Paintings depicting the Dragon Boat Festival
Updated: 2016-06-07 18:00
(Chinaculture.org)
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Dragon Boat Race in Jinming Pool by Zhang Zeduan, the Song Dynasty. [file photo] |
According to Magnificent Dreams in Dongjing, an emperor in the Earlier Song Dynasty (960-1127) watched the dragon boat race in Jinming Pool. There were barges, showboats, cockleshells, pleasure-boats, small dragon boats and tiger head boats. Dragon Boat Race in Jinming Pool depicts such a scene with small but detailed figures.
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