Dragon Boat Festival marked in Lanzhou

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-6-12 15:49:45

Two little girls show

Two little girls show "Zongzi", a kind of traditional Chinese rice-pudding people eat on the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

A woman and her daughter makes

A woman and her daughter makes "Zongzi", a kind of traditional Chinese rice-pudding people eat on the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Children hang perfume pouches for blessings onto a tree during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Children hang perfume pouches for blessings onto a tree during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Wang Yawen (R), who is fond of the Han Chinese culture, introduces traditional archery to a boy during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Wang Yawen (R), who is fond of the Han Chinese culture, introduces traditional archery to a boy during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Yao Yuan (L front), who is fond of the Han Chinese culture, holds a sacrificial ceremony for Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Yao Yuan (L front), who is fond of the Han Chinese culture, holds a sacrificial ceremony for Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Wang Yawen, who is fond of the Han Chinese culture, performs traditional archery during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Wang Yawen, who is fond of the Han Chinese culture, performs traditional archery during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Women make

Women make "Zengzi", a traditional accessory girls wear on Dragon Boat Festival, during a celebration activity of the Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar callendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

People play Guqin, a seven-stringed plucked instrument popular in ancient China, during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

People play Guqin, a seven-stringed plucked instrument popular in ancient China, during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Local residents compete in making

Local residents compete in making "Zongzi", a kind of traditional Chinese rice-pudding people eat on the Dragon Boat Festival, during a celebration activity of the Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

Wang Haorong (C) and several other children play a sachet during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Wang Haorong (C) and several other children play a sachet during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

People fond of the Han Chinese culture perform at a sacrificial ceremony for Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

People fond of the Han Chinese culture perform at a sacrificial ceremony for Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), during a celebration activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, June 12, 2013. Wednesday marks the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which falls on May 5 each year in lunar calendar in China. Local residents in Lanzhou held a series of celebration activities by the riverside of the Yellow River on this day. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)


 

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