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Miao women dress up for their local "Dragon-Boat Festival" on July 8 in Shidong town, Jiangtai county of the Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture of Qiandongnan, Guizhou province. [Photo by Huang Xiaohai/Asianewsphoto] |
Near Qingshui River in Shidong town, Jiangtai county of the Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture of Qiandongnan, Guizhou province, nearly 10,000 people from the Miao village around Shidong town gathered to celebrate their local and traditional Miao "Dragon-Boat Festival" on July 8.
On that day, also the 25th day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, people held a dragon boat race and also prayed for good weather and a good harvest.
