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CCTV News:Dragon boat race, chopping waves, making zongzi, hanging wormwood and making sachets, during the Dragon Boat Festival, various places carry out colorful folk activities, which are full of strong Dragon Boat Festival culture everywhere.
Jingxian County, Anhui Province: Taohuatan Water Dragon Boat Race attracts tens of thousands of people.
On the morning of June 21st, in Taohuatan, Jingxian County, Xuancheng County, Anhui Province, a lively Dragon Boat Festival started with drum beating. The contestants are all local villagers. A total of 31 teams participated in the Taohuatan Dragon Boat Race this year, with about 1,200 participants. Among them, more than half of them are working in other places and specially rushed back to their hometown to participate in the competition. In recent years, the "Dragon Boat Village Race" in Taohuatan has become more and more famous and attracted more and more tourists. This year, the total number of people watching the dragon boat race is expected to exceed 10,000.
Wuhan, Hubei Province: Dragon Boat Race for the Best.
In Dongxihu District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, a dragon boat race with the participation of the whole people began with great excitement. In the tight drums, the players shouted neat songs and made uniform movements. Qi Xin joined forces to sprint to the finish line. The dragon boat race is a 500-meter straight race, which is divided into two days. A total of 31 teams participated in the race, the oldest being 52 years old and the youngest being 9 years old.
Dong Binbin, a dragon boat player:Everyone is United as one, and we are twisted into a rope on the boat. We have an indomitable spirit and a champion’s heart.
Pingtang, Guizhou: Inheriting Folk Custom and Making Glutinous Dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival
Near the Dragon Boat Festival, in Datang Town, Pingtang County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, the local Miao people have been busy making dumplings early. People washed and dried the fresh leaves of zongzi, fried glutinous rice, and added plant ash made of glutinous rice straw for seasoning. After the materials were prepared, the elders and young people in the village wrapped zongzi together.
Sichuan Linshui: Dumplings in ancient courtyards are fragrant, and thousands of people compete to make dumplings.
In Tanjia Courtyard, Yuanshi Town, Linshui County, Sichuan Province, local villagers and agricultural technicians gathered together to hold a contest of making dumplings for thousands of people. On the courtyard dam, the contestants skillfully made zongzi, and soon, beautiful and strong pointed zongzi were wrapped, and laughter filled the century-old courtyard, showing a strong festive atmosphere.
Ji ‘an, Jiangxi: Weaving eggs and hanging wormwood in the Dragon Boat Festival is traditional and fashionable.
In Aicaotang, Chenkeng Village, Meitang Town, Ji ‘an County, Jiangxi Province, villagers, volunteers and school teachers and students weave an egg pocket with colorful ropes. After weaving, they put the boiled eggs in the bag and hang them around the children’s necks.
Dai Fengying, teacher of Meitang Primary School in Ji ‘an County, Jiangxi Province:Weaving an egg pocket with colorful ropes is first of all a moral that adults place on children, that is, they hope that they can be safe after hanging up the egg pocket.
Teachers and students also use fresh wormwood and calamus with beautiful summer flowers to make traditional and fashionable wormwood bouquets.
Tongwei, Gansu: Mulan soup with cinnabar traditional folk custom welcomes Dragon Boat Festival.
In the Tongwei County Museum in Dingxi City, Gansu Province, children dressed in Hanfu lined up and washed their hands with herbal medicine in turn. The museum staff lit cinnabar on their foreheads to wish them good health and peace.