周末象棋与春茗照片

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2月23日（星期六）的象棋教学照片和24日（星期日）顺德联谊会春茗照片：





Last Saturday's in a Xiangqi class, the students were attentive:










Here are photo taken at a dinner function in a Chinese restaurant for a Spring Festival Chunming （春茗）：









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