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Paintings depicting the Dragon Boat Festival

( Chinaculture.org ) Updated: 2016-06-07 18:00:00

Paintings depicting the Dragon Boat Festival

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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