FUZHOU, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Fangzhuang in southeast China's Fujian Province, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village.
Fang Shaohuang is the third generation inheritor of the family's dragon boat making techniques. He has devoted himself to this industry and hopes young people can inherit this craft.
Craftsmen fill waterproofing material in a new dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
A craftsman builds a dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Photo taken on May 30, 2022 shows a newly carved lacquered dragon head for a dragon boat in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Painter Pan Shujian and his wife paint traditional patterns on a newly made dragon boat at Fanghegang dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
A craftsman works at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
The 71-year-old craftsman Fang Shaohuang (L), the third-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat building skills, studies the hull structure with his 34-year-old nephew Fang Jianwei at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Craftsmen build dragon boats at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Craftsmen build dragon boats at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Craftsman Fang Xiaoshui carves the dragon head for a dragon boat in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
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