I'm veeeeery happy that today my image of Beijing Olympic Mascot reach level2.

I hope there will be more level 2 image appeared in my portfolio. I'll work hard for it.

Thanks for all the people ever downloaded my pictures, also thanks to Avion49(Sandra Sims) & Valeria73(Valeria Cantone), who gave me very useful advices.

River of Lizhiwan dragon boat parade is held on the Dragonboat Festival (also named Duanwu Festival) annually, the history of this event can be traced back to 16th century. This lively and colorful tradition has continued unbroken for centuries to the present day. It is also one of the most important events to the local people of Guangzhou China.

On 9 Am, June 8th, crowds of local people already gathered along the river of Lizhiwan, firecracker is burning, people beating the gongs and drums to welcome the well painted and decorated dragon boat from other villages, some of the boats come from other city far from here, they had to boat for many hours in the duration of the event every year,. Some boats are quite old, the eldest dragon boat is more than ...