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Dragon Boat Festival dawns

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2012-06-20 11:30
Dragon Boat Festival dawns

Residents push a dragon boat to the bank of Liuyang river for a boat race in Changsha, Hunan province on June 19. The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats. This year the festival falls on June 23. [Photo/Xinhua]

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