On May 3, villagers make a rice sculpture "Lixia Dog". Near the Lixia Festival, villagers in Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, held a "Traditional Folk Customs to Welcome Lixia" activity. Villagers build earth stoves, make fires, burn wild rice (also known as black rice), pickle gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs), make rice sculptures "Lixia dogs", etc., and use the traditional folk customs of the water town to welcome the Lixia festival. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
On May 3, staff make "Lixia Cake" at a traditional pastry factory in Tangqi Town. Near the Lixia Festival, villagers in Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, held a "Traditional Folk Customs to Welcome Lixia" activity. Villagers build earth stoves, make fires, burn wild rice (also known as black rice), pickle gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs), make rice sculptures "Lixia dogs", etc., and use the traditional folk customs of the water town to welcome the Lixia festival. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
On May 3, under the leadership of the villagers, children made traditional gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs) from yellow mud, grass and wood ash. Near the Lixia Festival, villagers in Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, held a "Traditional Folk Customs to Welcome Lixia" activity. Villagers build earth stoves, make fires, burn wild rice (also known as black rice), pickle gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs), make rice sculptures "Lixia dogs", etc., and use the traditional folk customs of the water town to welcome the Lixia festival. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
On May 3, under the leadership of the villagers, children made traditional gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs) from yellow mud, grass and wood ash. Near the Lixia Festival, villagers in Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, held a "Traditional Folk Customs to Welcome Lixia" activity. Villagers build earth stoves, make fires, burn wild rice (also known as black rice), pickle gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs), make rice sculptures "Lixia dogs", etc., and use the traditional folk customs of the water town to welcome the Lixia festival. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
On May 3, staff make "Lixia Cake" at a traditional pastry factory in Tangqi Town. Near the Lixia Festival, villagers in Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, held a "Traditional Folk Customs to Welcome Lixia" activity. Villagers build earth stoves, make fires, burn wild rice (also known as black rice), pickle gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs), make rice sculptures "Lixia dogs", etc., and use the traditional folk customs of the water town to welcome the Lixia festival. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
Villagers prepare ingredients for roasted wild rice on May 3. Near the Lixia Festival, villagers in Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, held a "Traditional Folk Customs to Welcome Lixia" activity. Villagers build earth stoves, make fires, burn wild rice (also known as black rice), pickle gray duck eggs (salted duck eggs), make rice sculptures "Lixia dogs", etc., and use the traditional folk customs of the water town to welcome the Lixia festival. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu