Otog Front Banner boasts charming natural scenery and a rich culture, offering tourists many fun options during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. [Photo/WeChat Account of Otog Front Banner]

People are preparing to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, known in China as Duanwu, with a three-day holiday.

Beating drums, synchronous strokes of the paddles, and an exhilarated crowd on the shore or banks of the river. Such spectacles are a common sight across China on Duanwu, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month according to the traditional Chinese calendar.

Otog Front Banner possesses charming natural scenery and a profound culture, offering tourists many choices for the Dragon Boat Festival. [Photo/WeChat Account of Otog Front Banner]

If you are aiming to avoid the crowds and get closer to nature, Otog Front Banner in the city of Ordos in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region could be the perfect option.

Grasslands, forests, valleys, canyons, deserts, and ancient cities converge there. You can experience camping in the desert, enjoy pastoral life in the countryside, visit the ancient city of Youzhou, learn about history, travel through time to witness the surviving splendor of the Tang Dynasty in Ordos (618-907AD), and feel the magnificence of the sweeping riverside scenery dubbed the "Thousand-Mile Gallery".

Otog Front Banner possesses charming natural scenery and a profound culture, offering tourists many choices for the Dragon Boat Festival. [Photo/WeChat Account of Otog Front Banner]