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People burn paper offerings to their ancestors during the Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival, Kaili, Guizhou Province, August 27, 2026 (Photo by VCG)
Students show calligraphy they wrote of the Chinese character for ren, meaning "person," at a ceremony marking the new semester at Confucius Temple Primary School, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, August 31, 2026 (Photo by IC)
A dazzling 3D light show illuminates the night sky over Shougang Park, a former steel mill that is now a cultural and recreational landmark, western Beijing, September 6, 2026 (Photo by VCG)
A beautiful water lily is in full bloom in People's Park, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, August 19, 2026 (Photo by VCG)
Two foreign men dressed in women's Hanfu (traditional Chinese costumes) pose for photos while visiting Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, August 30, 2026 (Photo by VCG)
A Sichuan Opera artist performs a traditional face-changing routine as Chinese and foreign tourists applaud on the Dujiangyan MTR tourist line, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, September 3, 2026 (Photo by IC)
American Ronald Sakolsky, a former high school teacher who helped raise funds for Chinese desert-control pioneer Yin Yuzhen in 1999, hugs students he had taught at Luoyang Foreign Language School under a Sino-US teacher exchange program the same year, Luoyang, Henan Province, August 29, 2026 (Photo by IC)
A visitor takes photos of the Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System at the booth of new energy technology company Lingyi Yunchuan during the China International Big Data Industry Expo, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, August 28, 2026 (Photo by IC)
