The Archive · 1937

Delights Spectators in Nantao

The Dragon Boat Festival which fell on June 13, was celebrated one day late at the Pan Soong Garden fu Nantao when a boat dressed in the shape of a dragon the garden's creek to the rears of _roup of spectators. The leader of the crew of eight may be seen leading against he prow of the boat yelling time to his oarsmen. A Chinese orchestra hidden in the pavilion in the centre of the picturesque craft

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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