Chengdu's Dragon Boat Festival & Children's Day Events

✨️ The Dragon Boat Festival coincided with Children's Day, and major cultural and museum venues in Chengdu were ready to present a series of spectacular cultural feasts.
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✨️ From musical and dance performances at the Chengdu Museum, folk parades at the Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum, intangible cultural heritage experiences at the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum, poetic performances at the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, to activities at the Chengdu Museum of Natural History (Chengdu University of Technology Museum), Chengdu Yongling Museum, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu Library, and Chengdu Cultural Center, a variety of events were held.
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✨️ During the holiday, visitors to Chengdu could immerse themselves in these cultural venues, unlocking unique experiences and gaining both joy and knowledge.
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【Chengdu Museum】
When the fragrance of mugwort meets the charm of history, the Chengdu Museum was well-prepared for the traditional Dragon Boat Festival with extended hours, exhibitions, performances, educational activities, and cultural creations.
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During the three-day holiday, many visitors enjoyed the grand bronze exhibition "Great Virtue and Prosperity: The Bronze Age of Zeng and E States," accompanied by musical and dance performances featuring large chime bells, stone chimes, flutes, zithers, and dances, vividly recreating the grand ceremonial scenes of the Zeng State over 2,400 years ago.
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The museum also hosted a variety of educational activities, including making sachets, weaving colorful ropes, shooting "five poisons," hanging calamus, and fishing for rice dumplings. Visitors also enjoyed shadow puppet shows and traditional bed sheet plays.
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Additionally, the immersive cultural pop-up event "Acupoint Lacquer Figures: Emotional Healing Space" made a special return.
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【Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum】
For the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum launched a series of themed activities under "Dragon Boat Festival Delights: Conversations on the Three Kingdoms," featuring special performances, interactive activities, and exhibitions.
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The Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum also hosted events for the 2025 Chengdu International Guqin Art Week, including the "Wuhou Guqin Melody" exhibition, lectures, and music exchange concerts, offering an immersive experience of guqin culture.
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During the three-day holiday, the "Hundred Performances Dragon Boat Festival Folk Parade" featured ancient-style acrobatics, interactive theater, and musical performances, creating a delightful visual and auditory experience for visitors.
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Visitors also participated in traditional activities like making mugwort sachets, weaving colorful ropes, and crafting bamboo ornaments. On June 1st, childhood games like "playing cards," "hopscotch," "rolling hoops," and "shuttlecock kicking" brought joy to both children and adults.
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Exhibitions such as "Harmony and Beauty: Oriental Aesthetics in Artifacts" and "Eternal Virtue: The Alliance of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang" attracted many visitors.
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【Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum】
In addition to its permanent exhibition "Exploring Jinsha," the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum hosted a series of Dragon Boat Festival activities.
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Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival, Children's Day, and Intangible Cultural Heritage Day, the museum combined Jinsha culture with intangible heritage crafts, offering three unique experiences.
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Inspired by Jinsha artifacts, activities included creating Dragon Boat Festival sachets, sugar paintings, and printed fans, blending ancient Shu civilization with modern crafts.
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The 2025 Qingyang District "Grassroots Cultural Performance" also featured traditional opera and storytelling performances, providing visitors with a rich cultural experience.
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Additionally, 24 volunteer-led guided tours offered in-depth exploration of the museum's exhibits.
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【Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum】
Amid the fragrance of rice dumplings, the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum hosted a series of Dragon Boat Festival activities.
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At the Du Fu Memorial Market, visitors could purchase creative rice dumplings, enjoy guzheng performances, and make sachets with medicinal herbs. Demonstrations of traditional crafts like sugar painting and bamboo weaving were also featured.
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A theatrical performance about Qu Yuan brought the poet's stories to life, while a collaboration with local schools added children's performances and exhibitions, filling the holiday with laughter.
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Exhibitions like the "9th China Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival: Du Fu Poetry Seal Carving Exhibition" and an orchid exhibition were also highlights.
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【Chengdu Museum of Natural History】
The Chengdu Museum of Natural History invited families to a blend of tradition and fun.
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International performances like Italian flag dances and Polish polka dances brought an intangible cultural heritage carnival to the museum.
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Activities included a Vitamin C science class, a panda-themed photography and painting exhibition, and traditional games like "shooting five poisons" and "catching rice dumplings." Visitors also crafted mugwort hammers, sachets, and colorful ropes.
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【Chengdu Yongling Museum】
Celebrating both festivals, the Chengdu Yongling Museum hosted special events.
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The "Ceramic Music and Dragon Boat Festival Intangible Heritage" event explored the origins of the Dragon Boat Festival and Tang Dynasty ceramic figurines, allowing visitors to create their own clay figurines.
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On Children's Day, the museum collaborated with the Jinniu District Library for a storytelling event, where children shared the history of Yongling in their own voices.
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【Chengdu Library】
The "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Classics" event at the Tianfu Humanities and Arts Library offered immersive experiences combining intangible heritage with ancient texts.
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The library also introduced XR technology to bring classic IPs like "Eternal Tang Dynasty" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" to life, creating a time-travel reading experience.
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Lectures and guqin concerts added to the cultural offerings.
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【Chengdu Art Museum】
The Chengdu Art Museum transformed into a fantasy playground for the holidays, hosting 11 unique activities.
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Visitors enjoyed exhibitions like "Aspiration and Art: Seven Artists from the China National Academy of Painting" and "The Forest of Beauty: Han Meilin Art Exhibition."
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Interactive installations, markets, and DIY workshops allowed visitors to create enamel fridge magnets, twist bamboo sticks into rice dumpling shapes, and paint their own art.
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Music concerts, animation screenings, and self-service piano activities added to the festive atmosphere.
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【Chengdu Cultural Center】
The Chengdu Cultural Center offered traditional crafts like colorful rope weaving, mugwort hammer making, and plant dyeing workshops. The "Dragon Boat Festival Heritage: Bamboo and Boat Shadows" lecture explored the art of bamboo dragon boat crafting.
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A folk culture feast at the Jinqin Old Teahouse featured Tang Dynasty figurine dances, Peking Opera, storytelling, and traditional music performances.
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Visitors also participated in activities like applying realgar and crafting Dragon Boat Festival items.
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【Chengdu Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall】
The "Midsummer Dream" Children's Day concert featured choral performances blending Tang and Song poetry with melodies, ethnic rhythms, and international classics. Highlights included "Where the Bee Sucks" and "Swansongs," as well as heartwarming songs like "Love is My Eyes" and "A Little Red Flower."
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Source: Chengdu Culture and Tourism Official WeChat Account
Images: Chengdu Culture and Tourism Official WeChat Account