The return capsule of the Shenzhou XXI spaceship, carrying the Shenzhou XX astronauts Wang Jie, Chen Dong and Chen Zhongrui, touches down at the Dongfeng landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Nov 14, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Athletes enter Hong Kong via the Shenzhen Bay Port during the women's marathon event of the 15th National Games on Nov 15, 2025. The games' first cross-boundary marathon included both men's and women's events, featuring 71 athletes from 23 teams across 22 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including six athletes from Hong Kong and Macao. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY
Miao people in colorful traditional attire prepare to sing and dance during Lusheng Festival in Gulong town, Huangping county, Guizhou province, on Nov 16, 2025. Celebrated every year from the 27th to 29th day of the ninth month of the Chinese calendar, the festival — listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2007 — features the
lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, and is held to pray for good weather and a bountiful harvest. QIAO QIMING/FOR CHINA DAILY
Visitors immerse themselves in a winter wonderland at the Huangshan Mountain scenic area in Anhui province on Nov 18, 2025, where the spectacular rime ice on trees blends with a sea of clouds. The first rime ice of the winter appeared overnight after cold air and rainfall, transforming branches and rocks into a shimmering icy spectacle. HOU RUIDONG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Children make an installation advocating environmental protection at an event of the World Children's Day in East China's Shanghai on Nov 15, 2025. The World Children's Day falls on Nov 20 this year. Various activities were held across the country to hail the arrival of the day. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists enjoy sightseeing at the scenic spot of the imperial Xiaoling Mausoleum, the burial site of the Ming Dynasty's (1368-1644) founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, on Nov 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Farmers harvest wasabi at a wasabi planting base in Longyang district, Baoshan city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Nov 17, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Skiers practice on the slopes at Mazong Mountain ski resort in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Nov 18, 2025, as the newly opened venue draws winter enthusiasts. WANG ZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY
A Humboldt penguin, wearing a traditional Chinese jacket, walks in the Chaotian Palace in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, on Nov 15, 2025. Since birth, the penguin has often been taken outdoors by its keepers at the Nanjing Andover Under Water World to play whenever conditions are suitable. YANG BO/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
Visitors gather around a lantern of the giant Aoyu fish — a legendary mythical creature with the head of a dragon and the body of a fish — which gained fame at the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games, at the Guangzhou International Light Festival in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Nov 16, 2025. This year's festival will run till Nov 26. XIA SHIYAN/FOR CHINA DAILY
