dragon boat

dragon boat is a traditional activity held on festival in guangzhou history. every dragon boat festival, from 1st may to 10th may on lunar calendar, people from haizhu district, baiyun district, huangpu district and panyu district are going to visit each other by dragon boat competitions. on the day of competition, decorated tents will be build at riverside, two sides of riverbank are crowed with people, brand-new dragon boats were lined on the river center, and each oar player can’t wait for the starting of match. as soon as the canon is fired, hundreds of dragon boats like flying arrows sail on the river, gongs and drums are beated loudly, and firecracker explodes resoundingly, cheers and applause breaks out on the sides of river, and the winners will be awarded with baken pigs of 50 kilos in weight, as well as bonus.

in recent years, guangzhou international dragon boat invitation competition will be held in the river section between haizhu bridge and renmin bridge every year, and the competitors are from all districts of guangzhou, nanhai, shunde, as well as other countries like america, thailand, singapore, malaysia, hongkong, macao etc. in addition, this completion also breaks the old customs of no woman in dragon boat, women are allowed to join in the match with men in the dragon boat, which makes this completion more exciting and attractive.