Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Huangshan

Huangshan City in east China’s Anhui Province hosted a series of traditional cultural events on Saturday, offering a unique cultural feast to visitors from near and far.

On Yansi Old Street Huangshan City, performers of “Jumping Zhong Kui” danced to a vibrant rhythm. With a history spanning over 400 years, this fierce exorcism ritual is believed to ward off evil and bring blessings of safety, health, and prosperity. At dawn, a long-table banquet was set up along the street, with tables arranged in a row stretching over 100 meters.

More than 180 seniors aged 65 and above gathered around to enjoy the traditional “Ba Wan Ba” — a Huizhou-style cuisine featuring eight distinct dishes, along with pillow-shaped zongzi, a festive delicacy made of sticky rice and various fillings wrapped in bamboo leaves. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, it fell on Saturday, May 31.