Dragon boat festivities have returned in parts of China for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in late 2019.
Dragon boat participants from Panting village row along a canal in the historic Lychee Bay scenic area in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong Province, Friday, June 3, 2022. Dragon boat races returned in parts of China on Friday for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in late 2019, as restrictions are lifted along with a major drop in COVID-19 cases.
Along with the displays and traditional boat races — featuring teams of up to a dozen or more paddlers but which were not held in Guangzhou this year due to pandemic measures — the holiday is marked by community gatherings and the enthusiastic consumption of steamed rice dumplings cooked with meat, peanuts and other ingredients and wrapped in green leaves bound with string.
“I feel particularly excited and happy,” said He, who was among the spectators watching the crews from Pantang village paddle the carefully-decorated boats as long as 38 meters . The dragon boat tradition dates back 500 years in Pantang, and residents a century ago began displaying the boats as works of folk art and craftmanship, said Liu Yongzhou, head of the dragon boat association from one of the village’s districts.“It’s good for various parties, including tourists. There will be lively scenes here again,” said Ji Tuhui, the owner of a small bakery selling traditional Cantonese pastries.
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