The new dragon boat "Dongpo" moves on a river in Chepo Village in Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 14, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
A worker works on the hull of the new dragon boat "Dongpo" at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, March 18, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
Zhang Weichao, an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage of making dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving, makes the dragon-head-shaped carving component at his workshop in Huangpu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, April 15, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
Aerial photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows the new dragon boat "Dongpo" moving on a river in Chepo Village in Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
A villager from Chepo Village poses for photo with the new dragon boat "Dongpo" at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 14, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
The launching ceremony of the new dragon boat "Dongpo" is held at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 14, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
Photo taken on March 18, 2022 shows the hull of the new dragon boat "Dongpo" at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
The new dragon boat "Dongpo" moves on a river in Chepo Village in Tianhe District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 14, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
A worker works on the hull of the new dragon boat "Dongpo" at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, March 18, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
Workers prepare to fix the dragon-head-shaped wood carving at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 5, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
A worker makes hull component of the new dragon boat "Dongpo" at Longchuanshijia, a shipyard in Panyu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, March 18, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
Zhang Weichao, an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage of making dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving, paints the dragon-head-shaped carving component at his workshop in Huangpu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, April 21, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
Zhang Weichao, an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage of making dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving, makes the dragon-head-shaped carving component at his workshop in Huangpu District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, April 15, 2022. During every year's Dragon Boat Festival, various of competing dragon boats are scattered along the Zhujiang River. As a traditional folk custom, Dragon boat race is very popular among locals in south China's densely river-covered Lingnan area where almost every village boasts of its own dragon boat.
The dragon boat "Dongpo" made in 1868 and belonged to Chepo Village is one of the oldest dragon boats in Guangzhou. As years passed, this old dragon boat has to inevitably face aging and damage. In order to protect this time-honored treasure, Chepo Village entrusted an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a shipyard in Guangzhou to recreate the dragon boat's dragon-head & tail-shaped wood carving and hull.
Before the Dragon Boat Festival, with the sound of drums and celebratory shouts, the villagers came to the shipyard to welcome the new dragon boat "Dongpo" home. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
