The 9th Xichang Dragon Boat Festival 2019 will start on June 9

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and during this period, traditional folk activities like dragon boat racing will begin. What kind of exciting Dragon Boat Festival activities will Xichang carry out? Create a different and high-quality tourism project. Xichang will have more holiday surprises! This year’s Dragon Boat Race in Xichang will start on June 9. 2019 China·Xichang 9th Dragon Boat Festival

Time:

June 9, 2019

Location:

Haihe Tianjie

Contents of the Dragon Boat Race:

Three major activities: opening ceremony, dragon boat performance, and people-benefiting performance

The opening ceremony will be held from 8:30 a.m. on June 9th - Held at 9:00 at Yangliu Bridge on Tianjie, Haihe River, there will be the festival's iconic painted boat, a dragon boat performance team parade on the river, playing of Han cultural instruments on the boat, performances by Hanfu character groups; cross-strait singing and dancing, dragon and lion dances, and drum performances, etc.

The dragon boat performance includes a 200-meter speed race, a 200-meter obstacle course, and a three-circle "8" performance in the waters of the Haihe River (Osmanthus Bridge-Yangliu Bridge and the waters along it). Contents of 2019 Dragon Boat Festival Cultural Benefiting People’s Performances

Sentimental Dragon Boat Festival People’s Stage—Xichang City’s 2019 Dragon Boat Festival Cultural People’s Benefit Performances: divided into afternoon and evening performances (3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm to 9 a.m.), including making rice dumplings, watching and participating in the making of sachets, watching live paintings and poems on folding fans, wearing Hanfu to experience the style of Chinese cultural painting boats, participating in tours of the ancient cherry blossom scene area, cultural performances and Dragon Boat Festival quizzes.