As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, Haizhu residents take part in various activities to celebrate it.

On June 17, villagers in Longtan village, Haizhu district, installed decorative dragon heads and tails onto their boats. After that, people rowed the boats along the rice fields of the Pearl River to pick a bunch of rice seedlings, praying for a safe harvest.

Dragon boats in Longtan village. [Photo/WeChat account: gzhzfb]

Starting on June 17, Shangyong village arranged a five-day "dragon boat banquet" in the village, with nearly 800 seats.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, residents of Shangyong village will decorate two ancient trees to welcome the dragon boats from other villages.

Pazhou village cleaned and decorated its "Guoran" dragon boat, which won first place in an important competition.

On June 19, dragon boats from different villages gathered in Tuhua village. Whenever a dragon boat came ashore, the Tuhua villagers invited the rowers to drink water and eat dragon boat cakes.

Chigang Street also hosts many activities to welcome the Dragon Boat Festival, including making zongzi (a traditional Chinese sticky rice dumpling ) and wearing Hanfu (traditional Chinese dress).

Residents in Haizhu make zongzi. [Photo/WeChat account: gzhzfb]