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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)


Dragon boat teams compete on the Haohe River in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu 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/Xu Jinbai)


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)


Dragon boat teams compete in Liu'an City, east China's Anhui 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/Hu Jilin)


Dragon boat teams attend a race on the Dongyanhe River in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu 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/Geng Yuhe)


Teachers and students of local universities take part in a dragon boat race in Hailing District of Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2017, to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Tang Dehong)


Contestants take part in a dragon boat race held in Wuyang River of Zhenyuan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 30, 2017, to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Ning Jian)


Contestants take part in a dragon boat race held in Wuyang River of Zhenyuan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 30, 2017, to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Ning Jian)


Fishermen take part in a dragon boat race in Huidong County of Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 30, 2017, to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Zhu Weihua)


People paddle during an activity to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Gong Pukang)


Contestants take part in a dragon boat race held in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2017, to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)


Contestants take part in a dragon boat race held in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 30, 2017, to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Wu Haisen)

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