Xiang embroidery has a long history and can be dated to the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period more than two thousands years ago.

湘绣历史悠久，可追溯到二千多年前的春秋战国时期。

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A song of Canglang (literally for blue wave) in the Spring and Autumn Period initiates a complex named Canglang in Chinese and Japanese gardens for more than two thousands years.

春秋时代的一首沧浪之歌，引发了中国园林以至日本园林两千多年的不解情结。

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Two thousands six hundred years ago, a man named Siddhartha lived near the village.

两千六百年前，一个叫悉达多的人住在这个村庄附近。

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Susan Larson was a children's librarian in the late nineteen nineties and early two thousands.

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Two days earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Germany as thousands of people remembered a different war the Cold War.

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President Felipe Calderon has deployed thousands of troops for anti-drug efforts since he took office in two thousand six.

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They can be arranged in different shapes and sizes, from two to thousands of square meters.

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The micro-wind turbine can be arranged in a range of shapes and sizes, from two to thousands of square meters.

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Over the past two decades thousands of Chinese government and state enterprise officials have fanned out throughout Africa for diplomatic recognition, educational and arts programs, FDI and business loans, giant construction projects, and business and trade deals.

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