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Nadun carnival celebrates harvest in Qinghai

Date: 2008-8-27 20:33:00 by coconut Tags: Qinghai Travel

People perform during the Nadun (meaning entertainment and celebration) carnival in Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Southwest China's Qinghai Province August 25, 2008. The annual festival is to celebrate the ongoing harvesting season and pray for better fortune in the next year. The Nadun carnival has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of China.

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Qinghai-Tibet Railway unaffected by earthquakes

Date: 2008-6-9 1:29:00 by iris Tags: Qinghai-tibet railway

Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's most elevated railway, was not affected by the two earthquakes that hit the border of Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region early on Monday.

"Railway traffic was unaffected, even part of the railway is in the quake area," said Xu Chuanjie, an official with the Qinghai provincial earthquake administration.

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