In pics: "Dragon Boat Village" in China's Fujian

Craftsmen fill waterproofing material in a new dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Painter Pan Shujian and his wife paint traditional patterns on a newly made dragon boat at Fanghegang dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

A craftsman measures a dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

A craftsman fills waterproofing material in a new dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Craftsmen carry materials for a dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

A craftsman works at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Painter Pan Shujian and his wife paint traditional patterns on a newly made dragon boat at Fanghegang dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Craftsmen build dragon boats at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Craftsman Fang Xiaoshui carves the dragon head for a dragon boat in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

A craftsman builds a dragon boat at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

The 71-year-old craftman Fang Shaohuang (L), the third-generation inheritor of Fangzhuang dragon boat building skills, studies the hull structure with his 34-year-old nephew Fang Jianwei at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Craftsmen build dragon boats at Fangzhongxiong dragon boat factory in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 30, 2022. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Photo taken on May 30, 2022 shows a newly carved lacquered dragon head for a dragon boat in Fangzhuang Village of Nantong Township in Minhou County of Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Fangzhuang, known as "Dragon Boat Village", has a traditional dragon boat manufacturing history for more than 700 years. Every year, more than 200 hand-made wooden boats, carefully built by craftsmen, are sold nationwide and even overseas from the village. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)