Feature: Bulgarian enjoys Dragon Boat Festival


SOFIA, June 24 (Xinhua) -- On the meadows by the Pancharevo Lake in Sofia, thousands of spectators indulged in the festive joy and aroma of food on Saturday as Bulgaria's first Dragon Boat Festival kicked off here.

Jorg Hein, a German living in Bulgaria, told Xinhua that he had been to China before and the Dragon Boat Festival was one of many things he missed about China.

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