Chinese celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

2008-06-08 03:57:49 GMT       2008-06-08 11:57:49 (Beijing Time)       Xinhua English

A little girl learns to make Zongzi, or glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves in the shape of a pyramid, in Zibo City, Shandong Province on June 4, 2008. On the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which is Sunday this year, all Chinese celebrate one of their major traditional festivals, the Duanwu Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival.(Xinhua Photo)

Customers choose "zongzi" in a supermarket in Shanghai of east China, June 5, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

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)

Villagers hang up red lanterns in Hongmiao Village of Huairou district, Beijing, capital of China, June 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

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