Dragon Boat Race in Nantao Amusement Resort All Chinese amusement resorts did a roaring business on June 23 when thousands of labourers, apprentices, and other employees' of Chinese works, and business concerns, given a day's holiday on the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival, thronged these places from carly In'the after~ hoon until Jate at night. With the exception of some Government in= stitutions which continued business, banks and commercial establishments were closed, Although the Chinese calendar was banned by the Gove. ment, the majority of Chinese families. observed the festival that day. Special n dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves were cooked, and presents were exchanged. At noon, special medical preparations were burned for the pur-bose of driving away polsonous. Insects with the smoke, as the day also called the "Five Poison Day."
Much of the picturesqueness attend-fant on the festival was observed at Pan Soong Yuan. an amusement re-Sort near Kinochangmiao, Nantao, When a special sIragon boat race was fed, whereas such races were ban rined on, the Whangpoo by the author Such a big crowd gathered at the resort early in the day that the management raised the entrance fee from 20 cents to 40 cents big money.
Carrying a full-fledged dragon, each of the two boats was elaborately decorated with festoons, flags. and. em= braided "ceremonial "umbrellas. the centre was erected a gaily be-lagged pavilion hiding the men play ing gongs and cymbals to give the time to the paddlers,.who were dressed in ancient uniforms. Each boat was manned by about 30 persons, who wielded their paddles with a markable unison and constantly were cheered by spectators. lining " the The dragon carried by one boats was decorated" with The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the nib day of Originally set aside os a day the th moon. mourning for Chu Yuan, a states: who drowned himself in. grief ov the deeds of the Emperor and. t state of affairs. ihe occasion has become a festival for celebrations and merry-making.
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