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Dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival Three dragon boats with paddlers in a race on a lake, with a grassy shoreline in the background. Red and yellow buoys mark the course. Qu Yuan, the poet whose tragic death is commemorated in the Dragon Boat Festival Here there be dragons! Yummy zongzi
Inside the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Schwerin, Germany
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As China’s Dragon Boat Festival, Children’s Day coincide, family tourism booms • June 2, 2025, 12:18 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
2.3% rise in mainland visitors to Hong Kong on first day of Dragon Boat Festival • June 1, 2025, 11:15 PM ET (South China Morning Post)
Exercises might be cover for strife • May 31, 2025, 11:13 PM ET (Taipei Times)
Mission: Impossible? China faces box office blues during Dragon Boat Festival • May 31, 2025, 3:14 PM ET (South China Morning Post)
Slow start • May 29, 2025, 9:31 AM ET (Taipei Times)

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Also Known As Poet’s Day • Tuen Ng • Duanwu Jie • Double Fifth Festival

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Dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival
Three dragon boats with paddlers in a race on a lake, with a grassy shoreline in the background. Red and yellow buoys mark the course.
Qu Yuan, the poet whose tragic death is commemorated in the Dragon Boat Festival
Here there be dragons!
Yummy zongzi
Inside the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Schwerin, Germany
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