WCAAD 9 Students Won Dragon Boat Festival Art Contest

WCAAD 9 students won the art contest themed Dragon Boat Festival in California. 

Age Group 10-13

1^st Place：Emily Yan

2^nd Place：Mia Zhang

3^rd Place：Victoria Situ

Age Group 7-9

1^st Place：Jacquelyn Peng

2^nd Place：Mayanne Qiu

3^rd Place：Harry Chen

Age Group 4-6

1^st Place：Jayden Liu

2^nd Place：Michael Zhou

3^rd Place：Catherine Chen

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday that commemorates the ancient poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Miluo River as an act of protest against corruption. People celebrate by racing dragon boats, eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi, hanging calamus and mugwort, and drinking realgar wine.

 The Dragon Boat Festival of 2026 falls on June 19th.

Overseas Chinese children gained a deeper understanding of the origins and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival by participating in this art contest. In a multicultural environment, they thus built a cognitive and emotional connection to traditional Chinese culture.