A boy is selecting the delicately designed ornaments at a stall in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Provicne, June 19, 2012, so as to celebrate the upcoming Chinese traditional Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 23 this year. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as "Duanwu Festival", is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. The focus of the celebrations includes eating rice dumplings zongzi , drinking realgar wine xionghuangjiu, and racing dragon boats.

Local residents make zongzi, a Chinese traditional food, at a community in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Provicne, June 19, 2012, ahead of Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 23 this year.

Wang Chunlan, an 81-year-old local resident, is making ornaments for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Provicne, June 19, 2012.

A boy learns the skill of making zongzi, a Chinese traditional food, at a community in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Provicne, June 19, 2012, ahead of Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 23 this year

Local residents present strings of zongzi made by themselves at a community in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Provicne, June 19, 2012, so as to celebrate the upcoming Chinese traditional Dragon Boat Festival which falls on June 23 this year.