CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- In this bright and beautiful June, a good time for eating glutinous rice dumplings, to welcome the Dragon Boat Festival, various cultural and tourism units and scenic spots in Chongqing have carefully planned and launched hundreds of unique cultural and tourism activities with the theme of "glutinous rice dumplings", to allow tourists to immerse themselves in the charm of traditional culture and enjoy a wonderful journey during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

Dragon boat races to be held in many places across the city

Dragon boat racing is one of the most important folk activities during the Dragon Boat Festival when famous scene that multiple dragon boats race against each other will be seen in many places across the city.

On June 6, 2024 Chongqing Folk Custom Activity for Dragon Boat Festival 2024 and "Dazu Rock Carvings Cup" Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament in Chengdu and Chongqing will kick off. Nearly 800 athletes from 57 dragon boat teams will race on the Longshui Lake in Dazu. Subsequently, three-day Dragon Boat Festival themed Hanfu parade, intangible cultural heritage folk performances, Dragon Boat Festival themed artistic performances, as well as "glutinous rice dumplings" folk handicraft experiences, dragon boat markets and other Festival tour activities will be carried out.

The Dragon Boat Festival Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon Boat Festival in Anju Ancient City will be held in Tongliang on June 8, 2024. In addition to dragon boat racing, there will be more activities such as night fire dragon intangible cultural heritage live performances, "flying dragons in the sky" aerial performances, and competitive dragon dance performances. On that day, family-based dragon boat lovers from Chengdu and Chongqing will also gather in Nanchuan to participate in the third Chengdu-Chongqing Family Dragon Boat Race, to inherit the "dragon boat" culture through parent-child races.

At the same time, the Wuxi Three Gorges Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament, the First Zhongxian Three Gorges Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament Involving Four Provinces and Cities 2024, the Dragon Boat Invitational Tournament in Xiushan Hunan-Chongqing-Guizhou Border Regions, and the Jiangjin Dragon Boat Cultural Festival will bring wonderful races with speed and power on water

Enjoy Dragon Boat Festival Over 260 activities to bring you richer holiday cultural experience

Public cultural service institutions at all levels in the city have launched more than 260 colorful activities, such as exhibitions themed on Dragon Boat Festival, cultural exhibitions and performances, reading promotion, customs appreciation, interactive experiences in combination with the theme of the holiday, bringing richer holiday cultural experience.

The libraries in Banan, Hechuan, Kaizhou and other places have launched a themed exhibition titled "Talking about the Dragon Boat Festival in Square Inches - The Story of the Dragon Boat Festival in Stamps", helping tourists appreciate the Dragon Boat Festival stamps with stories. The Jiangbei Library has launched a calligraphy collection activity called "Have a Dialogue with Qu Yuan through Time and Space", allowing young people to have a "spiritual dialogue" with Qu Yuan. The Wulong Library has launched the "Read More and Be Better during the Dragon Boat Festival" activity. Cultural centers in Yubei, Yongchuan, Fengdu and other places have launched cultural performances with the theme of "Our Festival - Dragon Boat Festival". The Shizhu Cultural Center has held the "Melodious Traditional Chinese Music" Dragon Boat Festival Concert.

Major museums in Chongqing have also held wonderful interactive experience activities. The Chongqing Natural History Museum has held interactive activities such as explanations in exhibition halls, knowledge lectures, and handicrafts, popularized knowledge about the origin and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, and taught skills for making sachets, to allow visitors to experience the charm of traditional handicrafts. The Exhibition Hall of the History of Other Chinese Political Parties has carried out the Dragon Boat Festival handicraft activity "Glutinous Rice Dumplings with ink smell". The Chongqing Bayu Folk Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine has launched the "Dragon Boat Festival Benefiting the People, Bathing Fresh Herbal Medicines" activity, allowing visitors to deepen their understanding of traditional Chinese medicine culture.

Fun Tour during the Dragon Boat Festival Special activities held in scenic spots stimulate consumption vitality

In order to make cultural and tourism markets more vital during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, major scenic spots across the city have launched various theme activities, allowing citizens and tourists to enjoy themselves.

On June 8, the "Millennium Prosperity · Historical and Cultural Week" will kick off, and a series of activities such as the Millennium Prosperity · Record of Taking the Ceramic Products out of the Kiln and Folk Culture Tour Exhibition Activity, as well as the "Passionate Dragon Boat Festival" concert, will be held in major scenic spots such as Antao Town and Xiabu Town. On June 9, Qianjiang Zhuoshui Scenic Spot will launch the opening ceremony of "Qianjiang Chicken Giblets Food Cultural Festival", and carry out folk activities such as wrapping glutinous rice dumplings for blessing and various song and dance performances. On June 9, the "Our Festival · Dragon Boat Festival and Summer Grassland Life Festival in Mexin Wine Town" will kick off in Fuling Mexin Wine Town Scenic Spot, which will bring activities such as Longma Parade, Glutinous Rice Dumplings Feast with Various Flavors, Grassland Ecological and Environmental Protection Show, etc.

Pengshui Chiyou Jiulicheng Scenic Spot will carry out characteristic activities such as dancing in Jiuli, dragon boat racing in Jiuli, poetic Jiuli, and tour in Jiuli. Mount Mowei Scenic Spot will hold Glutinous Rice Dumplings Wrapping Competition, where tourists can experience the childhood games such as iron ring rolling, shuttlecock kicking, stones picking, rope skipping, etc. Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Scenic Spot will hold the theme activity "Inheriting the millennium-old culture," "Enjoying Happy Hours”. The Youyang Dieshi Flower Valley Scenic Spot will launch the "Cherishing the Past During the Dragon Boat Festival, Making Friends through Poetry" activity. The Dianjiang Kaizhifeng Scenic Spot will hold the "Enjoy Glutinous Rice Dumplings in Early Summer, Joyful Kaizhifeng" activity.

There are also many interesting summer and water activities. Liangping Guixiang Tiandilehuantian Scenic Spot will hold Dream Bubble Show and Summer Ice Cream DIY Theme Activity. Chongqing Happy Valley will launch festive activities such as Super Children's Day Children's Fun and Thai-styled Water-sprinkling Festival, to open the "Confined world of summer" in Chongqing. The Mexin Wine Town Water Park has launched a package at the price of 29.9 yuan (original price of 88 yuan), including a single ticket for the water park, Ferris wheel No. 1, small train, and haunted house. The package is valid until July 10.

The shortest answer is doing. Just make a travel plan for the coming Dragon Boat Festival holiday. (Translated by Hu Chuanmin, Fathom Language Limited)