DPRK, Russian top circus prize as festival ends in Wuqiao International Circus Festival

Performers from the Democratic People’ s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russia and China won the top prize on circus as an international circus festival concluded Sunday in north China’s Hebei Province. Read more…

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Liger keeps watch on vegetable field at Wuqiao


A liger, the hybrid offspring of a male lion and a tigress, guards a vegetable field while its owners pick sweet potatoes at Wuqiao Acrobatic World in Cangzhou, North China’s Hebei province, Oct 27, 2010. Visitors can often be found picking from the field, which was opened by acrobats and employees of the scenic spot. They keep a four-month-old non-aggressive liger to help keep visitors away.

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Foreign students learn acrobatics in China Wuqiao


Under the Chinese government-sponsored exchange programs, twenty-four students from five African and Asian countries, including Egypt, Nigeria, Liberia, Mauritius and Myanmar, began in November their one-year training of acrobatics in Wuqiao Acrobatics Arts School, a vocational school well-known for its acrobatics performance in Wuqiao of north China’s Hebei Province. Read more…

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Folk arts history in Hebei Province

Hebei Province, one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, lies on the middle and lower basin of Yellow River. It’s also the only one province that has the plain, prairie, plateau, mountains, lakes and seashores at the same time. Due to its long history, brilliant culture and favorable natural condition, it has formed a colorful and various folk arts. Read more…

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Five liger cubs born in Hebei Wuqiao

Photo taken on June 16, 2010 shows the quintuplets of liger cubs, inside the zoo of Wuqiao Acrobatics Panorama Scenic Zone, in Cangzhou, north China’s Hebei Province. A female lion Didi gave parturition after 3-months gestation to 3 male and 2 female ligers, with the heaviest at 1,400grams, the lightest at 1,100 grams and the longest at 40 centimeters, all in healthy conditions, in the wee hours on June 15. (Xinhua) Read more…

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