Chinese children wearing Han ethnic costume at Dragon Boat Festival

Children wearing “Hanfu”, an ancient costume of the Han ethnic people, take part in a gathering to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, June 10, 2013. The Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival, which is celebrated across China to pay homage to Qu Yuan, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, or June 12 this year. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Cheng Min>

Fang Ming, chairman of the Chinese Association of Qu Yuan, attends the Fifth Beijing Dragon Boat Cultural Festival in Beijing, capital of China, June 10, 2013. The festival opened in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing’s Shunyi District on Monday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Luo Xiaoguang>

Participants compete in a dragon boat race in Sanxi Village of Changle City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, June 10, 2013, to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Zhang Guojun>

Citizens visit a cultural festival during the Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival holiday in Yanqing County of Beijing, capital of China, June 10, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Xin>