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The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar.
Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) 端午節 / 端午节 Dragon boat race, eat sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves Zongzi . This festival commemorates the ancient poet Qu Yuan; drink yellow rice wine, related to the White Snake Lady legend 5 (五月) 13th July 3, 2020 [5] Kuan Kung's Birthday and Cheng Huang's Birthday 關公誕辰
The festival centers on the traditional dragon boat (haarii, or haaree in Itoman) races. The dragon boat races are a form of giving thanks to the sea and agricultural gods and asking for their continued help for the future. [2] Currently, Naha is host to the largest dragon boat race, although Itoman and Tamagusuku are also known for holding ...
The Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival is a legacy of Expo 86, where Vancouver's Chinese-Canadian community introduced the traditional annual Chinese Duanwu Festival (summer solstice) to Canada as a cultural outreach program to share Chinese culture with the city's multi-cultural population. The dragon boat festival was created to promote ...
The International Dragon Boat Federation defines a dragon boat, within competition regulations, to be: "a long displacement boat of an open design, that is based upon a rib-less carvel form of hull construction, with the following distinguishing characteristics; no stem, hard chine bilge; W in cross section, minimum freeboard, punt-like entry and exit; rocketed keel that is set back from the ...
In addition to providing audiences with traditional Chinese foods and performances, the festival, now in its 18th year, hosts over 150 dragon boat teams from across North America, making it one of the largest dragon boat festivals in the United States. Depending on the competitive division, teams compete for cash prizes or airline tickets.
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[1] [2] [3] The festival was most recently held in 2019. The 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 saw the return of the festival but the number of participants was less than pre pandemic years. In 1998, the Charity Cup Challenge was added as a fundraising component for the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation.