A special celebration for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 14 this year, was held in Heping sub-district, Chongchuan district, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, on June 9, providing a great opportunity for kids to learn about related traditional customs.

Kids in Heping sub-district, Chongchuan district, Nantong learn about the history and traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival (a traditional Chinese festival on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month). [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Children try their hands at archery. Their target is five poisonous creatures in Chinese Dragon Boat Festival culture: snakes, centipedes, scorpions, toads, and geckos. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

A volunteer dips a brush pen in yellow rice wine and draws the Chinese character "王" ("king") on children's foreheads so that they can be brave like tigers in the future. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Kids read the ancient text Di Zi Gui to learn how to be a good student and child. [Photo/ntfabu.com]