Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
1 year, 3 months ago

Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er

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A village on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, Yunnan province, can be seen in this photo taken on Aug 3. Situated in Lancang Lahu autonomous county in Pu'er, Yunnan province, this cultural landscape includes five well-preserved ancient tea forests, three protective barrier forests, and nine historic villages. This cultural landscape, developed by the Blang and Dai people over a thousand years ago for tea production, is characterized by their innovative understorey cultivation technique. The forests are meticulously managed through a distinctive conservation system, blending government oversight with grassroots autonomy and honoring traditional tea ancestor beliefs. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sept 17.

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Exceptional creativity can bind nations
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Exceptional creativity can bind nations

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Tea artists demonstrate the Jingshan tea ceremony, a traditional tea-making technique, to attendees of the second Liangzhu Forum in Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang province, on Monday. To promote national culture and foster exchanges with cultures worldwide, nations must first create exceptional artistic works, experts said at the second Liangzhu Forum, which opened on Monday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Personally, …

Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region
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Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region

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White capsule hotels are erected along the cusps of hills, along with a pentagonal tea house amid a tea garden. Vitalization is in the air in the Greater Huangshan Region — a lush area that encompasses cities of Huangshan, Chizhou, Anqing and Xuancheng in East China's Anhui province. Huangshan Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, is a perpetual …

Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region
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Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region

China Daily  

White capsule hotels are erected along the cusps of hills, along with a pentagonal tea house amid a tea garden. Vitalization is in the air in the Greater Huangshan Region — a lush area that encompasses cities of Huangshan, Chizhou, Anqing and Xuancheng in East China's Anhui province. Huangshan Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, is a perpetual …

Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region
1 month, 1 week ago

Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region

China Daily  

White capsule hotels are erected along the cusps of hills, along with a pentagonal tea house amid a tea garden. Vitalization is in the air in the Greater Huangshan Region — a lush area that encompasses cities of Huangshan, Chizhou, Anqing and Xuancheng in East China's Anhui province. Huangshan Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, is a perpetual …

Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region
1 month, 1 week ago

Cultural tourism blooms in Greater Huangshan Region

China Daily  

White capsule hotels are erected along the cusps of hills, along with a pentagonal tea house amid a tea garden. Vitalization is in the air in the Greater Huangshan Region — a lush area that encompasses cities of Huangshan, Chizhou, Anqing and Xuancheng in East China's Anhui province. Huangshan Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, is a perpetual …

Experiencing Chinese tea culture at Minghuang Tea Park
3 months ago

Experiencing Chinese tea culture at Minghuang Tea Park

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The China Storyteller Partnership interview group arrived at Minghuang Tea Ecological Culture Park in Lianjiang, South China's Guangdong province, Sept 24. The China Storyteller Partnership interview group arrived at the Minghuang Tea Ecological Culture Park in Zhanjiang on September 24, where they experienced eco-friendly tea picking, handcrafting tea and reading tea poetry, gaining insights into the integration of tea culture …

UNESCO listing promotes tea culture in Yunnan
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UNESCO listing promotes tea culture in Yunnan

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A tea farmer puts tea leaves into a basket in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept 19, 2023. A year on from being declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the old tea forests in Jingmai Mountain, Yunnan province, are abuzz with activity as the first shoots of the new picking season …

Deep dive into tea culture of Laoshan Mountain
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Deep dive into tea culture of Laoshan Mountain

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A Date with China international media tour visits the Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, to explore the tea culture on June 6, 2024. A group of China-based foreign correspondents and social media influencers paid a visit to the Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province on June 6, to embark on a unique journey of tea …

Rural tourism sheds light on ethnic diversity
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Rural tourism sheds light on ethnic diversity

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Yu Xuan of the Blang ethnic group introduces ancient tea trees to tourists in Wengji village of Jingmai Mountain, Yunnan province, in December. For local Yu Xuan from Wengji village who is of the Blang ethnic group, as well as their memories of the awe-inspiring views, tourists take away with them a better understanding of the local culture and history, …

The taste of a more fulfilled life
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The taste of a more fulfilled life

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By Deng Zhangyu | China Daily | Updated: 2023-10-24 05:51 A Tang Dynasty item is engraved with Chinese characters, "tea bowl". Since tea trees were discovered thousands of years ago, the beverage has become intimately integrated with daily life and has developed a unique culture. An ongoing exhibition focusing on tea culture at Beijing's Palace Museum tries to explore the …

Perfection to a tea
1 year, 2 months ago

Perfection to a tea

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Li processes Pu'er tea at his plantation in Kunlu Mountain in Pu'er city. DENG ZHANGYU/CHINA DAILY Spirit trees Pu'er tea is a type of tea produced in Yunnan province. The city of Pu'er took its name from the tea after it won the imperial court's imprimatur several hundred years ago. Old tea trees are protected by different ethnic groups living …

Perfection to a tea
1 year, 2 months ago

Perfection to a tea

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Li processes Pu'er tea at his plantation in Kunlu Mountain in Pu'er city. DENG ZHANGYU/CHINA DAILY Spirit trees Pu'er tea is a type of tea produced in Yunnan province. The city of Pu'er took its name from the tea after it won the imperial court's imprimatur several hundred years ago. Old tea trees are protected by different ethnic groups living …

Perfection to a tea
1 year, 2 months ago

Perfection to a tea

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Li drinks roasted Pu'er tea with people after work. As a family inheritor of the Pu'er tribute tea technique, Li Xingchang says he hopes that more people will join him to learn how to do it and spread the skill so that more tea drinkers get to know about Pu'er. "From my mother to me, to my son, it took …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

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Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

每日一词∣古茶林文化景观 the cultural landscape of old tea forests
1 year, 3 months ago

每日一词∣古茶林文化景观 the cultural landscape of old tea forests

China Daily  

中国“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”项目9月17日在沙特利雅得举行的第45届世界遗产大会上通过审议，列入《世界遗产名录》，成为中国第57项世界遗产。 The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. 被山林与茶园环绕的景迈山翁基古寨一景（无人机照片，9月17日摄）。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 世界遗产是指被联合国教科文组织和世界遗产委员会确认的人类罕见的、无法替代的财富，是全人类公认的具有突出意义和普遍价值的文物古迹及自然景观。1972年，联合国教科文组织在法国巴黎正式颁布了《保护世界文化和自然遗产公约》。世界遗产分为三大类，一是世界文化遗产，包括文化景观。二是世界自然遗产，三是世界文化与自然双遗产。 “普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”位于云南省普洱市澜沧拉祜族自治县，是公元10世纪以来，布朗族先民发现和认识野生茶树，利用森林生态系统，与傣族等世居民族一起，探索出“林下茶”种植技术，历经千年的保护与发展，形成林茶共生、人地和谐的独特文化景观。联合国教科文组织认为“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”符合世界遗产标准ⅲ和标准ⅴ，是保存完整、内涵丰富的人工栽培古茶林典型代表，由5片古茶林，9个布朗族、傣族村寨以及3片分隔防护林共同构成，至今仍保持着蓬勃生命力，是我国农耕文明的智慧结晶，也是人与自然良性互动和可持续发展的典范。“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”成为全球首个茶主题世界文化遗产。 【重要讲话】 要推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展，不断增强中华民族凝聚力和中华文化影响力，深化文明交流互鉴，讲好中华优秀传统文化故事，推动中华文化更好走向世界。 Promote the creative transformation and development of the best of traditional …

每日一词∣古茶林文化景观 the cultural landscape of old tea forests
1 year, 3 months ago

每日一词∣古茶林文化景观 the cultural landscape of old tea forests

China Daily  

中国“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”项目9月17日在沙特利雅得举行的第45届世界遗产大会上通过审议，列入《世界遗产名录》，成为中国第57项世界遗产。 The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. 被山林与茶园环绕的景迈山翁基古寨一景（无人机照片，9月17日摄）。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 世界遗产是指被联合国教科文组织和世界遗产委员会确认的人类罕见的、无法替代的财富，是全人类公认的具有突出意义和普遍价值的文物古迹及自然景观。1972年，联合国教科文组织在法国巴黎正式颁布了《保护世界文化和自然遗产公约》。世界遗产分为三大类，一是世界文化遗产，包括文化景观。二是世界自然遗产，三是世界文化与自然双遗产。 “普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”位于云南省普洱市澜沧拉祜族自治县，是公元10世纪以来，布朗族先民发现和认识野生茶树，利用森林生态系统，与傣族等世居民族一起，探索出“林下茶”种植技术，历经千年的保护与发展，形成林茶共生、人地和谐的独特文化景观。联合国教科文组织认为“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”符合世界遗产标准ⅲ和标准ⅴ，是保存完整、内涵丰富的人工栽培古茶林典型代表，由5片古茶林，9个布朗族、傣族村寨以及3片分隔防护林共同构成，至今仍保持着蓬勃生命力，是我国农耕文明的智慧结晶，也是人与自然良性互动和可持续发展的典范。“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”成为全球首个茶主题世界文化遗产。 【重要讲话】 要推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展，不断增强中华民族凝聚力和中华文化影响力，深化文明交流互鉴，讲好中华优秀传统文化故事，推动中华文化更好走向世界。 Promote the creative transformation and development of the best of traditional …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

A group of Dai women pick tea on the Jingmai Mountain, Pu'er, Yunnan province. ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF OLD TEA FORESTS OF THE JINGMAI MOUNTAIN IN PU'ER/CHINA DAILY Rich legacies It is estimated that over 1 million old tea trees grow in the approximately 72-square-kilometer core zone of the World Heritage Site, which includes nine traditional villages whose inhabitants …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea. The newly-inscribed heritage site in …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea. The newly-inscribed heritage site in …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

Villages are surrounded by old tea forests and a cloud sea on Jingmai Mountain. As UNESCO World Heritage Committee noted on the 45th Session: " represents an exceptional testimony of the under-story tea cultivation traditions that enabled the development of a complementary spatial distribution of different land uses providing ecosystems and micro-climates that support both the cultivation of old tea …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea. The newly-inscribed heritage site in …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea. The newly-inscribed heritage site in …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea. The newly-inscribed heritage site in …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

An old tea forest on Jingmai Mountain. Chen Yaohua, director of World Heritage Research Center of Peking University who has led studies of the site in the past 12 years, said that the practice on Jingmai Mountain is quite unique in the context where large-scaled terraced tea plantations play a dominant role in today's world. On Jingmai Mountain, indigenous communities …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

An old tea forest on Jingmai Mountain. Chen Yaohua, director of World Heritage Research Center of Peking University who has led studies of the site in the past 12 years, said that the practice on Jingmai Mountain is quite unique in the context where large-scaled terraced tea plantations play a dominant role in today's world. On Jingmai Mountain, indigenous communities …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list. It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea. The newly-inscribed heritage site in …

Measures needed to ensure people enjoy a good cup of tea
1 year, 4 months ago

Measures needed to ensure people enjoy a good cup of tea

China Daily  

Editor's note: China's traditional tea processing techniques and practices are inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inclusion of China's traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity late last year came to me as a surprise. Statistics show China today …

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors
1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily  

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors
1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily  

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors
1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily  

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors
1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily  

Ethnic groups enjoy a good harvest in their tea plantations nestled on the Erlong Mountain in Pu'er city, Yunnan province. At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from …

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors
1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily  

Morning sunlight paints a golden hue on the vast expanse of tea plantations in Meitan county, Zunyi city, Guizhou province. We believe each has its own spirit, so we should treat them like humans," says Nan, 61, at his tea house in Mangjing village. We are in need of educated young people who can help us to better protect our …

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors
1 year, 7 months ago

Cherishing the gifts of ancestors

China Daily  

Picking tea leaves on ancient trees is daily task for ethnic groups in Jingmai Mountain, Yunnan province. She is the first in her village to use short-video platforms to introduce ancient plantations and tea culture to an audience outside the mountain. From last autumn after the tea harvest, she began livestreaming to show the beauty of the tea plantations, the …

Art of Huangshan tea making joins UNESCO list
2 years ago

Art of Huangshan tea making joins UNESCO list

China Daily  

Taiping Houkui, one of the best known locally produced green tea varieties in Huangshan, is added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The art of making the celebrated Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Houkui and Qimen Black Tea – which are among China's top 10 teas and produced in Huangshan city, Anhui province – have received international …

A list of achievement
3 years, 4 months ago

A list of achievement

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Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a site added to the World Heritage List in 2016. YU XIANGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City unveils a regional state and a civilization best known for its jade artifacts and water conservancy technology from 5,300 years ago. The Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice …

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