People pose for photos with selected beauties for a pageant of "the queen of corn festival" in Managua, capital of Nicaragua, on March 4, 2009. 15 beauties selected from all provinces in Nicaragua will compete for the queen of corn festival in May 2009. [Jairo Cajina/Xinhua]
For the uncountable numbers of overseas visitors who visit Chinese temples and puzzle over the carvings of fierce and gentle deities, this is a little gem of a book.
