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Culture Show Caters to Holiday Makers

Models present ethnic Miao costume in a culture show to entertain the visitors in Dali, a scenic city in southwest China's Yunnan province May 3, 2002. Tourists flood the resorts and sight-seeing sites in most parts of China during the week-long Labor Day vacation.

Chinese Leaders Watch Madam Butterfly
Chinese leaders Wei Jianxing and Li Lanqing Saturday attended the Italian opera Madam Butterfly at the Central Opera House of China in Beijing.
Renovated Consulates on Show in East China City
The renovated buildings of four former consulates to China -- those of Britain, the United States, Japan and Denmark -- went on show in east China's coastal city of Yantai for the week-long Labor holiday.
Mobile Art Gallery Launched in HK
Mobile Art Gallery, a program to bring art works on the theme of environmental protection by using bus as display medium, was launched in Hong Kong Saturday.
Highest Bidders Contribute to Care of Ancient Trees
The rights to mount plaques beside four ancient trees aged about 1,000 years were sold for a total of 128,000 yuan at an auction held in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
56 Couples Find Wedded Bliss
They became husband and wife, wife and husband, and so on. Fifty-six couples from 56 different ethnic groups across the country tied the knot yesterday and will celebrate their unions during a week of festivities at the second Liangzhu Wedding Festival in Ningbo, in east China's Zhejiang Province.
Innovation Key to 'Coppelia' Performance
Roducing new ballets and regularly staging permanent repertoires are the two fundamental goals of the National Ballet of China. Last year, the national ballet successfully presented "Raise the Red Lantern" by renowned movie director Zhang Yimou. This year, the new production is "Coppelia," choreographed by Par Isberg.
Music Radio to Launch Classical, Pop Channels
Beijing Music Radio will send its listeners a great gift today, when two of its cable channels will begin broadcasting the Classical Music Channel (98.6 MHz) and the European and American Pop Music Channel (97 MHz).
Yueju Troupe Brings New Operas
Eginning on May 5 at the Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Chinese Nationalities, the visiting Shanghai Yueju Opera Troupe will stage a feast of yueju operas - a local opera from Shaoxing in East China's Zhejiang Province - for Beijing audiences.
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