Introduction to the Qintong Boat Festival: China’s Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival was originally an event held by the people of Qinhu Lake to commemorate Yue Fei during the Qingming Festival. It is listed as one of the top ten folk culture festivals in China. Every year during the Qingming Festival, hundreds of boats and tens of thousands of boat people from four villages and eight towns gather in Qinhu Lake. Yangko, social opera, and dragon lantern dances are all leading the way, making it very lively.

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