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The Dragon Boat Festival in Keelung City was organized by the private organization Keelung Youth Chamber of Commerce in 1982 to handle the first event. At that time, there were not many teams and it was a spontaneous private celebration event, and the location was Keelung Port. From 1994 to 2006, due to the people’s enjoyment of dragon boat races and traditional folk customs, they were hosted by the Keelung Sports Association, until 2007 the event start hosted by the Keelung government. Up to now, the Keelung Dragon Boat Festival has been in existence for more than 26 years, and it has become the grand event of the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Keelung.The content of the event has evolved from the early dragon boat races to a carnival of folklore and sports. At the festival includes fun faires, family sketches, singing and dancing performances, and traditional event. The activities always attract nearly ten-thousand team staff and the citizen.

Waimushan was selected as the champion of National Top Ten Charm Waters. It is surrounded by mountains and the sea, and the Marathon Swim Race shows the characteristics of the ocean city.

Every year, the surrounding area of Keelung Harbor is filled with large balloon installations, various performances, and street interactive games. The whole city seems to be a lively fairy tale art city.

The origin of the Keelung Qidu Fireworks Festival is that residents on both sides of the Keelung River used torches to be tied to the two banks of the Keelung River during the Lantern Festival and fired to the opposite bank. The competitive traditional event was expanded to be the current Fireworks Festival, and it has also become one of the activities of the Keelung Lantern Festival.In order to expand the festival activities, it was moved to the Yongan Comprehensive Park near the Qixian Bridge, and fireworks were set off on the water defense trail of the Junde Suspension Bridge opposite the Qixian Bridge to provide the citizen with a better view of the fireworks. In addition, you should not miss visiting the historic building "Qidu Train Station" in Qidu Station Railway Park. It is a wooden station/Japanese-style building that still preserves in the north of Taipei. There will be a railway cultural relic exhibition during the event. Qingji Temple, the earliest Matsu temple in Qidu, also held a Lantern Festival blessing party on the date of the fireworks festival.

The sea area of Keelung Islet is rich in fish sources, it is an important fishing ground in the north, and it is also an international rock fishing competition area.

Keelung Squid Festival innovates every year. In addition to continuing the past emphasis on the development of fishing villages and industrial culture, it is also held a series of activities, such as "Gourmet Search", which includes more than 30 famous restaurants, secret places of Keelung, local snacks, and family-friendly restaurants, etc. Four major routes lead participants to taste seasonal seafood.ng Village Tour" specifically via the squid restoration program to experience how to make the drying fish, and discover the mystery of the intertidal zone; "Night Fishing Experience" invites you to go out on a boat and fish small squids and white hairtails at night, taste the boathouse style seafood dishes on board.※For more information, please refer to the official website of Keelung Squid Festival.

One of the "Taiwan's Twelve Local Festivals," the one-month-long festival witnesses Keelung's historical and cultural traditions. The urban parade before releasing the water lantern on July 14 of the lunar calendar is also worthy to participate in visitors.※For more information, please refer to the official website of Keelung Mid-Summer Ghost Festival.

The annual Taiwan International Sailing race is also the only transnational big sailing event between Taiwan and Japan.The Tide Bay Festival has five main activities: "Trendy Ocean", "Trendy Music", "Trendy Ecology", "Trendy Food", and "Trendy Fishing Village".

Every June, a variety of giant street installation art, dancing samba girls, and energetic community teams sway enthusiastically in the summer afternoon, it like a Taiwanese version of the Brazilian Carnival, and which is the special summer charm of Keelung.