Dragon boat races held across China to celebrate Duanwu Festival

Dragon boat teams compete on the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 30, 2017. Duanwu, or the Dragon Boat Festival, is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar in memory of the death of poet Qu Yuan during the Warring States period between 475 and 221 BC. (Xinhua/Liu Yang)