"According to ancient Chinese legend, the day of May 5th on the lunar calendar was set as the day of sacrifice to the water gods." "People gathered around rivers to watch dragon boat competition and threw Zongzi (glutinous rice pudding) into the water to feed those who had died from drowning." "In the year of 278 BC, the captial of Chu Kingdom was captured by its enemy Qin Kingdom." "The kingdom's famous exile poet Qu Yuan was so devastated by the destruction of his country that he jumped into Miluo River holding a huge stone." "Since then, May 5th has also become the day to memorialize Qu Yuan." "Dragon boat racing on the 5th of May is tradition in China that has been held for over two thousand years." "Encode:zac-fly @ tlf" "A smooth and safe journey." "Here it goes." "Go, go." "Go." "Push harder." "Go." "Go." "Go." "Raise the tail." "July 2001" "Lianxicun Village, Xiaoguwei Island, Guangzhou" "Wash in the Dragon Boat water." "It makes you feel young and happy." "Ok." "Pull." "Pull." "OK?" "OK, stop." "Hold it still." "Drop your arm and see how deep it sinks." "Gather some mud on both sides to hold it steady." "What?" "Hold it with mud so it won't move." "Ok." "Ok." "Alright, all ten together." "Bingtian, Zhidong, Zhisheng, Shalin," "Longshui, Rongchang, Dapei," "Doupi, Niutou." "Almost there, come lend a hand." "So many people come to watch." "It is loved by people of all ages." "Never miss the dragon boat race." "Dragon boat is like a human being." "Like when I got to know you." "It's like a friend." "You have a relationship." "It's that simple." "Wedding Invitation I humbly invite you to join my daughter Lu Lifen's Wedding" "November 23, 2001" "Go see." "What?" "You son is looking for you." "hurry, go." "Ajia," "Check this out." "Check what out?" "Respects to God paid?" "Yes, they did." "That's it." "Then it should be fine." "Left hand here, right foot here." "Head and the tail for you, how's that sound?" "It's our custom here to leave the head and the tail." "Now say, Dad and Mum." "Call us "Auntie" and "Uncle"." "Please drink tea, Uncle." "Please drink tea, Dad" "You too, make an offering first." "Offer first, then drink." "Right." "Drink from those two, Mum." "Drink." "This tea is really very sweet." "How can it not be?" "Twenty years raising." "It sweetens my heart." "Huo Ancestral Hall" "About 9 Kilograms." "Stewed Goose with Lotus, Harmony for the New Couple." "Have sons and daughters, Receive Promotion and Fortune." "If I'm skinny, you are horny." "I'm skinny and full of wit." "You are thin-boned and with no fortune." "I don't have fortune but I have wit." "A goose's mouth is smaller mouth than his." "He did not even have a bed on his wedding night." "He just did it on the floor." "We lived a real hard, simple life back then." "As poor as church mice indeed." "If he could marry a girl from outside the area," "He would knock a 1 5 floors building down on the wedding night." "What are you laughing at?" "You should hear the spicy jokes this guy is telling me." "Smells delicious." "In December 2001" "Guangzhou municipal government announced officially the implementation of the Development Plan for Guangzhou University Town." "According to the plan, the University Town would be located in Xiaoguwei Island." "Land requisition and relocation of residents began in 2002." "Lianxicun Dock, December 2002" "Slogan.:" "Build Guangzhou University Town" "Achieve a new leap forward for Guangdong Education" "Banner.:" "Argue Soundly on Just Grounds, Pledge to Save Our Home." "I don't care how little it is." "I won't leave without the money." "No?" "Of course not." "What can I live on?" "If you refuse to leave without the money." "Then people will come and escort you away." "We all support the university town." "Any sensible man will." "China needs educated people, right?" "But we were treated badly." "We have no say." "Although the lands belong to the state." "But that's not accurate." "Essentially, it belongs to the PRC rural collective." "Village autonomy." "They cannot just take it away." "It is not that we don't support it." "We just want to be reasonably compensated." "We wish we could stay." "If we have to move, we need enough compensation." "We need to buy a flat." "Flats are so expensive." "We won't be able to afford one." "Even if we sell everything." "Now we are all in debt." "They are like the usurers." "They took everything, and you still own them." "That's how the compensation is calculated." "They want us to leave indebted to them." "We are the only brazen ones." "When it comes to land requisition." "Others are overjoyed at the idea of land requisition." "And us?" "We are at our wit's ends." "There are over 1 6,000 people on this island." "If we all move out." "Virtually 1 0,000 people will lose their jobs." "It will cost the governments a lot to just settle us." "What do we become if we leave?" "Who are we?" "We are farmers after all." "Suddenly our way of life is changed, we can't find a job." "Banner.:" "Argue Soundly on Just Grounds, Pledge to Save Our Home." "to move off of the land where our ancestors lived." "January 2003 A meeting of the representatives of villagers of island" "Most importantly, we must unite." "We will wage a war of the people." "That's how it works, nothing else does." "is the central government communist or not?" "No communist party, no state." "I dare say," "Communist party commands all." "The party is always right about everything." "The problems were caused by low-level government." "They have not issued a formal administrative order." "If they do, according to administrative law, we can sue them in the Supreme Court in Beijing." "Dozens of villages have gone to appeal to the central government." "There were police waiting for them at airports, railway stations." "Day and night, trying to stop them." "I suggest all the village leaders go to the Central Party Committee." "Invite President Jiang to come here." "It'd be better to build a nuclear base here." "Drop one or two bombs and kill everyone." "Wipe us all out." "No need for compensations." "That's the best." "No hills to be smoothed." "No houses to be pulled down." "Drop a bomb and everything is gone." "No need to pay us, we won't hope for anything." "To provide relief for us." "Guangzhou Government won't be able to cover this many." "Enduring poverty is difficult to deal with." "I don't know what will become of these ancestral halls." "What they will be used for in the future?" "Rows of them." "Maybe they will be turned into hotels." "Not hotels." "They will definitely be turned into tourist sights." "For entertainment." "So sad, so desolate." "Our lives are so desolate." "Construction Of Guangzhou University Town kicked off officially in January 2003 and it was planned that freshmen would start school here in september 2004." "A few days before Dragon Boat Festival in 2003, the last group of Lianxi Villagers left their native soil." "2009" "Lianxicun Dock" "Guangzhou University" "Southern China Technology University" "Guangdong Science and Technology Museum" "Guangdong Medicine College" "Guangzhou Chinese Medicine College" "Sun Yat-sen University" "All right, all right, gentlemen, get ready." "The " Flower Ball Marriage Match" will start in a minute." "Are you ready?" "Let's count down together." "Three, two, one." "Are you married?" "No." "Then the lady next to you is the one for you?" "Do you have a car and your own place?" "Yes." "You do?" "Then you are pretty well-off." "Dear friends, the dragon dance show is now finished." "Thank you very much for watching." "The lion dance show will be held at one o'clock at front gate square." "Welcome to go and watch." "Lingnan impression Garden used to be a village called Lianxicun." "For the construction of the university town, the villagers moved to the town across the river." "Where we are standing now used to be the front gate." "To keep an accurate historical sight, the layout of the village was preserved." "Untouched." "I have a question." "is the dragon boat pool the site of the dragon boat races?" "That's a preserved sight from the village." "The pool is where the dragon boat was stored." "Long time ago, half of the boat was left exposed to air after the dragon boat race." "The boat cracked after a while." "Then the villagers came up with a great idea." "When not in use, they stored the boat in water and mud." "Thus, the wood would not rot." "Then, when the race was about to begin again." "They would lift the boat out of the muddy pool." "Which became the Dragon Awakening Ceremony." "The biggest clan in Lianxicun was the Huo clan." "To your left is the Huo Ancestral Hall." "The members of the Huo clan have all moved away." "But the name plates of their ancestors remain in the hall." "As we can see, every year during the Qingming Festival (Tomb-sweeping Day ), the descendants of the Huo clan come back here to pay tribute." "The village gets its name Lianxicun from the stream to our right." "Structural changes have caused this stream to become very narrow." "It used to run from one side of the village to the other." "Linking the whole village together." "Thus, the name " Lianxi" (meaning: stream-linked)." "Bright moonlight reflects on the pond's surface." "My dear boy you should go to sleep." "Tomorrow, your mother must go fishing." "Your grandma will weave the fishnet till dawn." "My dear boy grows big and strong." "You will become such a good fisherman." "In 2007, the project was completed" "1 9 km222 of the Xiaoguwei Island became a mini city with a population of 300,000." "Among the six administrative Villages in Xiaoguwei Island, all villagers of Lianxi and Guolang were relocated while some villagers of the other four villages moved away；" "20 fishing families of Lianxi continue their life 50 km away in a fishing village near mouth of the Pearl River." "Were you from Xiaoguwei Island?" "Why are you following us?" "We will soon be beggars wandering the streets." "There is a storm on its way." "The south west wind." "The south-west winds are already here?" "You know all the fishermen on the island have moved out?" "Of course I know." "They moved to Xinzao and Xinken, all over the place." "Only the richest are still protesting." "Every coin has two sides." "If they had just gone with the flow, things would have gone smoothly." "Say you want to requisition my land, requisition my home." "You should do a lot of work beforehand." "To learn about the owner' needs, to understand their concerns." "Do it step by step." "Find someone who is on your side, work things out bit by bit." "Why are there conflicts now?" "They offended people with their rudeness." "It's not about the money anymore." "It's about winning or losing face." "It's like a gangster fight now, I'll fight you to the death." "It really could have gone smoothly from the start." "If this doesn't work, can we do it that way?" "The state has been rather easy on you." "This is a road that has to be taken." "Let's do this, let's do that." "Later, if you ever need anything, just let me know." "I mean," "If they have been more compassionate, had been more sincere." "We would have had no problem whatsoever." "Because I am respected and cared about." "Hell, they didn't do that." "Your house will be torn down, no matter what." "Fuck, go ahead and tear it down." "I'll protest right next to you." "Just to make you look bad." "They were crushing us like bugs." "We had no choice." "You can never win over armed forces." "But you can never get over your consciousness, either." "You want to beat us?" "I'm rich enough." "To stay here every day." "To make you lose face." "What official are you when you cannot help us?" "Characters.:" "Judge Bao Temple （legendary official who advocated justice）" "Day of Tribute to the God of the South Sea" "Words on the flag.:" "Long Cases" "South Seas God Temple, Guangzhou" "Characters on the Memorial arch.:" "May the waves never rise." "Miaotou Village, Huangpu District, Guangzhou" "Folks from Nanting Village told Ashui." "If there is a race this year," "They'll practise 1 5 days in advance." "Qiye is the president now." "He said they would practise 1 5 days in advance." "Don't look down upon them." "They were selected from thousands." "It's easy to row a boat like that." "We folks of Lianxicun are as dispersed as loose sands." "Gone are the days when Ashui would just make it no matter what." "It takes us time to just motivate people." "They're better at bragging than dragon boat racing." "Young kids don't want to work hard." "They want the prize without the sweat." "A lot are like that." "If we are to take part this year," "We would certainly be supportive." "Of course." "We need your full support." "To be honest, we don't know much about the race." "Indeed we don't." "You're an expert when it comes to the big competitions." "If Lianxicun wants to participate in the competition," "Ashui has to be on board." "Xinken Port" "It's just a way to make a living." "I told my son to stay away from this." "I want him to get an education and work as a civil servant." "Yeah, sure." "Where did you store your dragon boat?" "It's in Xinzao now." "In Xinzao?" "Nobody cares now." "We have all left." "It's good luck to haul a dragon boat." "What?" "Dragon boats are not safe?" "You would only row the boat if you can swim." "Fuck, so they say." "No way, If I can't swim I will never go" "Many get scared when the boat sinks." "Unless they are as good in the water as we are." "If they are not, one wave hits and they are gone." "So you could say, as it seems." "We have been able to swim since we were kids." "But now we're finished, we really can't swim anymore." "We're too old?" "It's not old age." "It's that we don't get out to the river much." "We seldom swim when we go out there now." "When we were in Lianxicun." "It was so fuckin' hot we had to go swimming every night." "When we finished the practice, we would swim and haul the boat back." "Now, if we swim at all." "We get tired after a short distance." "Sixiancun （Next to Lianxicun in the settlement）" "How many times have you raised the dragon boat since you moved?" "Almost every year." "Almost every year." "Yes, for 4 or 5 years." "We have one here, one traditional boat there." "Those are made of pontianak wood." "That one is made of cedar wood." "Which boat will you raise this year?" "The one in the middle, the other one is too old for racing." "It's an old dragon boat, over 1 00 years old." "New Guwei Village （settlement Village）" "At first, the leaders persuaded us to take the boats with us." "It would be much better if they were still over there." "Over here, we have to rely on favors from others." "It's not our pond." "Although we are allowed to keep them here." "We have a place." "It's not that convenient." "We cannot go back either." "We should not have brought them out there." "We could leave them in the pond." "Leave a space, the boats will come out with the receeding tide." "Now we live here," "But the boats are over there." "It's really inconvenient." "We used to pass by them every day." "We were damn obedient." "What were those officials thinking?" "It's not just about moving." "Xiaoguwei Island had six villages." "Yet there are still a lot of villages left for the government to requisition." "The more obedient you are the less money you get, right?" "The compensation is not enough for a new apartment." "You still have to pay for your insurance." "It's far from enough, think about it." "If the government were more considerate." "They would have given us more." "We got nothing, not an inch of land to farm on." "Characters on the sign.:" "Firewood for Sale, Price Negotiable." "Characters on the sign.:" "Delicious Chicken for Sale." "My grandchildren." "Both of them, a boy and a girl." "They look ok, but they don't work." "Two parasites." "Oh, get it." "Get rid of it." "Oh yeah, I wiped it out." "Shisanchong, Xinken Town （Settlement village of 20 fishing families of Lianxicun )" "Afu, are you going to the race on May 5th?" "Let's see." "The bus takes you right there." "Every year at this time, on May 5th is the Dragon Boat Festival" "Qu Yuan died that day." "They drop Zongzi into the river to prevent fish from eating Qu Yuan's body." "Set off fireworks and bang drums to drive away the fish." "People back then were creative." "Fuck, let's row the boat again." "He was a good government official." "He was definitely was an official." "He threw himself into the river, he was a good one." "Why do we make Zongzi every year?" "To commemorate his death." "People have been commemorating him all along." "I believe he was an important official." "It only makes sense that he was important." "if we commemorate him every year." "If you are the head of a little town or something." "Who the fuck will commemorate you?" "The 22nd day of the 4th lunar month" "Hey, time to wake up the dragon boat." "Wake up the dragon boat." "Yeah." "Go to wake up the dragon boat." "There are some cheap things for sale over there." "Where?" "We don't have time to go to the sales." "Take a picture." "Try the water first." "is it cold?" "One, two, three" "One, two, three lt's moving." "One, two, three" "One, two, three" "One, two, three" "One, two, three" "One, two, three" "Push it further." "You can see your hands." "Alright, done" "A little further ahead." "Good, good luck." "Ladies and gentlemen," "Welcome to Lingnan impression Garden." "In 1 5 minutes an amazing shadow performance will be put on in the theatre." "We welcome you all to watch to the show." "The flag:" "Fishing Off-Season" "Shisanchong, Xinken Town" "Fishermen have neither relatives nor friends." "We settle anywhere where there are fishes" "We are tramps." "We used to be called floating wood." "But compared to my father, I'm in better situation." "At least I have a house of bricks." "If they were gold bricks, I would be worry-free." "They have lived a hard life for several generations... ln the pine bark house." "Even that didn't come easy." "When I got married, I didn't even have a bed." "Not that I am too horny." "Then I have eight kids." "How can I blame my parents for that?" "Many ask me why I don't row any more." "I reply by saying, look how old I am?" "In Guangzhou, I was not that young during the second Competition." "We got a trophy finally." "That competition was almost an international one." "I got you guys a silver trophy." "What else do you want?" "You want Uncle to get you first place?" "I've had enough trophies." "We have shares in both dragon boats." "Lianxicun folks are no longer excited about the races." "It's like this for all traditional entertainment." "They're not as valued before." "It's problematic especially in the villages." "Even if you have the money." "It's easy to raise the boat, but hard to find the rowers." "Lianxicun Villagers' Committee" "June 6th of 1 998" "Celebrating 20 years of Reform and Openness." "That time we lost by..." "Lost by just this much." "I have been racing dragon boats for quite a while." "We have won ten trophies." "I was the helmsman every single time." "Are there many people who row?" "If not, let's start the Cai-qing Ceremony on the 29th." "When does the ceremony usually start?" "Depends on the waves." "Around ten." "If you start it after lunch, there will be more people." "After lunch?" "Damn." "Would everyone leave after the meal?" "Then let's eat after the ceremony." "We probably won't have many people this year." "We have to do it for the festival." "The boat is out, you have to let it run." "Try to get as many as 20 or 30 people to go." "Good luck getting the kids." "After the move," "Lianxi Village never had the chance to participate in the dragon boat competition held by the government." "This year it has only been arranged to row the dragon boat to visit other neighbouring villages." "The 29nd day of the 4th lunar month The Cai-Qing Ceremony" "Right." "1 00 yuan" "Right, 1 00 1 000?" "Fuck, 1 00." "Ladies and gentlemen" "Welcome to Lingnan impression Garden." "There will be a lot of water." "A lot of water." "Victory with us, come on" "Sit tight." "Here, here, pass it behind." "Come on, Victory with us." "People ask me why I am not going fishing these days." "Of course I am not." "I can't leave during the night." "You were asked, you have to take good care of the dragon boat." "Fuck, you can make money any time." "You can catch a fish any time." "Right?" "But you cannot leave even for just one second." "Fuck, this happens every year." "The boat is owned by each one of us." "We all have part." "Can you get all of them here?" "To get here from Xinken?" "If our village is to shabby for you then don't come." "Fuck, don't say that." "You came all the way from Shijiuchong, the gas would have cost a handsome sum." "We just sleep over in the valley." "You can't just leave the boat out there unguarded." "I have true feelings for this boat, not just words" "Today my son is the youngest rower." "I took him there." "Sure he has to row, fuck." "He is the next generation." "If it were not for the fishermen who live by the river, our dragon boat would have fallen apart." "They cherish the boat more than their lives." "They're very caring." "Before we moved from our village, they would knock on our doors at midnight when there were tides." "Many times in the past." "When there were storms," "Those men would drain the dragon boat first before their own boats." "If not the dragon boat would have sunk." "When I was the captain of the dragon boat, I wouldn't have to worry a bit about the boat itself." "Whenever there was a problem, just had to let them know." "They would fix it for you." "They would do everything, and they did it hansomely." "That is why I insisted we should invite these men, when we have the dinner." "They did so much for the dragon boat." "Now they are old and live apart" "They would be so happy to be here." "The first day of the 5th lunar month, Family Visit" "Hey, what's up?" "You didn't... I was rowing the dragon boat." "You didn't even come back for it." "We are going to Datang today." "I'm coming back to the ancestral hall." "Come and row the boat." "What's to worry, young man?" "Come over and row the boat" "We cannot go now, should we get a car?" "I still think we should go by boat." "As long as we start 8:30 sharp." "There is no point going now, the dam is closed." "It's too late." "What's the use of raising it if no one is going to row it?" "We cannot bring the boat here today." "Have you made reservations?" "Even if they're made, we don't need that many." "Five tables will do." "Get in the car, get in." "Come on, get in." "Choose 1 0 rowers from us." "Real good rowers." "30 rowers will be enough." "We guys do not know how to row." "The older ones cannot row any more." "It's not easy to just find 1 0 rowers." "Dragon Boat Feast in Datang Village" "Shaxu pays over 1 million for a race." "That 's a wealthy village." "Like in Guangzhou, the village opposite the Sun Yat-sen University." "Each individual owns a share 700,000 per person." "Each household has several people." "Every family has several million a year." "700,000 per person?" "Fuck, that's a lot" "70,000 is already a big sum." "700,000." "I won't drink till you fill your cup." "If I drink and you don't, I'll pour mine on your head." "I'll kick your ass if you don't drink" "Come on." "Drink with me." "You drank to him and not me?" "You drank to him and not me." "I'm shamed." "Thank you." "My apology for not taking good care of you." "My apologies, my apologies." "The front seat is for you." "I told you to drink?" "When did I tell you to drink?" "I didn't say a word to you." "How can you blame me?" "Not much brotherly love." "I knew I'd have trouble over the drinks." "I don't mind it." "I did the right thing." "It doesn't matter we were bullied by the government" "We all were." "I don't think it matters." "As long as we are at peace." "What matters is that everybody agrees." "No disagreements." "Like the Fine Arts Village, it was torn down just like that." "How much was the compensation for Lianxicun?" "Not even one third of the compensation given to them." "Our village has a history of over several hundred years." "I can't say several thousand." "I read the book," "There are several hundred years history." "But how can we reason with them?" "The policy is the policy." "The government won't let you starve." "Simple as that." "Whose fault?" "The future generations will judge." "Nanting Village （one of the preserved villages ）" "You are the helmsman, you don't need to row." "Hold the helm firm before you row." "The Nanting guys are rowing rather uniformly." "Of course, they learned." "How can they row like this?" "Come here." "Come on, I'm exhausted." "Take care in the water." "Get ready." "Your oar does not go deep enough." "Not deep enough into the water." "Practise hard, do it correctly next time." "Come over here." "Damn, watch the master at work." "It's a promise" "I haven't felt like going back to Lianxicun these past few years." "I go here and there." "It's like being on tour." "What for?" "I was born there and rowed for quite a while." "If you ask me, it wasn't very interesting." "The first two years after the move." "The head of the rowing team and the other team members," "They told me I did not need to row a dragon boat to make a living." "I think I have left, I don't know about the village's economic situation." "It's not I want a comfortable life." "I just know how to make a living with a dragon boat." "I feel ashamed." "Or the system requires you row to eat." "Of course no one dares to challenge me." "I'm senior." "No matter how many years I have left." "But I find myself feeling rather lost now." "I have no ambitions, no amusements." "The second day of the 5th lunar month, Family Visit" "Go." "I started rowing when I was a teenager." "I became the drummer when I got into my forties." "We grew up by the river." "We are addicted to the game." "When the dragon boat drum beats," "Unless you are working or you aren't around, you will be thinking of the race." "You've been with us long, have you seen any other entertainment?" "Not at all." "The majority of the population used to be farmers." "And this was their only recreation, right?" "That's why it should go on." "Are you used to life there?" "I am now, sure." "People eventually adapt." "When they don't really have any options." "One can get used to anything." "If it is possible, one will always want to live better." "But I can even get used to a hut, right?" "That's how people are." "Hello, hello." "Turn around there." "Go inside first." "Next opening." "Hello, hello." "Drive over there" "Drive over there, drive over there." "He said we should get off here." "I said we should get off up there." "Get off after we pass the opening." "Do not get off in the middle of river." "Let's wait utili we get a litte further in." "Here, here" "Sit down please, have some cake." "Have some cakes." "Fuck, lots of new stuff this year." "The university town is there." "You live in new flats now, right?" "You don't have to buy ticket if we take you." "What's there to see?" "There's nothing to see, just some houses." "No, there is a lot of stuff to see in the houses." "You say it's Lianxicun's stuff." "We have our ancestral hall back there." "You guys are lucky now." "To have nice places to live in." "The environment has been improved a lot." "To be honest, the conditions are better." "But we lost the group spirit." "We just live our own lives." "I don't even know where my uncles live." "We don't visit each other as much as we used to." "Many of the rowers are new faces to me." "You may say they have preserved our village as it was before." "But I just feels sad when I go back." "That is for sure." "But my son isn't sad." "He wouldn't know." "When we were on a street," "He didn't know where we were." "But what can you do?" "Time will run its course." "Guangzhou University Town" "Ok, last one." "If you have blinked in the last shot, keep your eyes open for this one." "If you blink in both shots, we can't fix it." "Alright, look over here." "Two more classmates." "Ready?" "One, two, three." "One more." "One, two, three." "Everyone move the tassel on your cap to your left side." "one, two three" "The 4th day of the 5th lunar month, Lianxicun" "Pay Respect to the Flying Dragon, 2 yuan" "Only start when there're ten around the table." "Otherwise, if many people come, there won't be any food left for late-comers." "It would be embarrassing, right?" "I appreciate your cooperation in making this event a success." "We are helping you report this event." "For your promotion." "Your event will be reported in the news." "You start the show and we will follow." "The dragon boat did not arrive together." "I know." "But can you arrange a dragon boat to come now?" "We would like to film it." "Film the boat approaching the bank." "And you as village head, standing by the bank to welcome it." "Stand over there." "Face to face." "Face to face, like this." "The history of dragon boat racing in our village is over 1 00 years." "We have enjoyed the glory here." "Yeah, this shirt, back then." "This is a cool shirt." "The year Hong Kong was returned to China, we rowed real had in the Guangzhou race." "This shirt was thrown into the river in Shiqiao." "Fuck, Ahshui, remember?" "We rowed a short boat, you rowed a long one." "Fuck, this is the shirt you threw into the river." "Isn't it?" "1 997, I remember that one best." "Ladies and gentlemen" "A splendid puppet show about minority history will be performed on the stage in the water soon." "We welcome you to watch the show." "Ladies and gentlemen" "Welcome to Lingnan impression Garden" "A splendid puppet show about minority history will be performed on the stage in the water soon." "We welcome you to watch the show." "Ladies and gentlemen" "A splendid puppet show" "Take your oar and your life jacket." "Let's row the dragon boat." "The 5th day of the 5th lunar month (Dragon Boat Festival) row, row, row" "I have thought about it." "If you want to row the dragon boat well," "You have to row like one." "There are over 70 rowers in one boat." "A basket ball team for example has just five players." "Yet there're over 70 in a boat." "Just one or two weak rowers." "will slow down the boat." "That's why unity is so important." "Unity is power, it's like different threads of a rope." "Whether you can row a boat well depends on how united your village is." "The poet is a symbol of men's deep respect for the Right Way." "When they celebrate his memory, it is both a day of remembrance and a celebration of life..." "Humble farmers, who had to submit to government sovereignty in order to make a living, are now regaining a sense of dignity." "Water and light gleam on their bulging, rippling muscles." "While they are rowing, breathing in deeply and yelling, they seem to be freeing themselves from the chains which used to bind them, chains which are now dumped into the river." "On a certain afternoon, they reach a state of pure bliss, extreme happiness as if they were united with the godly spirits." "Descendants of the dragon, never look down upon them!" "François CHENG"