The Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition Tourism Resort in Beijing's northwestern district of Yanqing attracted large crowds on Sunday, the final day of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
Spanning 542 hectares, the resort has organized more than 500 events across four activity zones to entertain visitors throughout the summer.
Yanqing, known for its cooler climate -- about five degrees Celsius lower than in downtown Beijing -- has hosted the Duanwu cultural celebration for 18 consecutive years. This favorable climate, along with the resort's expansive facilities, has facilitated innovative consumer experiences and business models.
Local cultural and tourism authorities have set up complimentary experience booths offering hands-on activities, including zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) -making, dragon boat painting, mugwort bouquet crafting, five-color silk cord braiding, and herbal sachet assembly. These activities have been particularly popular among holiday-goers.
In addition to the cultural festivities, the park also hosted the 2026 Beijing-Zhangjiakou Road Cycling Open on Sunday, introducing a competitive sporting element to the celebration.
The Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, the festival holiday began on Friday and runs through Sunday.
Crowds flock to Yanqing for vibrant Dragon Boat Festival celebration
The 32nd Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) concluded on Sunday after a five-day run, sealing 2,835 copyright trade agreements and letters of intent between Chinese and international publishers.
The fair brought together over 1,700 exhibitors from 82 countries and regions, with social sciences, children's books, and science and technology titles ranking as the top three categories in trading volume.
At the exhibition, the first batch of results from the China-Italy Classic Works Mutual Translation and Publishing Project was officially unveiled.
Four works have completed mutual translation and publication: Chinese titles "I and the Temple of Earth" and "An Overview of Ancient Chinese Architecture", alongside Italian classics "I Canti" and "From the New Science".
"I believe this will bring great cultural value to readers in both Italy and China. This year marks the first achievement, and we are now in the process of deciding the four books to be translated next year," said Federico Roberto Antonelli, cultural counselor of Italian Embassy in China.
Domestic publishing houses continued to push high-quality works for overseas promotion.
China's "Road Choices in the Past 100 Years", a record of China's century-long development journey, saw its Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese editions launched at the fair.
"This book has already been translated into five languages. We've found that many international colleagues are paying close attention to this type of books. We also believe that books on the origins of Chinese civilization and other traditional cultural classics (and similar topics) are of high demand," said Song Zhijun, executive director and Party secretary of Life Reading New Knowledge Sanlian Bookstore.
"Charming Guangdong," a book celebrating Lingnan culture, has signed a copyright deal with a Polish publishing institution to expand its international audience.
This year's fair featured a rich variety of copyright export categories, covering literature, art, history, and other fields, with notable achievements in children's publications going global.
Haiyan Publishing House signed strategic cooperation agreements with publishing institutions from the United States and Sri Lanka, centered on its "Chinese Classic Folk Tales Picture Book Series" as part of the Chinese Civilization Heritage Collection.
The 32nd Beijing International Book Fair opened on June 17 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing under the theme "Books as a Bridge for Dialogue, Exchange and Win-Win Cooperation".
32nd Beijing Int’l Book Fair concludes with 2,835 copyright agreements
