Dragon Boat Festival celebration in SE China strengthens cross-Strait cultural exchanges

STORY: Dragon Boat Festival celebration in SE China strengthens cross-Strait cultural exchanges DATELINE: June 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZENG YAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GONG XIAOTING, Staff 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GONG XIAOTING, Staff 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): DUAN YAOTIAN, University student 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): HUANG XIAOTIAN, Staff 7. various of traditional festival activities STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZENG YAN, Xinhua correspondent "The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. On this day, the Chinese people eat rice dumplings, drink realgar wine and race dragon boats. Please follow me and take a look." Festive activities were staged in Jiageng Park Friday, attracting visitors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The activities included well-wishing ceremoni

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(220602) -- SUINING, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A local volunteer marks a girl on her forehead with a brush dipped in realgar to ward off evil spirits as a traditional custom during the Dragon Boat Festival at Guangjing Village of Renhe Township in Shehong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 2, 2022. The Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 3 this year. (Photo by Liu Changsong/Xinhua)