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Eclipse tourists who swarmed to small towns in west China's Xinjiang and Gansu were happy to be greeted by bright sunshine on Friday.

Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2008 shows the total solar eclipse

The two masterpieces of architecture made from LEGO bricks : the Beijing Olympic Stadium, (The Bird Nest) and the Beijing National Aquatics Center (The Water Cube)...

The Beijing Olympic Stadium, The Bird Nest made from Lego


Beijing National Aquatics Center, The Water Cube made from Lego

A 13,112-meter-long painting scroll is stretched out along the Juyongguan Pass section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, July 13, 2008, to mark the 7th anniversary of China's winning the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

The painting scroll dubbed as Olympic Dragon features a huge dragon with a 6.6-meter-high metallic head.

The body of the dragon is painted in five colours same as those of the five rings on the Olympic flag.

The national and regional flages of the 205 countries and regions which will participate to the 2008 Olympics are also painted on the scroll together with blessing words in over 200 languages and patterns bearing good wishes to the Olympics.

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Liu Ming, 44 years, a Chinese amateur of tattoos, has more than 200 tattoos on his body.

Recently it has been tattooed in addition to tattoos already present, the logo and the rings of the Olympics 2008 on the front, the Olympic flame on the coasts, and the Olympic mascots on the neck.

Liu Ming, is one of those Chinese nicknamed "madman Olympic" who wishes by his tattoos commemorate the 2008 Olympic Games and demonstrate its patriotic fervor.

The man is not alone in this case, a shooter rickshaws in China have made a giant tatoo on the torso of the logo of Beijing Olympics.

Dr. Wei Shengchu, 58, a supporter of traditional Chinese medicine support the Beijing Olympics in a surprising manner.

After beating the world record by planting bugs in 2008 the colors of 5 Olympic rings on his head, hands and chest last June, Wei Shengshu is now in public, the skull covered with 205 national flags and an Olympic torch planted on his forehead.

Dr. Wei Shengchu wishes to demonstrate his patriotic fervor among the Chinese people and promote traditional Chinese medicine.