First Farmers' Festival in NW China

A farmer displays his calligraphy work on a fan in the First Farmers' Art Festival of Lanzhou in the town of Yongdeng near Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, July 2, 2004. Many kinds of activities including artistic performances and exhibitions of handicrafts will be held during the festival, opened on Friday. Films about rural areas will also be shown in the festival.