A worker entices bees to hang on to men sitting still at the Huaxia Bee Museum in Xiangfan, Central China's Hubei province.
Photo taken on Oct 1, 2010 shows national flags flying over a street of Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. More than 3,000 people attended the national flag-raising and national anthem-singing ceremony at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa on Oct 1, 2010, marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
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Women are happily shopping for Chinese national flags on Boda street, Haikou city, South China's Hainan province.
People flock to the flowers that form the shape of a huge peony at the Tian'anmen Square, Sept 25, 2010. The "peony" is 50 meters in diameter and is set at the square for the upcoming National Day that falls on Oct 1.
A Zhuang ethnic folk art show is held in Yongning district of Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sept 28, 2010, as a prelude to the upcoming National Day celebration.
A themed day titled "I Love You, China" is held in Tian Jin International School on Sept 28,as the 61 anniversary of National Day approaches. Students wearing specially-designed Tian'an Men glass-ornaments sing songs and read poems to express sincere good wishes to their mother country.
Guo Sangcun, a farmer in Central China's Henan province, makes a Chinese national flag with red peppers and corn to welcome the upcoming National Day on Sept 27, 2010. The 61st National Day falls on Oct 1. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
Over 100 female villagers of the Miao ethnic group join a "Red-pepper competition" in Huazi village, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, which is famous for its spicy red peppers, on Sept 27, 2010.
Newly-wed couples take a ride on Line 1 to experience a "subway wedding" in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning province on Sept 27, 2010. Line 1 started operation on Monday complete with 50 couples on their wedding day. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]
Firefighters participates in a fire drill in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihe Dian) of the Forbidden City in Beijing, Sept 27, 2010. Beijing's fire control departments have increased the frequency of fire drills ahead of the seven-day National Day holiday, which whill see a peak in tourists in the capital.