People enjoy 3-day holiday of Dragon Boat Festival across China
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Kids have fun along the seashore of a resort in Ganyu District of Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, June 1, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Si Wei/Xinhua)
Visitors view an exhibit at the exhibition “This is the Shang” at the Grand Canal Museum of Beijing in Beijing, capital of China, June 2, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Tourists have fun at a scenic spot in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, June 2, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Li Yunsheng/Xinhua)
Tourists enjoy the night view along Gongshui River in Xuan’en County, central China’s Hubei Province, June 1, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Song Wen/Xinhua)
People ride camels at the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province, June 2, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua)
Kids play along the seashore in Boao, Qionghai City, south China’s Hainan Province, June 2, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Meng Zhongde/Xinhua)
Tourists have fun at Detian Waterfalls scenic area in Daxin County of Chongzuo City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 1, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Zhao Jingwu/Xinhua)
Tourists try jet skiing at the Silver Beach resort area in Beihai, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 1, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Long Tao/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on June 1, 2025 shows tourists enjoying a boat tour in Rongcheng City, east China’s Shandong Province. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)
A kid has fun in a tent on a grassland in Zhongbei Town of Xiqing District, north China’s Tianjin, June 2, 2025. People enjoy the 3-day holiday of the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival which falls on May 31 this year, via various activities across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
