Chinese celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-08 10:58

The local people were also said to have paddled out on boats, either to scare the fish away or to retrieve Qu Yuan's body - leading to the tradition of dragon boat racing.

The local people were also said to have paddled out on boats, either to scare the fish away or to retrieve Qu Yuan's body - leading to the tradition of dragon boat racing. [Xinhua]

British engineers learn how to make rice dumplings with police in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. The police introduced the foreigners to customs of the Dragon Boat Festival before their return to the UK.

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