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Beijing, Jun 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wu Hong) Beijing prepares boats, driven by the force of rowers, are used every year to celebrate the so-called "Duanwu Jie", or Festival of Boats Dragon, the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar, in which rowing races are held in commemoration of the death of the poet Qu Yuan, who committed suicide by jumping into a river 2,300 years ago.FOOTAGE OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE "DUANWU JIE" THAT WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR ON JUNE 14.
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