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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 Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is part of a larger Chinese cultural tradition that goes back 2,400 years. It began on the life-sustaining riverbanks in the valleys of southern China as a fertility rite performed to ensure bountiful crops. The first participants held their celebration on the fifth day of the lunar month of the Chinese calendar ...
Dragon Boat Festival : 端午 节: Duānwǔ jié: Based on Chinese calendar 1 July: Chinese Communist Party Founding Day: 建党 节: Jiàndǎng jié: Formation of 1st National Congress in July 1921 11 July: China National Maritime Day: 中国 航海 日: Zhōngguó hánghǎi rì: The anniversary of Zheng He's first voyage: 1 August: People's ...
The Guizhou Miao Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional folk event held every year by the Miao people in the Shibingtai River Basin of the Qingshui River in the southeastern part of Guizhou, China on the 25th day of the fifth lunar month after the Dragon Boat Festival. The local Miao people will row a canoe dragon boat on this day.
A standard boat in Hong Kong typically has a crew of 20 people who race between about 250-500 meters (820-1640 feet). Iconic Hong Kong dragon boat races are back in full force as thousands of ...
About 50 teams will take part in the annual dragon boat races at Lakeshore State Park on Saturday, Aug. 10. How to watch the 2024 Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival: Race schedule, performances and ...
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 ...