
(121005) -- NINGJIN, Oct. 5, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Enthusiasts encourage their crickets to fight during a competition in Chaihudian Town, Ningjin County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Over 100 participants across the country gathered here for cricket fighting on Friday. Cricket fighting is a Chinese tradition and remain popular in Chaiwudian where the local government also built a "cricket cultural townlet" in 2011. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong) (hdt)

(121005) -- NINGJIN, Oct. 5, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Enthusiasts encourage their crickets to fight during a competition in Chaihudian Town, Ningjin County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Over 100 participants across the country gathered here for cricket fighting on Friday. Cricket fighting is a Chinese tradition and remain popular in Chaiwudian where the local government also built a "cricket cultural townlet" in 2011. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong) (hdt)

Crickets fight during a competition in Chaihudian Town, Ningjin County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Over 100 participants across the country gathered here for cricket fighting on Friday. Cricket fighting is a Chinese tradition and remain popular in Chaiwudian where the local government also built a "cricket cultural townlet" in 2011. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong)