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Dragon boat racing is a custom of which place

This is a traditional custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in China.

Dragon boat racing is a traditional custom of the Dragon Boat Festival in China, which is mainly popular in the southern regions of China, such as Yuanling County in Hunan Province, Dongguan City and Shunde District of Foshan City in Guangdong Province, as well as Tongren City and Zhenyuan County in Guizhou Province. People in these areas celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival by racing dragon boats, both to honor historical figures and to promote traditional culture. In the north of the city near the river and lake, although there is also the custom of dragon boat racing, but the form is mostly paddling dry dragon boat, dragon boat dance, a different flavor.