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Dragon Boat Festival celebrated across China
Published: Jun 03, 2022 08:08 AM
Children learn to make Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival in Daying County of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Liu Changsong/Xinhua)

Children learn to make Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival in Daying County of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Liu Changsong/Xinhua)


 
A local volunteer marks a girl on her forehead with a brush dipped in realgar to ward off evil spirits as a traditional custom during the Dragon Boat Festival at Guangjing Village of Renhe Township in Shehong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Liu Changsong/Xinhua)

A local volunteer marks a girl on her forehead with a brush dipped in realgar to ward off evil spirits as a traditional custom during the Dragon Boat Festival at Guangjing Village of Renhe Township in Shehong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Liu Changsong/Xinhua)


 
Children equipped with dragon-boat-shaped paper fits take part in a fun game on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival at a community in Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Zhao Qirui/Xinhua)

Children equipped with dragon-boat-shaped paper fits take part in a fun game on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival at a community in Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Zhao Qirui/Xinhua)


 
Children take part in Touhu game, or Pitch-pot, an ancient entertainment that requires players to throw arrows from a set distance into a tube, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Lanshan County of Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Peng Hua/Xinhua)

Children take part in Touhu game, or Pitch-pot, an ancient entertainment that requires players to throw arrows from a set distance into a tube, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival at a kindergarten in Lanshan County of Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Peng Hua/Xinhua)