Restaurants in 'Gaokao factory' town ordered to close early to prevent students drinking to excess
The government of Maotanchang in East China's Anhui Province, dubbed China's largest 'Gaokao factory' due to its ability to get students prepared for the national entrance exam, has required restaurants to close by 10:30 pm during the exam period, fearing that "liberated high school graduates" may indulge in over-drinking.
Bracing dip
A hearty swimmer dives into a lake in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province on Sunday where the temperature was only 2 C. Photo: cnsphoto
Fearless dancer
A visitor in a traditional Chinese dress dances on a glass bridge that is 300 meters long and 188 meters high, in Youxi county, East China's Fujian Province. Photo: cnsphoto
Long journey respite
Wei Chuangao and his dog take a break from their 15-hour ride to his hometown in Wuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Spring Festival with his family. More than 3,000 people are expected to ride their small motorcycles for great distances to get home in time for Chinese New Year. Photo: cnsphoto
Well-balanced students
Primary school students ride monocycles as they perform for hundreds of residents of a 1,600-year-old village in Xinyu, East China's Jiangxi Province at the village's Spring Festival gala on Saturday. Photo: cnsphoto
Cold air, hot spring
Visitors enjoy themselves in a hot spring in Suichuan county, East China's Jiangxi Province on Monday where the temperature was only 7 C. Photo: cnsphoto
Ice games
Skaters wearing Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) outfits play Bingxi, an ancient winter sport, on a frozen lake in downtown Beijing on Monday. Photo: cnsphoto
Winter smiles
A driver of an eight-wheeled vehicle wears an embarrassed smile, as five young women in the same winter outfit wave during the ice and snow festival held in Heihe, a China-Russia border city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Sunday. Photo: cnsphoto
Almost ready
Rows of fish are hung out to dry under the sun in an ancient town in Tonglin, East China's Anhui Province in advance of the Spring Festival holiday, which begins on Chinese New Year's day on January 25 this year. Photo: cnsphoto
Far from ugly
A five-day-old cygnet, follows its parent as they search for food in the snow in Handan, North China's Hebei Province. Photo: cnsphoto
Mickey invasion
Arches of lights in the shape of Mickey Mouse are on display in East China's Shanghai Municipality on Saturday. Photo: cnsphoto
Four wheels or four legs
An amusement park in the Aba Tibetan, Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province offers visitors a choice of transportation. Photo: cnsphoto
Silky smooth performance
Performers wearing traditional Chinese silk outfits, sing a duet from Dream of the Red Chamber, one of China's four great ancient novels, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday. Photo: cnsphoto
Sand in the south
A little girl mimics the pose of Catwoman at the international sand sculpture exhibition in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday. Photo: cnsphoto
Snow in the north
Students pose in front of their sculpture at the 12th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest, which concluded on Tuesday in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo: cnsphoto
Underwater beauty
A human mermaid greets visitors to China's first aquarium to feature fish from the Mekong River basin which opened on Monday in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan Province.Photo: cnsphoto
Giant van Gogh
An art installation featuring life-sized renderings of paintings by Vincent van Gogh draws visitors to a shopping mall in East China's Shanghai Municipality on Sunday. Photo: cnsphoto
Snuggling mallards
A male duck (right) seems to snuggle with a potential mate in a stream in Altay city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday. Photo: cnsphoto