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People crowd the large single-aperture arch bridge, Taiping Bridge during the traditional Bridge-Treading Fair in Yang'an county in Mianyang in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday, March 24, 2011. The Bridge-Treading Fair has a history of over 200 years. On that day, people tread on Taiping Bridge to pray for good fortune. The traditional event had beed halted for two years as the area was hit by a mass earthquake in May 12 in 2008.(Photo By Zhang Jinfu/Color China Photo/AP Images)