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ZIGUI, Hubei, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- A campaign aimed to rejuvenate Chinese poetry and develop the traditional culture of the Chinese nation kicked off in early July in Zigui, the hometown of Chinese ancient poet laureate Qu Yuan, in central China's Hubei Province.

Qu Yuan lived in the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475 B.C. to 221 B.C.). He drowned himself in a local river in 278 B.C., on May 5th of the Chinese lunar calendar, hoping tha this death could awaken the king to revitalize their kingdom. In the ensuing 2,000 years, Qu Yuan had been revered as one of the representatives of Chinese poetry.

With a population of 400,000, Zigui, adjacent to the reservoir of China's massive Three Gorges Water Conservancy program. [...]

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