Races are being held across China to celebrate this year's Dragon Boat Festival.
The Duanwu Festival is a tradition dating back more than 2,000 years and an important annual event in China.
Google's "doodle" today marked the special celebration.
The festival supposedly originated as a commemoration of the life and death of Qu Yuan — a poet, statesman, ideologist, diplomat and reformer who lived in the latter part of the so-called warring states period (476 BC — 221 BC).
People traditionally eat Zongzi, a Chinese rice pudding wrapped up with bamboo or reed leaves, during the festival, with many different varieties available.
In Guangyuan City, in southwest China's Sichuan province, a new type of Zongzi made from wild strawberries was a favourite this year.
The home of the Dragon Boat Festival
The city of Miluo, a city in central China's Hunan Province where Qu Yuan died, is considered the home of the festival and base of dragon boats.
Thirty-two teams from all across the country took part in the 200-meter boat racing competition there this year, with each team consisting of 12 members.
The dragon boat industry has become an important pillar of the city's economy.
Miluo has a complete industrial chain for the production and sale of dragon boats.
There are 20 dragon boat manufacturers in Miluo city, and of the 50,000 population in Quzisi County about 3,000 work in the dragon boat industry.
Apart from dragon boat production, the city has also cultivated a large number of professional dragon boat coaches and race organisers.
Reuters
