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Nanchuan Villagers Create Firework Flowers from Molten Iron

Nanchuan Villagers Create Firework Flowers from Molten Iron

This Lantern Festival, villagers in Nanchuan, China carried out a 500-year tradition - throwing molten iron against a wall to create showers of fireworks. The act, called 打树花 (da shu hua - or beating a tree for flowers), looks dangerous. But the throwers insist that it's not as long as you're not afraid to die. more ›

Photo of the Day: Qingtuan ready to steam

Photo of the Day: Qingtuan ready to steam

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Photo of the Day: Giving props to the ancestors

Photo of the Day: Giving props to the ancestors

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Knocked up by superstition: <br>putting the golden piglet to bed

Knocked up by superstition:
putting the golden piglet to bed

Ladies, the final countdown has begun. It's your last chance to squeeze out that golden piglet. This Chinese New Year, the real party is in the maternity ward as hopeful parents-to-be race to drop a squealer before the year of the Golden Pig goes the way of the pork ball in your morning xiolongbao. more ›

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