Enthusiasts encourage their crickets to fight during a competition in Chaihudian town, Ningjin county, East China's Shandong province, Oct 5, 2012. Over 100 participants across the country gathered here for cricket fighting on Friday. Cricket fighting is a Chinese tradition and remain popular in Chaiwudian where the local government also built a "cricket cultural townlet" in 2011. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong)
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