Men of Zhouzhuang always play the black dragon and women play the yellow dragon during holidays. Lion dance is also very common. This started in the Qing Dynasty. At first, it was the needs of war, then people held races for celebrating the harvest and holidays, also for weddings.
Farmers participate with their own boats, clothes, props, gongs and drums.
Zhouzhuang now has dozens of travel boats for tourists to do sightseeings around. They drink it in a tasteful way, using ancient tea sets, boiling water in pottery or earthen Jars, bamboo slices or branches as fuel. They first wash the tea and then, several minutes later, pour on boiled water to guarantee the color, fragrance and taste. People used to see groups of old women sitting together and drinking tea, and hence the name, grandmather tea. At present, people like to take some vegetables, melon seeds, beans and other pastries during the tea drinking.