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Dragon Boat Festival celebrated across China
Published: Jun 01, 2025 08:06 AM
A boy shows an artwork with a dragon boat pattern on it in Tancheng County, Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, on May 31, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)

A boy shows an artwork with a dragon boat pattern on it in Tancheng County, Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, on May 31, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Children play a traditional game of stoning the five pests during a celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Jiyuan City, central China's Henan province, May 30, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)

Children play a traditional game of "stoning the five pests" during a celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Jiyuan City, central China's Henan province, May 30, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Children learn to make zongzi, a traditional Chinese food to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, under the guidance of their teacher at a kindergarten in Xiamen City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on May 30, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)

Children learn to make zongzi, a traditional Chinese food to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, under the guidance of their teacher at a kindergarten in Xiamen City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on May 30, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Children try their hands at making zongzi, a traditional Chinese food to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, at a nature education base in Xiaochang Township of Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, on May 30, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)

Children try their hands at making zongzi, a traditional Chinese food to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, at a nature education base in Xiaochang Township of Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, on May 30, 2025. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival falls on May 31 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)