Centuries-old Qintong Boat Festival celebrated in Jiangsu(1/12)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Over five hundred boats gathered on Sunday for the Qintong Boat Festival. Originating in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), it was a ceremony to commemorate war victims around the Qingming Festival. The festival was listed as the state-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008.

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

Boats sail to celebrate the 2025 Qintong Boat Festival at the Qinhu Natioinal Wetland Park in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)