Xichang 9th Dragon Boat Festival opens on June 9

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching and the traditional folklore activity of dragon boat racing will be launched during this period. What a wonderful Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Xichang to create a different kind of boutique tourism program. Xichang will have more festival surprises! This year's dragon boat race in Xichang will start on June 9th.

The 9th Dragon Boat Festival in Xichang, China

When:

June 9, 2000

Location:

Haihe Sky Street

Contents of the Dragon Boat Race:

Opening Ceremony, Dragon Boat Show and Beneficial Show are the three major events.

The opening ceremony will be held on June 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at Yang Liu Bridge on Haihe Sky Street. There is a festive symbolic painted boat, a dragon boat parade on the river, the playing of Chinese cultural instruments on the boat, and interpretations of Han Chinese characters. Songs and dances, dragon and lion dances, and drumming performances on both sides of the river.

The dragon boat show will include a 200-meter race, a 200-meter obstacle course and a three-week race around the letter "8" in the Haihe River (Guihua Bridge-Yangliu Bridge and other waters along the river).

Contents of the Dragon Boat Festival Cultural Performances

Duanwu People's Stage - Xichang Dragon Boat Festival People's Literary and Artistic Performances: afternoon and evening performances (3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.), including wrapping zongzi (rice dumplings), watching and participating in the production of scented buns, watching on-site fan painting and composing poems, experiencing the Chinese culture of boat-building style in Chinese traditional Chinese clothing, participating in the tour of the ancient Cherry Blossom Scenic Area, and performing literary programs. , performing cultural programs