Interpretation of"Yunxi Dragon Boat Race"as a cultural landscape in Qing Dynasty Changzhou:with a comparative discussion on the rise and fall of St.Bartholomew's Fair in England
During the Qing Dynasty,Yunxi dragon boat race was a celebration activity held during the Dragon Boat Festival on the Baiyun River in Changzhou,representing a unique cultural landscape of ancient Changzhou.Numerous poems in the Changzhou's canal literature celebrate the scenery of Baiyun River and the dragon boat racing events.Around 1800,a group of Changzhou intellectuals engaged in a debate through poetry,centering on whether to continue or cancel the dragon boat race tradition,centering on issues of"moral corruptions"or"preserved folk customs."Zhao Yi and Hong Liangji,representatives of the enlightened literati of the era,foresaw the trends of the times and supported the dragon boat race on the grounds of continuing"the old custom."They essentially advocated for the emerging urban civic economy and culture.In comparison,the expansion and contraction of time and space for St.Bartholomew Fair in England were also influenced by economic and moral considerations.Notably,the debate surrounding the cancellation of the Yunxi dragon boat race was more significantly influenced by the discourse of cultural elites.
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