The number of ships in the world is Qintong, and the number of Qintong ships in the world is the best. On April 6, the 2024 Taizhou Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival was unveiled at Qinhu National Wetland Park. At the scene, citizens and tourists enjoyed the customs of the water town and enjoyed the feast of folk customs. The Qintong Boat Festival, also known as the "Qingming Festival", is the most complete and original "water temple fair" in China.
The rippling blue waves of the ten-mile Qin Lake are filled with thousands of boats and tens of thousands of poles. On that day, more than 500 boats of various types and tens of thousands of sailing athletes gathered at Qinhu National Wetland Park in Jiangyan, Jiangsu Province, and staged a unique "water temple fair."
The opening ceremony of the boat meeting uses the stage performance and the boat meeting performance on the water to be presented in sequence, recreating the spectacular scene of "thousands of poles and oars in Qin Lake, and hundreds of boats vying to catch the spring tide", fully demonstrating the beauty of the natural ecology of the water town, The beauty of humanistic customs, the beauty of tourist landscapes, and the beauty of boating folk customs. The wonderful pole-opening ceremony kicked off the boat show on the water. The ten-mile Qin Lake was filled with tens of thousands of poles and the waves were surging, making it a spectacular sight. The reporter learned that Jiangyan District, Taizhou City has carefully built 8 tribute boats this year. The themed tribute boats such as "Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dancing", "Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" and "Dragon Walking" are quite distinctive. They are enriched through nationalization, artistry and visualization. The shape highlights the new style of local economic construction, cultural tourism and other aspects.
It is reported that Jiangyan was once the intersection of the "three waters" of the Yangtze River, Huaihe River and sea water in history. It was very prosperous because of its accessibility for freight. It was known as "the river is full of Hongyun ships, half of Jiangyan City". Jiangyan City has been visited from generation to generation. People use hard work and wisdom to paint a beautiful picture of prosperous life, happiness and health. As a national intangible cultural heritage and a key national tourism project, the Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival has also been hailed by experts at home and abroad as "a grand spectacle of folk culture and an expo of waterside customs."
Reporter Ge Yong reported from Jiangyan, Jiangsu
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]