Panda He Xing and Nan Nan play with their new toy – a dragon boat made of paper at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday, to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival that will fall on Thursday.
The way the Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated has varied across time and place, many of which are depicted in the paintings.
Local villagers make Zongzi, a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, to mark the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival.
Dragon boat teams compete on the Fairy Lake in Xinyu city, East China's Jiangxi province, June 5, 2016.
Photo taken on June 5, 2016, shows local Chinese participating in the Zongzi (rice dumplings) eating competition at the scene of Dragon Boat Festival celebrations in Banda Seri Begawan, Brunei's capital.
Every Chinese child knows the story of Qu Yuan, a patriot who threw himself into the river in despair after his country was obliterated by invaders. He appears in textbooks even to this day as a shining example of devotion to king and country.
As the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu, draws near, people start to commemorate the death of Chinese poet Qu Yuan by colorful customs.
Visitors receive Dragon Boat festival gifts during a cultural festival at a theme park in Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province, June 3, 2016.
Russian National Federation in Sweden sing Russian songs in the Dragon Boat Festival in Stockholm on May 29, 2016.
More than 1,500 men carry a giant dragon boat－77.8 meters long by 2.5 meters wide－through the streets of Shibing county, Guizhou province, on May 28, 2016.
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