CCTV News:On June 8, Zhujiajiao Ancient Town in Qingpu District of Shanghai started the night tour mode, and activities such as night tour on the water with flowers and boats and Hanfeng Garden attracted many tourists to visit here.
Zhujiajiao ancient town in Qingpu District, Shanghai has been a water town that thrives on water since ancient times. From the evening of June 8 th, the magical night of Han style was also opened here.
There are all kinds of flowers on the float cruise ship. With the ripples of the cruise ship, there are different performances on each bridge. There are Kunqu artists singing softly, phoenix lanterns dancing in the night sky, and a team of children on the shore is reciting Li Sao. A variety of traditional performances make tourists linger and immerse themselves in traditional culture and the charm of Jiangnan water town.
Dragon Boat Festival Night Tour Jiang Huaigu Bless Peace
With the arrival of Dragon Boat Festival. In Zhangzhou, Fujian, every year on the fourth night of May, a unique folk activity of Dragon Boat Festival — — "Swim the river".
In the 99-bay section of Minnan water town in longwen district, Zhangzhou, the night is quiet and the rain is half closed, and the lights in the river are on a long journey. June 10th is the Dragon Boat Festival. On the evening of the fourth day of May every year, local people gather at the riverside and come here to take part in the activities of swimming in the river with red "family lights".
It is understood that this is the most primitive traditional folk custom in memory of Qu Yuan. You Jiang usually consists of a "head boat" and several dragon boats. The leader is the "first boat", and the lanterns on the boat are particularly eye-catching. On the dragon boat, long bamboo poles cross the "home lamp" brought by every household, which means to keep the family safe. The "home light" should be on when it is taken out from home and sent home after swimming in the river, which means that it will be safe for a year. Different from the dragon boat race, the dragon boat rowing on the river is slower. When the boat doesn’t reach the turning position, people will make a "whirring" sound, and at the same time, they will throw zongzi and peaches into the river. People express their reverence and nostalgia for Qu Yuan in this simplest and simple way, and it also carries people’s beautiful expectations for the good weather, the country and the people.
Minnan water town lights up "night economy"
If the river shows the unique local dragon boat culture, then the shore is a steaming "night economy" that shows the characteristics of southern Fujian, and there is a popular Dragon Boat Festival market here. Zhangzhou is a city with a blend of mountains and seas, so the Dragon Boat Festival dumplings here feature "Bao Shan Bao Hai" Minnan roasted meat dumplings. This zongzi is salty. In addition to the standard such as braised pork and chestnut, you can add various delicacies.
The summer heat is relatively heavy during the Dragon Boat Festival, and this Xiangqiao herbal tea is a major local feature. It is boiled in ancient ways to cool off the heat, especially with these water-town cakes, like these mung bean cakes, and desserts with Nanyang flavor, all of which are local snacks to big Dragon Boat Festival delicacies. Going home at the Dragon Boat Festival, many people are for the taste of their hometown.
In southern Fujian, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people will also make beautiful sachets and put them at home or take them with them. It contains some Chinese herbal medicines such as wormwood, agastaches and honeysuckle, which can repel mosquitoes and refresh the brain. There are also Longwen non-legacy products — — Shell carving, shell carving is a handicraft carved with shells, which carves the beautiful scenery of Zhangzhou and the steaming beautiful life at present.
"Picture-in-a-painting" boating on Jinjiang Waterfront for Dragon Boat Festival
In Chengdu, Sichuan, many tourists also choose to avoid the hot day and swim the river at night to enjoy the scenery and experience rich waterfront activities.
Take an awning boat, start from Dongmen Wharf in Chengdu, Sichuan, go boating on Jinjiang River, go down the river in the bright lights, and go to Anshun Wharf. The immersive stage performance combining water and waterfront is being staged, which brings visitors a brand-new experience during this Dragon Boat Festival holiday. No matter standing on the shore or boating on the river, you can read poems together, watch the Dragon Boat Festival together and feel the prosperity of Jinjiang business thousands of years ago.
As night falls, on the brightly lit Jinjiang River, the cruise ship turns into a stage. Qu Yuan, a poet, went to the "array", recited Chu Ci, played musical instruments, staged a poetry contest, pursued the footprints of sages and shared a cultural feast under the interweaving of tradition and modern civilization.
Starting from the pier of the Living Water Park in the north and reaching the East Lake Park in the south, the "Night Tour of Jinjiang" connects the 10-kilometer water upstream line, organically connecting the figures, cultural relics and scenes in Chengdu’s history and culture. With the city buildings and art installations as the curtain, a series of interactive scientific and technological light and shadow shows are projected, giving tourists a dream experience of "being in Traveling in a pictorial world".
At the same time, in order to enable tourists to better feel the fun atmosphere of the Dragon Boat Festival, the docks along the Jinjiang River also have diversified consumption scenes such as December in Chengdu and a night tour of the Longmen Tide Market, providing citizens with a "one-stop" night tour shopping experience.
Since 2024, night tour Jinjiang has created a unique leisure space for cultural experience consumption by innovating the immersive experience of waterfront linkage, and continuously promoted the upgrading of night tour scenes. By the end of May, the night tour of Jinjiang had received nearly 2 million people, and the revenue increased by 46% year-on-year.
During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Chengdu held five themed folk activities and hundreds of performances in characteristic scenic spots. At the same time, Chengdu will start issuing 30 million yuan travel coupons on major tourism service platforms in the near future.