Farmer Liu Mingfu is illiterate and knows nothing of Du Fu, one of China's most celebrated poets and the voice of a generation torn between the government and two rebelling generals during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907).
Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, is traditionally celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar. It falls on June 9 this year.
Apart from the Han people, there are twenty-six ethnic groups also celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival on there own ways. Here are 4 of them.
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China's Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which falls on June 9 this year.
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.
Photo taken on June 5, 2016 shows ancient buildings of Kaiyangbu village in Yangyuan county, North China's Hebei province.
Aken Aites, or Aken songs, is a folk art form popular among the Kazak ethnic group, in which the performer sings while playing a stringed instrument.
Local villagers make Zongzi, a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, to mark the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival.
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