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The Wand Shoot is one of the last leading traditional archery competitions, which is by tradition an English archery contest. In this version of archery competition, the archers take turns in which they shot at a vertical piece of wood Women's Kai Forbath Jersey , which is called the wand. The wand is normally about six feet high and about six inches wide. The archers get points for hitting the wand. The archers do not get any points given to them for misses, no matter how close they are.

Traditional archery competitions play a vital role in archery culture in that they are often elaborate events which ignite the imagination of the next generation of young archers. Often these events are medieval type events that involve not just archery but costumes and role playing. And there are many events that teach not only basic archery skills but introduce children the the art of bow making. Here they learn first hand how to craft their own bows and arrows from natural materials. Often these handmade bows and arrows are used in competitions or games at the end of the event to show off the students achievements.

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A latest survey suggested that Chinese Internet users are willing to pay for quality contents online, among which concert ranks the third highest of all online video categories that they're willing to pay for.


The survey Women's Nick Easton Jersey , released on Saturday, was conducted online by market research company CTR, a Sino-British joint venture.


Of all 4,338 valid responses collected online Women's Ryan Quigley Jersey , 19 percent said they are willing to pay to watch "concerts" online, after "latest blockbuster movies" (43 percent) and "classic movies" (29 percent).


There are 32 percent respondents saying they are "not willing to pay for online video", according to the survey.


Result of the survey was testified by an unprecedented shot by Chinese rock star Wang Feng, who hosted a paid live webcast of his concert at China's national stadium in Beijing on Aug. 2 through China's online video service provider LeTV.


LeTV set the "ticket" price at 30 yuan (4.9 U.S. dollars) and collected more than 75 Women's Mike Remmers Jersey ,000 paid accesses to the concert's live webcast and full length replay.


Both Wang Feng and LeTV were happy about the outcome, saying that the solid revenue suggested that paid live webcast of concerts has the potential of becoming another cash cow for the music industry.


The survey also showed that the potential online concert audiences are younger, educated and nearly half of them are living in China's eastern and southern regions.


Of those who were willing to pay for online concerts, 26 percent are between 25 and 29 years old Women's Riley Reiff Jersey , and 20 percent are between 30 and 34 years old. About 18 percent of them are between 15 and 19 years.


From the education perspective, 51 percent of them have a highest education of undergraduate, followed by junior college (28 percent) and high school (14 percent).


Geographically, 29.1 percent of them live in East China Women's Latavius Murray Jersey , while 18.9 percent of them live in South China. There is not much difference across genders, as 54 percent of respondents are male, while 46 percent are female.


The survey also said that 56.3 percent of those willing to pay for online concerts own a tablet PC, which is about 14 percentage points higher than tablets' penetration rate among all online video audience.


MOSCOW Women's Case Keenum Jersey , Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russia and China are working closely together on a string of important international and regional issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.


"We can try to enumerate for a long time the joint initiatives that Russia and China are promoting in the international arena," Lavrov said at his annual press conference.


The two countries are working actively on their joint initiative on the transition from military confrontation to a poli.