Location:
Shandong, , CHINA
Post Date:
Oct 5, 2012 3:21 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotos164374
(RM)
Credit:
Xie Xiudong / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
2180 x 1444 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Xie Xiudong
Keywords:
ce
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(121005) -- NINGJIN, Oct. 5, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Maria Marta Cigliano, president of the Orthopterists' Society (R front) attend the opening ceremony for a cricket fight competition in Chaihudian Town, Ningjin County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Over 100 participants across the country gathered here for the event on Friday. Cricket fighting is a Chinese tradition and remain popular in Chaiwudian where the local government also built a "cricket cultural townlet" in 2011. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong) (hdt)