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Chinese photographer Yong Xiao's exciting picture of performing fire-spitters is among the works in 'Traditions of China,' now showing at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., through Nov. 26. The exhibition of Yong's photographs is sponsored by Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom. Brochures at the exhibition explain the pictures of Chinese cultural traditions that are disappearing with globalization. For more information about Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Visitors to the Nov. 5 opening of the 'Traditions of China' exhibition at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center view photographs of Chinese traditional life taken by Chinese photographer Yong Xiao. CCCC Confucius Classroom instructor Ling Huang (with shawl) and Jon Matthews (right), CCCC Dean of University Transfer, Health Science, and Developmental Studies, speak to visitors about the exhibition and the college's Confucius Classroom programs. The exhibition runs through Nov. 26 during Civic Center business hours. Brochures at the exhibition explain the pictures of Chinese cultural traditions that are disappearing with globalization. For more information about Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Visitors check out the photographs in the 'Traditions of China' exhibition showing at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, through Nov. 26. Pictured (from the left) are Maggie McRae, of Lee County, CCCC Spanish instructor Janet Zurbach, Laura Young, of Lee County, and CCCC Basic Skills Plus Coordinator Andre Mapp. Brochures at the exhibition explain the pictures of Chinese cultural traditions that are disappearing with globalization. For more information about Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Ling Huang, Confucius Classroom instructor for Central Carolina Community College, sings 'Chuange' (The Boat) love song during the Nov. 5 reception for 'Traditions of China,' an exhibition of works by Chinese photographer Yong Xiao. The exhibition runs during business hours through Nov. 26 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St, Sanford. Brochures at the exhibition explain the pictures of Chinese cultural traditions that are disappearing with globalization. For more information about Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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Central Carolina Community College Confucius Classroom instructor Ling Huang speaks to visitors Maggie McRae and Laura Young, both of Lee County, during the Nov. 5 reception at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center for 'Traditions of China,' an exhibition of the work of Chinese photographer Yong Xiao. The exhibition runs through Nov. 26. Brochures at the exhibition explain the pictures of Chinese cultural traditions that are disappearing with globalization. For more information about Central Carolina Community College's Confucius Classroom, visit www.cccc.edu/confucius.

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An exhibition of pictures by Chinese photographer Yong Xiao is running at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford, through Nov. 26. 'Traditions of China' captures traditional Chinese life that survives in the midst of modernization. Yong is deputy director of the Department of Photography of the Xinhua Daily, one of the largest newspapers in China.