The 11th Beijing Dragon Boat Cultural Festival held in Beijing Yanqing

Recently, the 11th Beijing Dragon Boat Cultural Festival was held in Beijing Yanqing. During the festival, a series of activities were held in the park of Beijing Expo 2019, which have brought a "feast" consisted of traditional culture and modern horticulture in summer.

The stunning dragon dance performance at the opening ceremony

China Pavilion Day was also held on the same day of the opening ceremony. In the Great Wall Culture Exhibition Center, intangible cultural heritage products along the Great Wall including sachet in Gansu Qingyang, silk ball in Shanxi Taiping, morinkhuur in Inner Mongolia, cucurbit handicrafts in Tianjin, and stone-shadow carving were on display. On the square of Yongning Pavilion, the activities of experiencing intangible cultural heritage, such as making Zongzi and sachets, weaving five-coloured ropes, making wormwood patching pictures, bean patching pictures and plant patching pictures, and making monkey sculptures. These activities have attracted a large number of visitors.

The Shanxi Taiping silk ball, one of the intangible cultural heritage products along the Great Wall

In the Xiadu Park, Beijing-Taiwan Friendly Dragon Boat Race was also held on the same day of the opening ceremony.Dragon boat teams from Taiwan and Beijing Yanqing gathered in Yanqing and started competition on Gui River. In addition, on the evening of June 6, the symphony concert themed on the Great Wall was also held at the foot of the Great Wall, in order to convey the "voice" of the Great Wall through music.

Beijing-Taiwan Friendly Dragon Boat Race

It is known that this cultural festival was consisted of three sections with 18 activities. The venue of the festival covered the whole park of 2019 Beijing Expo, Xiadu Park, Badaing International Exhibition Centre, International Grape Exhibition Park, Yudu Mountain scenic area and other tourist sites. Tourists were provided with about 60 tourist products for summer holiday featured on summer holiday, mountain climbing, and culture experience. In addition, a smart tourism system was offered to visitors as well. Tourists can search for or book service by the mini programme, Beautiful Yanqing, so that they can have access to the tourism information of Yanqing.