Anhui welcomes Dragon Boat Festival

30 children read Sorrow after Departure (Li Sao), one of Qu Yuan’s masterpieces, in Wuhu, east China’s Anhui province, on June 21, 2020 as the Dragon Boat Festival draws near. The festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar to remember ancient poet Qu Yuan. It falls on June 25 this year. (Photo/Anhui Daily)

Over 20 children make model dragon boats and zongzi (glutinous rice wrapped in a pyramid shape using bamboo or reed leaves) in a museum in Lu’an, east China’s Anhui province, on June 21, 2020 as the Dragon Boat Festival draws near. The festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar to remember ancient poet Qu Yuan. It falls on June 25 this year. (Photo/Anhui Daily)

Volunteers help building workers make zongzi at a construction site in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province, on June 20, 2020 as the Dragon Boat Festival draws near. The festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar to remember ancient poet Qu Yuan. It falls on June 25 this year. (Photo/Anhui Daily)