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Watermelon-eating contest marks Beginning of Autumn (2/5)

2013-08-07 09:36 Ecns.cn Web Editor:Wang YuXia
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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]

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