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www.chinanews.cn 2005-09-13 15:18:51

Yilong is Sichuan's major county where a population of 300,000 Hakkas
live. According to related research, it has been over 300 years since
Hakkas settled down in Sichuan's Yilong. Centuries passed, and Yilong's
Hakkas still preserve integrated Hakka civil residences and lifestyles.
Pictured, one Hakka old lady in Yilong was skillfully spinning cotton
threads with an ancient spinning wheel.

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