“Beautiful Hekou Ancient Town” Photography Contest Launched

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The “Beautiful Hekou Ancient Town” Photography Contest was launched on June 12, 2016. Hekou Town is a commercial ancient town with one-thousand-year history and unique culture of northwest Hunan. In 2015, Hekou Town was rated as one of the first batch of “Demonstration Town of Hunan Beautiful Town” by the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Hunan Province.

The photo above taken on June 12 shows villagers are performing drum dance at Hekou Town, Linli County.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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