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Weekly Photos: Jan.07-Jan.13

2014-01-13 15:40:25

 

Two foreigners eat Laba Porridge at Yonghe Lama Temple during Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the 12th month of the Lunar Chinese calendar, which falls on Jan 8 this year. The lamas of Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing serve Laba porridge to visitors every year for Laba Festival. It is believed the porridge can bring people good fortune and predicts a plentiful harvest for the next year. [Photo/Asianews]

Contestants make ice sculpture during the 28th China Harbin International Ice Sculpting Contest in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 8, 2014. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

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