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							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gao Zexian </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">高则先</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, Guo Chengyi </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">郭承毅</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, and Lu Songshan </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">陆松山</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> of Nantong, Jiangsu Province created this kite of artificial fibers in 2007. It includes various depictions of Guan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy. It is 240 centimeters square. Details of the kite are below. There are two large whistles attached to the bottom and smaller black ones above.</font></td>
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