Fengxian District's "Our Festival·Dragon Boat Festival" themed series of activities was officially launched, and "dragons" appeared in Yinglong Village
With the sound of loud gongs and drums, 18 dragon boat teams started a fierce competition on the water of Longhu Lake in Yinglong Village, Zhelin Town, Fengxian District. The contestants swung their oars vigorously, causing ripples on the clear lake surface. The villagers and spectators on both sides of Longhu Lake were enthusiastic and cheered constantly. In the sky, a professional kite team flew several brightly colored and swaying dragon kites, highlighting a strong traditional cultural atmosphere.
This morning, the "Dragon Boat Race Riding the Blue Waves and Standing on the Trend Showing New Stance" 2024 Fengxian District "Our Festival·Dragon Boat Festival" themed event and the "Yue Dong Xian City" National Fitness Sports Collection·The 3rd "Yinglong Cup" Dragon Boat Festival The invitational event was held at the "Longhu" scenic spot in Yinglong Village, Zhelin Town. In order to create a better visual effect for the dragon boat race, this event also built a water stage on Long Lake according to local conditions. In addition to the competitive teams participating in the dragon boat race, surrounding villagers, parent-child families, and good people on the Chinese Good People List were also invited. Character representatives spend the holidays together.
The reporter learned that the "Dragon Lake" scenic spot in Yinglong Village, where this dragon boat race is held, is among the first batch of the most beautiful rivers in Fengxian District. The water quality reaches the third category of surface water standards, and the total length of the track is nearly 260 meters. This year is also the third consecutive year that Yinglong Village has hosted the dragon boat race. "The dragon boat race was first organized voluntarily by the village. On the one hand, it closely followed the name of the village 'Yinglong' to carry out folk activities that fit the Dragon Boat Festival. On the other hand, it also used it to provide villagers with richer cultural activities and strengthen the construction of spiritual civilization. Today, the dragon boat race is The scale is getting bigger and bigger. Among the 18 dragon boat teams participating this year, 12 are from various streets and towns in Fengxian District, and the other 6 are from paired enterprises in Yinglong Village," said Wang Jian, a village cadre in Yinglong Village.
In addition to hundreds of competing teams on the field, in order to enhance the citizens' experience, the event site also set up an "Interesting Dragon Boat Festival" intangible cultural heritage market, "Interesting Zongzi" Dragon Boat Festival customs display, "Appreciating Folk Customs" leisure food, "Agricultural Good Zhe" Forest" special agricultural products exhibition and other rich and diverse interactive activities. Folk experiences such as kite making, grasshopper weaving, and rolling lantern sachet making, as well as sugar painting, candied haws, special sesame cakes, and delicacies such as pumpkins, tomatoes, and fresh corn produced by the local agricultural cooperative in Zhelin Town are very popular.
Today's event also held the launch ceremony of the 2024 Fengxian District "I Celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival at the New Era Civilization Practice Center" series of activities. A series of Dragon Boat Festival themed activities that are popular with the masses were launched, giving the traditional festival new vitality and vitality.
It is understood that during the Dragon Boat Festival in 2024, Fengxian District will carry out extensive activities with the theme of "Our Festival·Dragon Boat Festival" and launch a series of activities called "I Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at the New Era Civilized Practice Center" based on various new era civilization practice positions at all levels. By holding various folk fairs, traditional culture and festival connotations are brought to the masses.
For example, Qingxi Old Street will hold the "Ancient Fun and Fun" Dragon Boat Festival garden party. The activities include national style performances, pop-up parades, Dragon Boat Festival markets, interactive games, handicraft experiences, etc., organically integrating traditional culture with interactive experiences. At the Xidu Street Zhayuan Neighborhood Committee New Era Civilization Practice Station, Jinhui Town Heyuan Neighborhood Committee New Era Civilization Practice Station and other practice sites, there will also be activities such as making rice dumplings, tasting rice dumplings, making sachets, tying colorful ropes, and making mugwort. Folk activities such as grass bouquets, pot throwing, and shooting of five poisons.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, various places in Fengxian will also carry out a series of activities around the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. For example, Fengxian Yanzi Academy will also carry out the 2024 Fengxian District "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" and the "Virtuous Beauty and Civilization with Me" intangible cultural heritage inheritance and civilized practice theme activities, taking the traditional Dragon Boat Festival as an opportunity to carry out intangible cultural heritage performances, intangible cultural heritage inheritance project displays, intangible cultural heritage markets and other civilized practice activities, so that citizens can immerse themselves in the intangible cultural heritage skills such as "bamboo weaving", "feather inlay", "gold and silver craftsmanship", and "gold painting". The "Intangible Cultural Heritage Open Class" civilized practice project launched at the same time invites intangible cultural heritage inheritors to teach citizens intangible cultural heritage skills such as "Fengxian Mountain Opera" and "Wood Carving". Zhelin Town will carry out activities such as the "Picking Fun Dragon Boat Festival" intangible cultural heritage market, providing on-site hand-made experiences of intangible cultural heritage projects such as intangible cultural heritage rolling lanterns and intangible cultural heritage kites; Fengpu Street will carry out the "Entering Intangible Cultural Heritage-Filamentation Enamel" hand-made activities to allow citizens, especially young people, to experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage up close.