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Dragon boat race for the Asian Games

19-6-2023  morning, both sides of the Yanshangan River in Yunlong Town, Yinzhou District were bustling with people. The 15th Ningbo Dragon Boat Race to Welcome the Asian Games was held here, with 20 teams gathered together. This is also one of the Dragon Boat Festival series activities in Ningbo.

In addition to dragon boat race, other exquisite cultural and creative products such as handcrafted dragon boats, " dragon boat racing" keychains, dragon boat incense inserts, and dragon boat ceramic cups have also attracted people’s attention.

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National Land Day theme activities held

In the reciting of "Ballad of land protection", the public theme activity of "National Land Day", with the theme of "safeguarding our farmland", was held in the digital intelligent agricultural planting base of Shanshui River Pastoral Garden in Fenghua District, Ningbo, on June 24.

At the launching ceremony of the activity, 33 "young farmland guardians" read out the oath of the farmland protection team, and received related certificates issued by the event organizer. They obtained the "land safeguarding task cards" and could redeem gifts by completing the tasks.

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Dragon Boat Festival is approaching

"Putting the realgar on the children's foreheads, I wish them a healthy growth without disease and disaster."

said a senior citizen at the unique folk activity in the Bailong Community of Zhaobao Mountain Sub-district, Zhenhai District, to welcome the coming Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to the realgar, wrapping Zongzi and making sachets are also the "highlights" of this folk custom experience. Volunteers experience the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in handcrafting, feeling the long and profound cultural connotations.

Volunteers experience the traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in handcrafting, feeling the long and profound cultural connotations

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