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Qu Yuan's hometown prepares for Duanwu Festival

2013-06-08 11:10

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Qu Yuan's hometown prepares for Duanwu Festival

A child washes feet for an old man using moxa leaf water during an event at township in Zigui county, Cental 皇冠体育app's province, June 7, 2013. People in Zigui, the hometown of Qu Yuan, prepare to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, or June 12 this year. The festival is to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan, a patriot poet during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), who committed suicide by flinging himself into the Miluo River after his mother kingdom, fell into enemy's hands. [Photo/Xinhua]

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