Weekly Photos

Weekly Photos: June 14 - June 20

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-06-21 22:14
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Weekly Photos: June 14 - June 20
People participate in a dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, at Longtan Park in Beijing, June 16, 2010. The festival commemorates the death of Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in 277 BC on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to protest the corrupt government of his time. [Photo/Agencies]


Weekly Photos: June 14 - June 20
A folk artist performs during a Dragon Boat Festival celebration at Huasheng Tianqiao Folk Culture Garden in Beijing, June 16, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]