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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.
[10] [13] Furthermore, the Wu Zixu water god cult in the Han era was not directly connected with dragon boat racing (that is to say, the quoted evidence on the Wu Zixu cult fails to mention dragon boat racing, let alone any type of riverboat racing), although "close parallels with the boat competition" have been noted by a 6th-century ...
This is the complete list of Asian Games medalists in dragon boat from 2010 to 2022. Men. 200 m. Small boat : 2018 ... Wu Wei-min Wu Chun-chieh Wu Chen-po Tuan Yen-yu ...
Dragon boat at the 2010 Asian Games; Venue: Zengcheng Dragon Boat Lake: Dates: 18–20 November 2010: Competitors: ... Wu Guochong Wu Jiexiong Wu Jinxiong Zeng Runfa ...
Wenzhou Dragon Boat Centre: Date: 4 October 2023: Competitors: 167 from 12 nations: ... Wu Chen-po; Wu Chun-chieh; Ho Pui Lun; Huen Kui Chun; Hung Tsz Hin; Keung Tsz Lok;
Dragon boat (traditional boat race) at the 2018 Asian Games was held in Palembang, Indonesia from 25 to 27 August 2018 as a part of the canoeing competition. All events were held at Jakabaring Lake .
His memory is honored at Duanwu by various the traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival, although some believe this to have been a misplaced bit of Wu Zixu's legacy. [10] The fifth figure variously appears as "King" Ao (奡 王, Àowáng) [5] or as the inventor Lu Ban. [1]
The act of racing to search for his body in boats gradually became the cultural tradition of dragon boat racing, held on the anniversary of his death every year. Today, people still eat zongzi and participate in dragon boat races to commemorate Qu Yuan's sacrifice on the fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.