China celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival on Monday to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).
Total passenger trips made during China's Dragon Boat Festival holiday are expected to reach 124 million, according to official data.
Zongzi are to the Dragon Boat Festival what eggs are to Easter or roses to Valentine's Day.
Booking for travel during Dragon Boat Festival has entered its peak period this week, the Beijing News reported on Monday.
A zongzi making competition took place at a village in Tongren, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on June 2, to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival.
Handicraftsmen here are busy making dragon heads, a part of dragon boats for the contests during the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 7 this year - the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar.
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