Culture and Art of Jiangyan District

Boat Customs

Boat is a unique folk custom of Jiangyan River. China Customs", "Tai County Customs" and folk circulation of the "Port Bamboo Words" are recorded, there is "Qintong boat will be the world," said, has been listed as a key national tourism projects. "Qintong will boat", by the Southern Song Dynasty along to the present, after a thousand years and does not decline, known as "the folk culture of the view, the water town style of the exposition", praised at home and abroad as "the world will be the number of boats Qintong, Qintong will be the world of boats! ", "the world's largest water temple fair," said, and was included in the country's top ten folk festivals, honored with the "World Guinness most" title. "Qintong will ship" was successfully selected as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extended project list.

Qintong will ship every year on the second day of Qingming Festival in Jiangyan Qin Lake. Usually divided into Penny boat, rowing boat, flower boat, tribute boat, abduction of women boat five types, thousands of boats racing, a hundred barges, Qinhu spring. The end of the boat race, the boat festival activities near the end of the scene, the hilarious theater, cocktail party, send the head of the Penny trilogy and highlight the climax. Boat Festival scale year after year, has become famous at home and abroad.