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Dragon Boat Festival celebrated across China (10)

（Xinhua）  14:00, June 11, 2013  

Combo photo taken on June 10, 2013 shows visitors and actors at a cultural festival during the Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival holiday in Yanqing County of Beijing, capital of China. The Duanwu Festival, which is celebrated across China to pay homage to Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, or June 12 this year. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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（Editor：LiangJun、Yao Chun）

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