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【国家地理】Photo of the Day( 2007-02)

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Photo of the DayFebruary 12, 2007
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Primis, Egypt, 1976
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie
Hidden in the dry Red Sea Mountains, St. Anthony Monastery was founded in 356 AD and has operated as a multi-faith Christian monastery for much of that time, though today it is exclusively Coptic. Relying on spring water for survival, the monastery operates as a self-sustained village complete with irrigated gardens, a bakery, and several churches.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Egypt: Change Comes to a Changeless Land," March 1977,National Geographicmagazine)

Photo of the DayFebruary 18, 2007
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Rongqi, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, 1981
Photograph by James P. Blair
Celebrants of the lunar New Year participate in the Lion Dance, a raucous pantomime that dates back to the seventh century. A masked performer teases a vibrantly painted papier-mâché lion which rears its head, roars, snaps its jaws, and charges in rage.
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&S dz7t `_0Originally intended to help expel demons, the ceremony is now celebrated annually on the first day of the year’s first lunar month as the Spring Festival. In 2007, it falls on February 18.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic bookJourney Into China, 1982)


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