Director Zhang Yimou (C) answers questions as actors dressed in ethnic costumes perform behind him in an outdoor production called "Impression Lijiang", near Lijiang city, Southwest China's Yunnan Province in July 2006. About 500 amateur performers from 10 ethnic minority groups took part in the $31-million production, held on a manmade stage on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, 3,100m (10,170 feet) above sea level. [Liu Puli/Guizhou Metropolis Daily]

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