Children in the 8th Kindergarten of Julu County of Hebei Province experienced the ancient customs of the Dragon Boat Festival by making rice dumplings, rowing dragon boat on land and making perfume sachets.

Children were rowing dragon boat on land. (Photo by Ma Ling)

The festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated in China on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan more than 2,000 years ago.

Children were showing their rice dumplings. (Photo by Ma Ling)

By experiencing these customs, children can learn traditional culture, know more about Chinese folkways and cultivate their patriotism.

Children were showing their rice dumplings. (Photo by Ma Ling)

Editor: Song Lifang