Hohhot city events mark upcoming Dragon Boat Festival
Students at Wutasi East Street Primary School in Hohhot, capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, color in kites on May 31, in the run-up to this year's Dragon Boat Festival. The festival is one of China's four most important traditional festivals. Also known as Duanwu Festival, it falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, when people take part in dragon boat races and eat rice dumplings. [Photo by Ding Genhou/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Hohhot schoolkids fly kites on campus on May 31, heralding the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival. This year, the festival falls on June 3. [Photo by Ding Genhou/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Hohhot students fly kites on May 31. [Photo by Ding Genhou/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Three girls from Hengchangdianxiang Primary School in Yuquan district, Hohhot, make fragrant sachets filled with herbs, on June 2. [Photo by Ding Genhou/For chinadaily.com.cn]