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Picture of people in Zaozhuang, China, wearing costumes in a parade to celebrate the Spring Festival
May 25, 2022

Spring Festival

Costumed revelers celebrate the Spring Festival in Zaozhuang, China. This photo appeared in the January 2003 issue, in which writer Peter Hessler drove 7,436 miles along the Great Wall.
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita, Nat Geo Image Collection

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