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Dragon Boat Festival celebrated across China (15)

（Xinhua）  14:00, June 11, 2013  

Competitors make Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a cultural festival during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in Beijing, capital of China, June 10, 2013. The festival, which is held across China to pay homage to Qu Yuan, a patriot 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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