Dragon Boat Races in Sichuan

2. Wait for Water Taxi

According to the Chinese traditional calendar, Duanwu jíe, known in English as the Dragon Boat Festival, takes place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of each year.

We have been invited by the government to see the dragon boat races. It takes place on a river out in the countryside. The area is not open to foreigners so the police escort us. We are taken there by bus. After a short wait a ferryboat takes us by to a barge in the river so we have a first class view of the event. There are a number of barges for VIPs including many high-ranking officials.