Visitors look at perfume pouches in front of a store in Shanghai June 4, 2008. People in some parts of China have a tradition of carrying these sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 8 this year.(Xinhua Photo)

Chinese and Korean children celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

Cross-Strait flights for Dragon Boat Festival leaves Shanghai. Passengers are going to board the cross-Straits chartered flight at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai municipality on June 3, 2008.

Dragon boat festival 2008

Dragon boat festival

Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the 5-th Day of the Fifth Month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.more>>

Chinese celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival occurs on the 5-th Day of the Fifth Month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.This year, the festival day falls on June 8 and becomes a public holiday.

• Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in quake zone (Jun 08, 06:41 GMT)
• First day-off for China's Dragon Boat Festival helps revive tradition (Jun 08, 02:20 GMT)
• British engineers learn how to make Zongzi (Jun 08, 03:10 GMT)
• Cross-Strait flights for Dragon Boat Festival leaves Shanghai (Jun 03, 08:41 GMT)

News

• First day-off for China's Dragon Boat Festival helps revive tradition (Jun 08, 02:20 GMT)
• Cambodia: Zongzi becomes a tool of affection relay (Jun 07, 04:24 GMT)
• Celebrating festivals according to customs (Jun 07, 01:53 GMT)
• British engineers learn how to make Zongzi (Jun 08, 03:10 GMT)
• Chinese and Korean children celebrate Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 08, 03:06 GMT)
• Chinese people celebrate Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 06, 06:44 GMT)
• Dragon Boat Festival nears (Jun 05, 09:15 GMT)
• China quality watchdog spots 2.6% of Zongzi for domestic sale not up to food standards (Jun 03, 12:43 GMT)
• Cross-Strait flights for Dragon Boat Festival leaves Shanghai (Jun 03, 08:41 GMT)
• First cross-Strait flights between Chinese mainland, Taiwan for Dragon Boat Festival conclude (Jun 22, 16:35 GMT)
• Chinese lawmaker calls for Dragon Boat Festival to be national holiday (Jun 19, 10:36 GMT)
• Chinese urged to return to traditions of Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 18, 13:36 GMT)
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Origins and custom

• History and origins of Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 06, 10:07 GMT)
• Activities for Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 06, 10:00 GMT)
• A brief introduction of Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 06, 09:51 GMT)
• Origins of ancient Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 06, 07:59 GMT)
• The custom of Dragon Boat Race (Jun 05, 10:05 GMT)
• The legend of artemisia leaves (Jun 05, 10:01 GMT)
• Origin and Traditions about Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 05, 03:33 GMT)
• Traditions of Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 05, 09:47 GMT)
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Photo and Vedio Reports

• Quake-hit areas celebrate Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 09, 08:18 GMT)
• Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in quake zone (Jun 08, 06:41 GMT)
• British engineers learn how to make Zongzi (Jun 08, 03:10 GMT)
• Chinese and Korean children celebrate Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 08, 03:06 GMT)
• Chinese celebrate Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 19, 10:16 GMT)
• Different kinds of Zongzi (Jun 06, 06:11 GMT)
• Dragon Boat Festival nears (Jun 05, 09:15 GMT)
• Choosing fragrant bags for coming Dragon Boat Festival (Jun 02, 09:10 GMT)
• Giant Zongzi (May 16, 10:10 GMT)
• Super Zongzi (Jun 10, 10:40 GMT)
• Leaves for Zongzi welcomed (Jun 08, 10:32 GMT)
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Chinese and Korean children showing Zongzi made by theriselves. .more>>

People practice paddling before a dragon boat race for the Dragon Boat Festival on the West Lake of Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province June 4, 2008. more>>

A solder holds up some rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves brought by volunteers in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning province June 4, 2008. more>>

Choosing fragrant bags for coming Dragon Boat Festival more>>

A girl points at rice dumplings hung at a street stall in Shanghai June 4, 2008.more>>