The imperial style ship "Dragon" has the strongest national characteristics of all the ships on the Yangtze River. Its shape is like a dragon symbolizing China's national spirit. The cruise serves excellent food and offers beautiful accommodations on several decks.
The "Qianlong" reflects the style of the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. Visitors praise it as a work of art for its carted beams, painted rafters, winding corridors, marble railings, golden sculptures and carvings on the doors. Walls and pillars of the reception hall are painted with clouds and flying dragons.In fact, the dragon is the main decorative theme used throughout the ship. Even musical instruments, cards and chess, paintings, songs and dances performed on board all take the dragon as their theme.
All the waiters and waitresses working on the "Qianlong" are well-trained. They dress in Qing Dynasty style costumes and understand modern management techniques. Passengers will have the chance to see a wide selection of Qing dynasty costumes, including typical cheongsams mandarin jackets, high shoes, and long pigtails hair style which were popular during the Qing Dynasty. Passengers also have the chance to wear yellow Silk robes that rich people often wore in the past.

The ship has 87 cabins, two of which are of special imperial style suites built to resemble the emperor's temporary residence. The suites are decorated with red carpets, chairs with red embroidered backs and black fox skin pillow seats, mattresses made of white fox skin, covers made of marten and tiger skins, embroidered bed curtains and colorful screens.

The ship's dining room can accommodate 178 passengers. The speciality dishes of the cruise chef include carmine rice, green, pink or white polished glutinous rice, sturgeon, soft shelled turtle, venison, deer tongue and prawns. In addition, passengers may enjoy Jiangsu-style Pickled Goose Foot, Sichuan-style Pork Soaked in Oil with Beans,Shanxi-style Knife Sliced Noodles. Nanjing-style Chinese Rose Cakes and Yangzhou style Stewed Pig's Trotters with Hami.