MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

MasterOfCrafts | Dragon boat inheritor in SE China's Fujian Province

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Jianwei, a fourth-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, wipes a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 31, 2023. As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, workers in Fangzhuang Village are working flat out to service orders for dragon boats from both home and abroad. Dubbed "the Dragon Boat Village", Fangzhuang has a history of dragon boat making for over 700 years. Every year, over 200 boats are sold from here to the world. Fang Shaohuang, an inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, a Fuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage, has been fixing and making dragon boats for over 50 years. As the third-generation inheritor of the family, Fang has insisted in making traditional boats only by hands with tools inherited from elder generations. According to Fang, making a dragon boat needs to be particular both in selecting r

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