New version of dragon boat racing, all male version of Kunqu opera, wearing Hanfu and Mulan soup... The folk cultural atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival Park fills Guyi Garden | Citizens | Dragon Boat Festival
On the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Shanghai's parks and green spaces welcomed many citizens and tourists who were eager to appreciate flowers and experience folk culture, killing two birds with one arrow.
Jiefang Daily's Shangguan News reporter learned from major parks that as of 14:00 today, Shanghai Zoo received 17000 visitors on the same day; As of 17:00, the number of visitors to Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai Botanical Garden, Guyi Garden, Shanghai Binjiang Forest Park, and Chenshan Botanical Garden on that day was 27193, 9298, 7932, 7530, and 4293, respectively. The Shanghai World Expo Cultural Park welcomed 11000 visitors today.
In terms of country parks, Changxing Island Country Park, Pujiang Country Park Miracle Garden Exhibition Area, and Qingxi Country Park received 4132, 1793, and 723 visitors respectively today.
As a traditional water sport during the Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boat racing is deeply loved by everyone. Today, on the water surface of Gongqing Forest Park, more than 10 paddleboards gathered together. Under the guidance of paddleboarding coaches, parents and children learned the essentials of skills and tested their learning results through a racing competition.
Xiao Weifeng, the director of Gongqing Forest Park, said that due to the continuous improvement of the ecological environment quality in the park in recent years, Gongqing Forest Park has launched a series of theme function expansion activities of "park+sports". The trendy paddle board activities can not only give citizens and tourists a sense of freshness, but also enjoy the dual health benefits of forest health and sports fitness. It can also serve as a new carrier of traditional folk culture, making excellent traditional culture lasting and deeply rooted in people's hearts.
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Guyi Garden is the main venue of the 10th Shanghai Lotus and Water Lily Exhibition, as well as the first "Intangible Cultural Heritage Theme Park" in Shanghai. This Dragon Boat Festival also brings a sense of folk culture atmosphere.
This afternoon, the male version of Kunqu opera "Dreams of Wandering in the Garden" was performed in this classical garden with a history of 500 years, reproducing the performance and appearance of ancient Beijing Kunqu opera from the Ming and Qing dynasties for the audience. It is full of the artistic conception of "there is music in the garden, and you can enjoy the garden within the music".
Kunqu Opera is the ancestor of all kinds of opera, with a history of over 600 years. The male version of Kunqu opera has been active on stage since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was not until the late Qing and early Republic of China that there was a form of male female co performance. Nowadays, this traditional performance method is experiencing a revival.
Under the missing corner pavilion in Guyi Garden, time is quiet, and children learn the techniques of making Dragon Boat Festival sachets and experience traditional Chinese medicine and painting culture under the guidance of a technician from the time-honored brand "Lei Yun Shang".
The Dragon Boat Festival is not only a ceremonial folk festival, but also a day to welcome the summer and the prosperity of flowers and trees.
In the scorching summer, a beautiful purple color in the park has a cooling effect. In the Binjiang Forest Park in Shanghai, the willow leaved verbena planted before and after the May Day holiday has entered its best viewing period.
Willow leaved Verbena is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Verbenaceae family and the Verbenaceae genus. It is particularly suitable for summer flower arrangement. Against the backdrop of blue sky and white clouds, the purple flowers of Willow leaved Verbena are bright and charming, attracting butterflies to dance gracefully. Citizens and tourists stop to watch and linger.
In the Shen Garden of the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Park, the Xuancao flower, known as the flower of loving mothers, is in full bloom. The Xuancao flower is also known as the Forget Worry Grass, because in ancient times, mothers missed wandering children and wanted to plant Xuancao to forget their worries. The park and Shanghai University of Applied Technology, which serves as the national germplasm resource bank of Xuancao, jointly held the Xuancao Culture Festival. Citizens and tourists not only enjoyed the rare Xuancao flowers in modern gardens, but also appreciated ancient poetry and vivid traditional paintings related to Xuancao.
In addition to eating Zongzi and dragon boat racing, the Dragon Boat Festival was also a festival for people to cure diseases and prevent epidemics in ancient times. The Shanghai World Expo Cultural Park has launched the "Mulan Soup in Hanfu" activity.
Lan Tang is a traditional herbal bath soup. In ancient times, people believed that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the noon yang energy was strong, making it the strongest time for plants and plants to have medicinal properties. During the Dragon Boat Festival, picking herbs, boiling herbal medicine, and bathing can strengthen the body and health. In the park, many citizens and tourists wear Hanfu, wash their hands with orchid soup, and immerse themselves in the charm of Qu Yuan's "bathing in orchid soup, bathing in fragrance, and wearing colorful clothes like English".
