A child plays Go with a robot at a creative design trade exhibition in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on July 15, 2022. Hang Xingwei/For China Daily
Swimmers get drenched as a flyboard operator performs at a water park in Huaian, Jiangsu province, on July 18, 2022. The park added night sessions when it is cooler to attract visitors. Zhao Qirui/For China Daily
Retired teacher Wen Zhanshen (right) and other teachers and calligraphers write admission letters for freshmen at Shaanxi Normal University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on July 18, 2022. It's the 16th year that the university has sent out brush-written admission letters. Shang Hongtao/For China Daily
Visitors dressed in spacesuits tour a volcanic geological park's version of Mars in Ulaanqab, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 16, 2022. Featuring a series of exotic, planetary topographical features including craters, solidified lava and volcanic lake residue, the park has gained popularity as a fun place for campers and hikers to visit. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A titan arum, also known as a corpse flower, blooms at China National Botanical Garden in Beijing on July 19, 2022. The one beside it is about to flower soon. The plant, known for its foul smell, only flowers three to four times in its life and blooms for no more than 48 hours each time. Cheng Gong/For China Daily
Children attend a dance class in Cengong county of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, July 17, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
A man in costume shows bamboo drifting skills in the Songhua River in Jilin city of Jilin province, July 16, 2022. Bamboo drifting originated in the Chishui River area of Guizhou, where local people used to cross the river by standing on a bamboo strip, and was listed a Chinese national intangible cultural heritage in 2021. [Photo/cnsphoto via IC]
People read at a bookstore in Zixing, Hunan province, on July 18, 2022. Libraries and bookstores are welcoming more young people who are coming to read and escape the heat during the summer holiday. Li Ke/For China Daily
A baby dolphin swims with mom at Haichang Polar Ocean Park in Tianjin, July 15, 2022. The baby, a hybrid of Bottlenose dolphin and false killer whale, turned one month old on July 14. [Photo/cnsphoto via IC]
People admire artistic landscaping in a rice field in Shexian, Hebei province, on July 19, 2022. The images were made by growing different colored rice to depict people's pursuit for a better life. Hao Qunying/For China Daily
