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Harbin marks Duanwu Festival in dragon boat race

Updated : 2015-06-24

By ( e.my399.com )

The city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province also held a real dragon boat race for the traditional Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival on its Songhua River, on June 20, pulling in 15 teams from local companies who had to follow a 2,000-meter, which takes place on the 5th day of the 5th month on the Chinese lunar calendar.

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Teams pumping themselves up for the 2,000-meter dragon boat race on the Songhua River, in Harbin, Heilongjiang, for the Duanwu Festival, on June 20 2015. [Photo/my399.com]

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Drummer at the bow of the dragon boat keeping cadence, on the Songhua River, Harbin, on June 20. [Photo/my399.com]

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Rowers on the Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on June 20. [Photo/my399.com]

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