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Villagers participate in a homage ritual ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival in Zigui County, Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, June 16, 2012. Residents here have started the preparation for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which is observed on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar to commemorate Qu Yuan, a poet of the fourth century BC who was born in today's Zigui County. Typical Dragon Boat Festival activities include eating Zongzi, hanging mugwort leaves and holding dragon boat races. 
祭祀jì sì：homage ritual

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Villagers make Zongzi, a rice dumpling wrapped in reed leaves, ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival in Zigui County, Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, June 16, 2012. Residents here have started the preparation for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which is observed on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar to commemorate Qu Yuan, a poet of the fourth century BC who was born in today's Zigui County. Typical Dragon Boat Festival activities include eating Zongzi, hanging mugwort leaves and holding dragon boat races.
吃粽子chī zòngzǐ ：to eat Zongzi
龙舟比赛lóngzhōu bǐsài ：to hold dragon boat races

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Villagers hang mugwort leaves at the entrance of the Qu Yuan Temple ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival in Zigui County, Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, June 16, 2012. Residents here have started the preparation for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which is observed on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar to commemorate Qu Yuan, a poet of the fourth century BC who was born in today's Zigui County. Typical Dragon Boat Festival activities include eating Zongzi, hanging mugwort leaves and holding dragon boat races. 
挂菖蒲guà chāngpú：to hang mugwort

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A gril and her mother make sachet at Shanghai Mass Art Center in Shanghai, east China, June 16, 2012. People made sachets here Saturday to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 23 this year.
香囊xiāng náng：sachet