Asia Album: Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Indonesia
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-06-01 10:45:16
People compete in a dragon boat race in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival on Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)
TANGERANG, Indonesia, June 1 (Xinhua) -- People celebrated the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in a variety of fun and traditional activities in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, including dragon boat races, egg-standing games, and duck-catching games.
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday commemorating 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.
People play an egg-standing game in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)People receive complimentary zongzi, a traditional Chinese food to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)People play a duck-catching game in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival on Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)People play a duck-catching game in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival on Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, May 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)■
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