On September 8, local time, the annual Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival was held in Lake Lanier. The Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival is one of Georgia's biggest cultural events this year, hosted by the Hong Kong Information Center in Atlanta. Thousands of contestants cheered with the audience to witness the dragon boat culture at the opening ceremony and on the lake. Among many large and small festivals in the United States, Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival is one of the few in the region that originated entirely from Chinese culture. Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival was born on the eve of the 1996 Olympic Games. Lanier Lake, which has been selected in the past competitions, is the venue for the Atlanta Olympic Games. The Chinese culture and Olympic spirit have been passed on for a long time and are of great significance.