Dragon boat races held across China to celebrate Duanwu Festival
Xinhua, May 31, 2017 Adjust font size:
Competitors attend a dragon boat race in Boao Town of Qionghai City, south China's Hainan 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/Meng Zhongde)