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Temple fair held around China to celebrate 'Er Yue Er' (6)

（Xinhua）  08:12, March 14, 2013  

Folk artisans perform at a temple fair for the celebration of "Er Yue Er" in Wushan Township of Changfeng County, east China's Anhui Province, March 13, 2013, on the occasion of the second day of the second lunar month, known in Chinese as Er Yue Er, "a time for the dragon to raise its head", as a Chinese saying goes. Local residents celebrated the festival with traditional performance to commemorate the King of Wu kingdom and pray for a good harvest in the coming year. (Xinhua/Yu Junjie)

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（Editor：GaoYinan、Zhang Qian）

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