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Dragon Boat Festival
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Updated: 2004-06-22 15:54
Crew of two dragon boats race in Aberdeen,
Hong Kong yesterday as the local residents celebrate the Dragon Boat
Festival. Seventy-eight teams participated in the event. The traditional
Chinese festival falls on May 5 in the lunar calendar and is celebrated
all across the country. [newsphoto] |
Competitors take part in
the dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat
Festival in Nanchang, East China's Jiangxi Province, June 22, 2004. This festival falls on
the 5th day of the 5th lunar month to commemorate the death of Qu
Yuan, a Chinese poet and statesman of the 4th century BC who
drowned himself in protest against political corruption. Fishermen rushed out in
their boats to save the poet but were too late. Since then, on the anniversary of
his death, this practice is re-enacted in the poet's memory. [newsphoto]
Participants compete in a dragon boat race at
Hong Kong's Stanley Bay June 22, 2004. [Reuters] |
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Competitors take part in a dragon boat
race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Runling, Central
China's Hunan Province. [newsphoto]
Competitors take part in a dragon boat
race in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, June 22, 2004.
A boy plays a traditional egg-standing game in
Taipei, Taiwan, June 22, 2004 as part of the Dragon Boat Festival
activities. Legend has it that at noon on the day of the Dragon Boat
Festival eggs can be stood upright, and the person to achieve
this will have good luck all year round.
[Reuters]
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Chinese children watch a dragon boat
race in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, June 22, 2004.
[newsphoto] |
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