CULTURE How people spend Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea and Japan

CULTURE

How people spend Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea and Japan

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23:39, June 07, 2019

Originating in China, the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu in Chinese, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar, which falls on June 7 this year. (Photos: CGTN)

The ritual of brewing sacred liquor is being held in Gangneung City, South Korea, during the Gangneung Danoje Festival, May 18, 2010.

A woman swings to celebrate the Gangneung Danoje Festival in Gangwon-do, South Korea, June 19, 2018.

A Samurai warrior figurine.

A Japnese boy is seen against carp streamers fluttering in a riverside park in Sagamihara, suburban Tokyo, April 29, 2016.

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