As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, local families are all making water town-featured food—dragon boat rice (or longchuan rice, a dish for Dragon Boat Festival). Nowadays, dragon boat rice is not only the food to assuage the hunger of the boating athletes specially, but also a delicacy with auspicious and festive meaning.

Dedicated to the special cuisine, people in Machong Town keep improving the recipe of dragon boatrice, making it second to none among Dongguan both in taste and appearance.