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 | Spring Festival 1999: A boy blocks his ears as performers crash their cymbals during a performance outside Beijing's White Cloud Temple on Chinese New Year's Day, Tuesday, February 16, 1999. Thousands flocked to the temple, the largest Taoist temple in the city, to celebrate Spring Festival, the annual holiday that marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year. click to open  |  | Spring Festival 1999: Two men prepare a young girl for a performance at a Spring Festival temple fair in Beijing Thursday, February 18, 1999. Spring Festival, which marks the arrival of the Lunar New Year, is China's most important annual holiday. click to open |  | Spring Festival 1999: Two mothers adjust their daughters bunny suits before a performance at a Spring Festival temple fair in Beijing Thursday, February 18, 1999. Spring Festival is China's most important annual holiday and this year marked the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. click to open |  | Christmas (1998): Father Christmas hands candyfloss to youngsters in a Beijing shopping centre seasonally decorated in a bid to boost winter sales. click to open |
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