Chairing the event
Updated: 2013-05-06 08:09
(China Daily)
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Residents weigh a little girl with a traditional Chinese scale at a community in Jiande, Zhejiang province. The event on Sunday marked the beginning of the seventh solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, which indicates the coming of summer. It is said that weighing children on the day brings luck and good health to children in the summer. Photo by Ning Wenwu / for China Daily |
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