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The completed dragon boat by Lin Shunkui, a seasoned handicraft artist living in Dongcai village, Beibaixiang town, Yueqing, Zhejiang province, will be burned on the village grounds on the night of the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The colorful wooden dragon boat will burn in a huge fire — a climactic ritual during Spring Festival celebrations — when villagers will wish away bad energy and hope that good luck will arrive. The dragon boat, standing several meters in height and length, is called the "decorated dragon head", a handicraft traced to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Yueqing. Lin, a national-level inheritor born in 1956, is the fifth generation of his family to carry on the intangible cultural heritage. It takes him several months to even a year to make the heavily decorated dragon as villagers commission these works from him. ▲ A "decorated dragon head" made by artisan Lin Shunkui
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