Qu Yuan Shrine starts to be demolished

Two workers demolish the main gate of Qu Yuan Shrine in Zigui County of central China's Hubei province, June 26, 2008. Qu Yuan Shrine was built in memorial of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan(339 BC to 278 BC). Rebuilding of the shrine started in 2006 at another location, after the Yangtze River water level rose due to construction of the Three Gorges Project. Cultural relics in the shrine are to be moved to the new shrine. (Xinhua photo)

Workers carry stones away from the site of Qu Yuan Shrine in Zigui County of central China's Hubei province, June 26, 2008. Qu Yuan Shrine was built in memorial of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan(339 BC to 278 BC). Rebuilding of the shrine started in 2006 at another location, after the Yangtze River water level rose due to construction of the Three Gorges Project. Cultural relics in the shrine are to be moved to the new shrine. (Xinhua photo)

An archeologist numbers relics in Qu Yuan Shrine in Zigui County of central China's Hubei province, June 26, 2008. Qu Yuan Shrine was built in memorial of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan(339 BC to 278 BC). Rebuilding of the shrine started in 2006 at another location, after the Yangtze River water level rose due to construction of the Three Gorges Project. Cultural relics in the shrine are to be moved to the new shrine. (Xinhua photo)