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Restoring 700-year-old Qian Shou Guan-yin
Updated: 2011-04-18 18:03
(chinadaily.com.cn)
People watch the Qian Shou Guan-yin statue behind a scaffold during the launch ceremony of the restoring project in Dazu county, Chongqing, on April 18, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]
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