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In flying spirits

— Photo: Xinhua

Olympic Dragon: A 13-km-long painting scroll is stretched out along the Juyongguan Pass section of the Great Wall in Beijing on Sunday. The scroll features a huge dragon with a 6.6-meter-high metallic head. The body is painted in the colours of the five rings on the Olympic flag. The national and regional flags of the 205 countries and regions which will participate in the Olympics are also painted on the scroll together with words of blessing in over 200 languages and patterns bearing good wishes.

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