Detained, two villagers in Wenzhou organize a private dragon boat activity without authorization. Huang | Dragon Boat | Activity
Two people in Rui'an City, Wenzhou were administratively detained by the police for organizing people to engage in folk dragon boat activities on the village river without reporting permission.
On June 11th, the local police reported that on the 9th and 10th, villagers Huang and Li from Tangxia Town organized unauthorized activities to row dragon boats in the river. During the activities on the 9th, the dragon boat sank and all personnel on board fell into the water. After rescue efforts, no casualties were reported. The police have imposed administrative detention on Huang and Li for 9 and 7 days respectively in accordance with the law, and the case is under further investigation.
In April of this year, the government of Ruian City issued a notice stating that, in view of the existence of apportionment, vulgarity, superstition, and disorder in private dragon boat activities, it has been decided to continue to prohibit private dragon boat activities throughout the city in 2023. It is strictly prohibited for any unit or individual to organize and hold private dragon boat activities without authorization for any reason. It is also strictly prohibited to engage in activities such as provocation, feudalism, forced apportionment, and disguised wealth accumulation under the guise of building or rowing dragon boats. Those who violate the provisions of the notice, refuse to listen to dissuasion, organize and hold private dragon boat activities without authorization, and violate public security management shall be punished by the public security organs in accordance with the law. Those who commit crimes shall be held criminally responsible in accordance with the law.
At the same time, we will adhere to the principle of "setting time, defining areas, and limiting the number of teams", continue to support the orderly development of sports and competitive dragon boat sports, improve the construction of dragon boat bases, guide the development of dragon boat associations, and register to participate in activities with each township sports and competitive dragon boat branch as a unit.
It is reported that the 9th competitive dragon boat competition organized by the Ruian Municipal Government will be held on June 30th at the local dragon boat base, using designated specialized dragon boats.
In a 2014 report titled "Zhejiang Rui'an Competitive Dragon Boat Replacing Folk Traditional Dragon Boat" by China News Network, it was reported that there have been multiple conflicts and armed fights caused by dragon boat racing in the local area since the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. In June 2008, some villagers had a dispute over dragon boat rowing, throwing mineral water bottles, boat paddles, etc. at each other and causing conflicts; In addition, there are also phenomena such as stalls, vulgarity, and superstition in folk dragon boat activities. At that time, the municipal government decided to ban private dragon boat activities after soliciting opinions on a large scale.