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Residents at Dongfeng community in Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone make zongzi to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. [Photo/WeChat account: RGETDZ]

Communities in Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone, which is located in Rugao, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, organized a variety of festive activities to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which fell on June 14 this year.

Local residents and volunteers gathered at their communities on the day to take part in fun activities like making zongzi, a traditional Chinese food that is made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings, wrapped in bamboo leaves, and usually consumed on the festival.

Participants also made sachets and dragon boats with bamboo strips, both of which are traditions of the festival.

A volunteer teaches a resident about flower arrangements at Wanxin village in Rugao Economic and Technological Development Zone. [Photo/WeChat account: RGETDZ]

At Wanxin village in the development zone, a group of volunteers and women learned about flower arrangements to celebrate the festival.

In addition, competitive exams on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) took place during the activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC. Volunteers also told stories about the 14th Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.