The Dragon Boat Festival is just a three-day vacation, and in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, there is a place where the dragon boat races last the longest. Dragon boat racing is not for one or two days, but can be up to a month, they call this period of time Dragon Boat Month, during the event, Dongguan towns and villages will have large and small activities.
Organizers will "Dongguan Dragon Boat Month" during the folk culture activities as a time node, unified publicity, unified packaging, comprehensively enhance the spirit of Dongguan Dragon Boat, Dongguan Dragon Boat culture heritage.
In this year's "Dongguan Dragon Boat Month", Wanjiang, Shijie, Dao_, Zhongtang, Changping, Hongmei, Houjie, Wangniudun, Shipai, Shatian, Gao_, Mayong and other more than 10 towns and streets will be opened one after another rich in content, a variety of forms of dragon boat related activities, including the Dragon Boat Championships, Dragon Boat Racing, Dragon Boat while the scene, Dance wooden dragon, dry wooden dragon parade, dragon boat cultural festival, "city? Memory" Dragon Boat Festival Photo Contest, as well as the "Race for the Dragon" folk music concert and other related cultural and artistic performances, a wonderful variety of activities.
People who are interested in the festival should not miss these opportunities to experience the rich traditional atmosphere of the festival.
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Dongguan Dragon Boat Month
Dongguan Dragon Boat Racing is a national non-heritage program in Dongguan. Dongguan people race dragon boat, long duration, so it is also known as "Dongguan Dragon Boat Month", is Dongguan's widest influence, the largest number of participants in the traditional cultural activities. Set a standard called the race, that is, the competition; not set a standard called while the scene.
Wanjiang_Lianzhengma Village dragon, marking the beginning of the "Dongguan Dragon Boat Month".
Wanjiang
(1)2019 Dongguan Dragon Boat Month launch and Wanjiang Dragon Boat Rising Ceremony
Time: The eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar (Sunday, May 12) 9:30
Place: Wanjiang, Dongguan, Lianzhengma Dragon Rising Square
Content: Reproduction of the ceremony. >Contents: Reproduce the whole process of the dragon ceremony, citywide coordination, the launch of the Dongguan Dragon Boat Month; lion parade, non-heritage market, etc..
Participation: go and watch on your own
(2) Wanjiang Dragon Boat Cultural Festival
Activity: June 3 (the first day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar) opening
The morning of the day will be held in the Dragon Boat Championships, when the public can go to the event site to feel the hundreds of barges competing in the race, drums shaking the sky, thousands of people empty streets The event will be held on the morning of the Dragon Boat Championships, where people can go to the venue to experience the joyful scene of a hundred boats racing, drums beating, thousands of people in the streets, and the festive atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dongguan Wanjiang, the water of the Dongjiang River, however, because the river and the river gushing thousands and named! Wanjiang villagers familiar with the water, love of water sports, dragon boat race is unique!
At the same time, because the Wanjiang Dragon Boat Race is held in Dongguan during the Dragon Boat Festival in all the earliest and most large-scale dragon boat races, there is a "Dongguan Dragon Boat the first scene" of the reputation!
Zhongtang
Activity time: June 15 (the 13th day of the 5th lunar month)
Activity location: Zhongtang Town, Riverside Road, Dragon Boat Plaza River
Mayong
Mayong, "Dragon Boat View "Time:
June 18 (Lunar May 16) 12:00-14:00
Shatin
According to the experience of previous years is expected to activity time: June 14 (Lunar May 12)
Expected location of the event
Gao_
Expected event time: June 17 (Lunar May 15)
Expected event location: Gao_Riverfront Plaza, Dongjiang River, Icheon Bridge, to the Gao_Bridge in front of the 200-meter section of the river
Hongmei
Expected activity time: June 5 (the third day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar)
Expected location: Hongmei Town Promenade from the Hongmei Bridge to the Hongmei Public Security Sub-branch of the section corresponding to the Hongya Eddy waterway on the river
Shilong
Expected activity time: June 16 (the fourteenth day of May in the lunar calendar)
Shi Pai
Expected event time: June 8 (the sixth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar)
Wang Niu Dun
Expected event time: June 7 (the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar)
Dao_
Expected event time: June 4 (the second day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar)