Dragon Boat Festival 2026: The Best Places To Experience China's Most Thrilling Cultural Celebration

Dragon Boat Festival 2026 is in full swing, drawing travelers to China's riverside cities with thrilling boat races, traditional zongzi, cultural performances, and centuries-old customs that bring ...
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Dragon Boat Festival links modern China to traditions more than 2,000 years old

BEIJING — Dragon boat races, lion dances and other festivities marked the Dragon Boat Festival on Friday across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The more than 2,000-year-old holiday is best known ...

Row, row, row your boats! Kolkata’s Chinese community celebrate Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Club

The festival (Duanwu Jie) has origins dating back over 2,000 years to prehistoric dragon totem worship in southern China, and ...