The 1st Rural Dragon Boat Culture Fair in Shantou, sponsored by Shantou Media Convergence Group and Shantou Dragon Boat Sports Association, will be held from May 17th to 19th.Recently, eight foreign students from the School of International Education of Shantou University participated in the learning and experience of "Dragon Boat Race". By participating in the activities of experiencing the traditional Chinese festival, they enhanced their understanding of excellent traditional Chinese culture and strengthened their sense of identity with Chinese culture.
Relying on the traditional dragon boat races of the villages (communities), a series of activities of the 1st Rural Dragon Boat Culture Fair will be simultaneously organized in the form of a culture fair in some selected villages (communities) in Shantou City, for the purpose of combining cultural inheritance with cultural tourism development to create an IP of Shantou's countryside rural dragon boat cultural tourism, allowing the citizens and tourists to experience the dragon boat culture more intuitively and closely in the wonderful activity experiences such as the dragon boat culture fare, dragon boat racing on the water, dragon boat banquet, and intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, etc., and understand the spirit of unity and forging ahead bravely underlying the dragon boat sport.
Source:Shantou Daily, May 14, 2024
汕头首届乡村龙舟文化集市将举办
由汕头融媒集团、市龙舟运动协会主办的汕头首届乡村龙舟文化集市将于5月17日至19日举办。近日，8位来自汕大国际学院的外籍学生参加了“扒龙舟”学习与体验，在参与中国传统节日的体验活动中，增强对中华优秀传统文化的了解，加强对中国文化的认同感。
汕头首届乡村龙舟文化集市系列活动在全市选择部分村（社区），依托各村（社区）传统龙舟比赛，以文化集市的形式同步进行，将文化传承与文旅开发相结合，打造汕头乡村龙舟文旅IP，让市民游客在龙舟文化集市、水上龙舟、龙舟宴、非遗文化手工等精彩活动体验中，更直观、更近距离地体验龙舟文化，体会龙舟运动背后团结拼搏、奋勇向前的精神。
来源：汕头日报 2024-5-14