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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Warmer weather is here, and the Buffalo Niagara Dragon Boat Festival is officially back. The 21st annual festival will be hosted on Saturday, June 14 by Hope Chest Buffalo at ...
Best place to watch the races. Beginning at 7:15 a.m. and until 5 p.m. on June 8, spectators will be able to watch dragon boat races. The best viewing spots are on the John Weeks Footbridge or ...
In the watery maze of Diejiao Village in Foshan, South China's Guangdong province, dragon boat teams race through S-curves, L-bends and tight C-turns with breathtaking precision.
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A standard dragon boat race is 500 metres and takes about two to three minutes. Some festivals include short 200-metre races and longer 2,000-metre “guts and glory” races.
An aerial drone photo taken on May 31, 2025 shows teams competing in a dragon boat race on the Dazhang River in Minhou County, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong) An aerial ...
The 2025 "Haikou Cup" International Dragon Boat Invitational takes place in Haikou, Hainan province from May 31 to June 1. [Photo by Zhang Mao/For chinadaily.com.cn] ...
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday to commemorate ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.). Celebrated on ...
Dragon boat teams, made up of 20 rowers, a helmsman and a drummer, from across the world will battle in a number of different age group categories. From lost in a storm to the British team ...
The Confucius Institute Ljubljana, established 15 years ago, has been organising the annual dragon boat race in Slovenia for almost ten years. Open Modal.
HONG KONG (AP) — Throngs of people flocked to southern Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the iconic dragon boat races, a highlight of a Chinese festival with over 2,000 years of history.