The traditional events of the Watertown Sports Meeting – one of the series activities of the Tourism Cultural Festival, such as “aquatic tug-of-war”, “couple-carrying running”, “eels-catching”, “ducks-catching” and “banana-carrying competition”, presented tourists with the original customs of the water towns.

Tourism industry in Minzhong Town develops rapidly. The diligent Dan people settling at waterside make their living by setting sail for fishing and cultivating lands at home, forming a unique Lingnan watertown culture. By virtue of the advantageous tourism resources such as intertwining rivers, honest folkways, and sound natural eco-environment, Minzhong Town has been rated as “Zhongshan Tourism Town”, Xinlun Village and Yu’an Village as “Zhongshan Tourism Villages”, and Xinlun Village as “the Most Beautiful Village in Guangdong Province” in 2007. Through the 3 sessions of Zhongshan Lingnan Watertown Tourism Cultural Festival, Minzhong Town has presented to visitors the simple and magnificent watertown folk culture. The Watertown Sports Meeting with its original flavor impresses tourists deeply.