To celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, a cultural exchange event was held at the Nantong Blue Calico Museum on June 11 in Chongchuan district, Nantong. 

Foreign guests from 10 countries, including the United Kingdom, Russia, and the United States, gathered to immerse themselves in traditional costumes, the Nantong blue calico printing and dyeing technique, and traditional Dragon Boat Festival folk games such as dry-land dragon boat racing, shooting the "five poisonous creatures", and touhu (pitch-pot).

Foreign guests experience the game known as shooting the five poisonous creatures. [Photo/Nantong Daily] 

Two girls in clothes with blue calico pose for a photo. [Photo/Nantong Daily] 

Foreign guests learn how to draw patterns on fabric using wax under the guidance of an artisan. [Photo/Nantong Daily]