Watermelon-eating contest marks Beginning of Autumn (1/5)

Children compete in a watermelon-eating contest at a residential community of Yangzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province on August 6, 2013. August 7 is the Beginning of Autumn, or Liqiu, in traditional Chinese calendar. People in Yangzhou follow a custom of “bite the autumn” - eating watermelons - to mark the traditional day. [Photo/Meng Delong]