Children embrace folk culture at Tianhe park
A variety of folk cultural activities were held at the Zhujiang Park in Guangzhou's Tianhe district on June 10, the day of China's Dragon Boat Festival, for children to better understand the traditional festival culture.
A girl plays the ring toss game, tossing rings over paper-made zongzi (traditional rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves). [Photo by Cai Zhaoxu/Yangcheng Evening News]
A young boy captures a photo in front of the pitch-pot game board, featuring depictions of five poisonous creatures (scorpion, viper, centipede, house lizard, and toad), aimed at educating children. In Chinese tradition custom, it is customary to adorn homes with images of five poisonous creatures during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits and pray for peace. [Photo by Cai Zhaoxu/Yangcheng Evening News]