From June 19 to 22, 2023, a series of events was held at Hebotan, Qu Yuan District, Yueyang City, China, to commemorate Qu Yuan. More than 2,000 years ...

Zigui is the hometown of Qu Yuan, and for centuries, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month each year, people in Zigui would hold a grand Dragon Boat Race to commemorate Qu Yuan.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on the ...

In Chinese culture, the festival originated as a day to commemorate Qu Yuan, an exiled poet and politician in the state of Chu during China’s Warring States period (475-221BC), who committed ...

What comes to mind first when thinking about Qu Yuan (340-278 B.C.)? ... Quzi Temple built some 260 years ago is the main venue for people to commemorate Qu Yuan. (Photo/CGTN) ...

In Qu Yuan's hometown Zigui county of the neighboring Hubei Province, the Dragon Boat Festival has become an indispensable part of the people's life for more than 2,000 years.

The 2024 Qu Yuan's hometown Dragon Boat Culture Festival kicked off on June 7 in Zigui County of Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province.

The festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). [Photo by Shi ...

Children dressed in traditional clothes commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriot poet during the Warring State Period (475-221 BC), at the East Lake scenic area in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei ...

Qu Yuan himself was a noble man; he was loyal to Chu, when the country was dominated by the downfallen regime, and who eventually committed suicide in a river. According to the way that some ...

The festival is held to commemorate Qu Yuan, who lived during the Warring States period in ancient China. The poet, who was in exile, had drowned himself after hearing about the fall of the Chu ...

Zigui is the hometown of Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet in the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), ... people in Zigui would hold a grand Dragon Boat Race to commemorate Qu Yuan.