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    Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in Ninghai

    The picture shows the Dutch friend Alexander (first from right) learning to make zongzi. (Photo by Xu Mingyi and Liao Huilan)

    On the morning of June 11, in the Folk Museum of Qiantong Town, Ninghai County, folk cultural activities were staged one by one, attracting many villagers and tourists to come and experience.

    As the drum beats, the dragon and lion dance team leaps and flies up and down. Villagers and tourists watched in the yard, clapping their hands and applauding. Alexander, a Dutch friend who has worked in Ninghai for a long time, said that he had participated in traditional cultural activities such as dragon boating before, but it was the first time he had spent the Dragon Boat Festival with villagers. He said: "I have recorded a video and will send interesting stories about the Dragon Boat Festival to friends far away in the Netherlands, so that they can experience Chinese traditional culture together."

    In Qiantong Town, the locals have inherited the custom of Dragon Boat Festival for thousands of years: the new daughter-in-law holds five-color hand straps, sachets, and pu fans, which are sent to relatives, friends and neighbors as a sign of friendship. Pan Yiling, a villager in Qiaotou Yang Village, Qiantong Town, said that the new daughter-in-law who just has got married has changed from a "guest" to a "family member." At the first Duanwu Festival, she has to send these gifts symbolizing blessing and happiness.

    It is learned that Qiantong is a famous historical and cultural town in China and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The unique Bagua water system runs through the town. It is a town with surviving ancient Confucian culture in eastern Zhejiang. Zheng Lianya, deputy general manager of Ninghai Qiantong Ancient Town Tourism Development Co., Ltd., introduced that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Qiantong will carry out a series of entertaining folk activities to enhance tourists' awareness and experience of the traditional culture of the Dragon Boat Festival.