"Dragon Head" Ready Ahead of Dragon Boat Festival

Chen Bingshou (R) painted the "head" of a dragon boat at Dongyang Community, Lianxi Neighborhood, Daoxian County, on May 28. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, a batch of new dragon boats are being prepared for the upcoming annual dragon boat races. In 2021, Daozhou Dragon Boat Folk Custom has been shortlisted for the fifth batch of the state-level intangible cultural heritage items. In 2024, Chen Bingshou has been designated as a provincial-level representative inheritor of this intangible cultural heritage item for his dragon boat head making skills. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)

Chen Bingshou (R) painted the "head" of a dragon boat at Dongyang Community, Lianxi Neighborhood, Daoxian County, on May 28. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, a batch of new dragon boats are being prepared for the upcoming annual dragon boat races. In 2021, Daozhou Dragon Boat Folk Custom has been shortlisted for the fifth batch of the state-level intangible cultural heritage items. In 2024, Chen Bingshou has been designated as a provincial-level representative inheritor of this intangible cultural heritage item for his dragon boat head making skills. (Photo/Jiang Keqing)