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2nd anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

People offer silent prayers during a memorial ceremony in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, at 4:10 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2026, the time a powerful earthquake struck central Japan's Noto Peninsula area exactly two years ago, killing nearly 700 people.

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Pro-Palestinian Protest For Nakba 77th Anniversary - Paris

Protesters holding a banner with the message "76 years of injustice, 76 years of resistance" during the demonstration. Demonstration in support of the Palestinian people against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and on the occasion of the commemoration of the Nakba, which for Palestinians refers to the expulsion of more than 700 000 Palestinians from their territory during the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, on May 17, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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March Against Pesticides - Paris

Two protesters in a procession holding signs with the words "Chlordecone, 700 years of poisoning" and "it sucks our blood, poisons us, the Beke monopoly" written on it during the demonstration. Extinction Rebellion and Scientists in Rebellion, joined by other groups, are calling for protests against pesticides and their harmful effects on biodiversity and health, on april 05, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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5 years since mass COVID outbreak on Diamond Princess

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb. 3 Kyodo - People throw flowers from a port in Yokohama near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025, exactly five years after the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in 2020 amid concerns about a mass COVID-19 outbreak. The infections on the ship led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead. (Kyodo)

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5 years since mass COVID outbreak on Diamond Princess

People throw flowers from a port in Yokohama near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025, exactly five years after the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in 2020 amid concerns about a mass COVID-19 outbreak. The infections on the ship led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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5 years since mass COVID-19 outbreak on Diamond Princess

People observe a moment of silence at a port in Yokohama near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025, exactly five years after the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in 2020 amid concerns about a mass COVID-19 outbreak. The infections on the ship led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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700-year-old festival in Aichi Pref.

A man posing as a demon brandishes a hatchet during a traditional "hana" festival, recognized as a significant intangible folk cultural property, with origins dating back over 700 years, in Toei in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, in the small hours of Dec. 1, 2024.

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700-year-old festival in Aichi Pref.

A man posing as a demon brandishes a hatchet during a traditional "hana" festival, recognized as a significant intangible folk cultural property, with origins dating back over 700 years, in Toei in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, in the small hours of Dec. 1, 2024.

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What life like for people 700 years ago

STORY: What life like for people 700 years ago SHOOTING TIME: June 14, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:43 LOCATION: LINFEN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Guangsheng Temple in north China's Shanxi Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JIANG HAORAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JIANG HAORAN, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JIANG HAORAN, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JIANG HAORAN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JIANG HAORAN, Xinhua correspondent "Would you like to know what life was like for people in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)? Let's step into the Shuishen or Water God Temple to have a look. On the walls all around, murals cover a total area of 197 square meters. These murals were painted in 1324. They mainly depict praying for rain, raining, and honoring the gods. When heaven blessed the land with rain, the most popular local performer was invited to perform to express gratitude to the Water God." SOUND

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chi

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers make a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker uses an ink marker to draw straight lines for a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boa

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker paints the heads of dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese f

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese f

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A dragon boat is pictured at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese f

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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, makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materia

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang (2nd R) gives instructions as workers manage to transport a 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 raw materials and in making p

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers make a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir wood or c

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers make a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang wipes the head of a dragon boat before delivering it to a customer at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang (L) teaches his nephew Fang Jianwei to make dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang wipes the head of a dragon boat before delivering it to a customer at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making proced

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A worker paints the head of a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-y

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Fang Shaohuang (2nd R) discusses with his family on the making of dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedure

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker paints the heads of dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chines

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A dragon boat is pictured at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir wood or ca

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker makes dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir wood or c

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir wood or

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir w

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker uses an ink marker to draw straight lines for a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly u

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang (L) teaches his nephew Fang Jianwei to make dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainl

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Jianwei, a fourth-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat making skills, makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker paints the head of a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chines

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers make a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir wood or c

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- 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 raw materia

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang (2nd R) discusses with his family on the making of dragon boats at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boa

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker makes a dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2024. 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Chinese fir wood or

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang checks a completed dragon boat at a dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 23, 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 raw materials and in making procedures. The boat mainly uses over 40-year-old Ch

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

(240605) -- FUZHOU, June 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fang Shaohuang (2nd R) gives instructions as workers manage to transport a 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 raw materials and in making procedures.