukou East Railway Station in Zhoukou, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 17, 2020.
Jiang Yuanyue arranges goods on train G3105, Jan. 17, 2020.
Chongqing folk artist Li Longyou works on a porcelain carving. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Li Longyou, 48, born in Southwest China's Chongqing, is the fourth generation inheritor of Li's Porcelain Carvings of Yongchuan district.
As a folk artist in porcelain carving, Li uses porcelain as "paper" and a knife as a "pen", and transforms porcelain plates into exquisite art with vivid landscapes, figures, flowers and birds.
Li Longyou's porcelain carving of famous Chinese painter Qi Baishi has a piece of micro-carving, Qi Baishi's Biography, in the lower left. Each character on the micro-carving is only 1mm×1mm in size. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Having carved porcelain for more than 20 years, Li's artistic ideas come from family traditional porcelain carving, oil painting, traditional Chinese painting and constant innovation.
Li Longyou's porcelain carving Laozi Went Out of Hangu Pass contains a piece of micro-carving, Tao Te Ching in the top left. The micro-carving has a total of 5,180 Chinese characters, each of which is only 1mm×0.8mm in size. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A number of Li's porcelain carvings combine micro-carvings as well. Laozi Went Out of Hangu Pass bears a piece of micro-carving, Tao Te Ching, in the top left of the plate. The micro-carving has a total of 5,180 Chinese characters, each of which is 1mm×0.8mm in size. The carving of famous Chinese painter Qi Baishi has a piece of micro-carving, Qi Baishi's Biography, in the lower left. Each character in the micro-carving is only 1mm×1mm in size.
In December 2018 Li's porcelain carving was listed in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Yongchuan district.
Li Longyou's porcelain carving Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Auspiciousness is a bold artwork. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Villagers in traditional costumes attend the annual lusheng celebration at Yanying village, Danzhai county of Qiangdongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2020. Lusheng is a reed-pipe wind instrument. Locals gathered here to celebrate the coming of spring on Saturday. [Photos/Xinhua]
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, walks with villagers of the Wa ethnic group in Qingshui Township of the city of Tengchong, Yunnan, Jan 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
KUNMING - Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited southwest China's Yunnan Province Sunday on an inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year.
Xi went to a village of the Wa ethnic group in Qingshui Township of the city of Tengchong Sunday afternoon to learn about poverty alleviation efforts and extend his Chinese New Year's greetings to the villagers.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks with villagers of the Wa ethnic group in Qingshui Township of the city of Tengchong, Yunnan, Jan 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, makes local pastry with villagers of the Wa ethnic group in Qingshui Township of the city of Tengchong, Yunnan, Jan 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
This aerial photo shows the dazzling Jiuqu Yellow River Lights Array during testing in Zhangye city, Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo by Wang Jiang for chinadaily.com.cn]
Jiuqu Yellow River Lights Array, an intangible cultural heritage in Northwest China's Gansu province, will be lit up and open to the public from Jan 29 to Feb 11.
The annual folk activity in Zhangye city is held to celebrate Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 25, and the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, this year's Feb 8.
Tourists visit ice lanterns on display at the Longqingxia Ice Lantern Festival in Yanqing district, Beijing, Jan 18, 2020. [Photos by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Children take a ride on a train sculpture made of ice at the Longqingxia Ice Lantern Festival in Yanqing district, Beijing, Jan 18, 2020. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourist takes photos with ice lanterns on display at the Longqingxia Ice Lantern Festival in Yanqing district, Beijing, Jan 18, 2020. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]
Locals participate in traditional Chinese New Year activities at the Sishi Tongtang restaurant in Beijing. [Photos provided to China Daily]
More than 100 local residents have joined in traditional Chinese New Year activities, such as writing Chinese couplets, at the Sishi Tongtang restaurant in the capital since mid-January.