The third Dragon Boat Boat Race of the Italian Chinese Chamber of Commerce came to an end successfully in Milan

People's Daily Rome, May 31 (Reporter Zheng Bin) Dragon boat racing and rice dumpling leaves are fragrant. On May 31 local time, on the occasion of the traditional Chinese festival Dragon Boat Festival, the third Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race hosted by the Italian Chinese Chamber of Commerce came to an end successfully in Idroscalo Lake in Milan. A total of 9 dragon boat teams from the Chinese Consulate General in Milan and local Chinese-funded enterprises competed together to welcome the festival together. The exciting events and the warm festive atmosphere attracted hundreds of local Chinese and foreign friends to experience the festiveness and charm of traditional Chinese festivals together.

The participating teams are struggling to the forefront. Photo provided by the organizer.

In his speech before the race, Liu Kan, Consul General of China in Milan, said that Chinese dragon boat culture can shine in Italy, allowing Italian friends to personally feel the charm of Chinese traditional culture, fully reflecting the diversity of civilizations and the importance of exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations. Dragon Boat Race is not only a competition to compete for speed and strength, but also a vivid manifestation of the spirit of unity, cooperation and courage. We hope that all participating teams will carry forward the spirit of unity and struggle in the competition and show their own high-spirited style. The competition scene was full of excitement and intense. Photo provided by the organizer.

Subsequently, Wang Hong, Secretary-General of the Italian Chinese Chamber of Commerce, presided over the opening ceremony. The competition is divided into two stages: preliminaries and finals. With the sound of a gun, the nine participating teams immediately started a wonderful competition on the lake. Everyone chased each other, competed for the first place, and cut through the waves. On the shore of the field, the audience was enthusiastic, waving flags and cheering. In an instant, the sound of drums, paddlings and cheering sounds were intertwined, pushing the atmosphere on the scene to climax again and again.

In the end, after seven games of fierce competition, the Milan Consulate General won the championship with an excellent result of 55.59 seconds amid the cheers and cheers of the audience, and the ZTE team and the ICBC team ranked second and third respectively. At the award ceremony, Cheng Xuan, President of the Italian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and President of the Milan Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Europe) Co., Ltd., congratulated the award-winning team, expressed his gratitude to the active participation and strong support of each member unit, and wished the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race to be better and better. During the event, the Italian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Milan Chuntianli Art Center carefully prepared a variety of traditional Dragon Boat Festival activities, so that local people could immerse themselves in a strong festive atmosphere.

In recent years, China's traditional festivals are being accepted and loved by more and more countries and peoples, and have become an important "window" to let the world understand China more. While integrating into the local area, China's excellent traditional culture is also promoting the continuous development of world culture towards diversification.