How foreigners celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

emanreus (Expat in China)

I just love the atmosphere at the Duanwu Festival.

The wooden boats are shaped and decorated in the form of a Chinese dragon. Generally it is about 20–35 meters in length and needs 30–60 people to paddle it.

The colorfully painted dragon boats and the public's enthusiasm and eagerness to keep the traditional customs and culture intact is good to watch during the 3-day holiday.

On October 30, 2009, the traditional festival was added to the UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

An old saying goes "drinking regular wine (or xionghuang wine) drives diseases and evils away"! The wine is a Chinese alcoholic drink consisting of fermented cereals and powdered regular.