The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is one of China's oldest and most celebrated traditions, with a history spanning over two millennia.

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MANCHESTER, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A record 49 teams from across Britain attended the 2025 UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival held in Manchester on Sunday. Now in its 11th year, the fest ...

It's about preserving heritage. "Dragon Boat races, it's a part of something bigger," said Brian Kong. "It's about sharing Asian culture." Kong, 18, competes on the Great Wall Chinese Academy team.

The 2023 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival expects to attract 20,000 viewers a day to the shores of Meadow Lake in New York City’s Queens district on Aug. 12-13, making it among the largest ...

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It commemorates Qu Yuan, a ministerial scholar and patriotic poet of the Chu state during ...

Dragon boats paddlers listen to instructions during practice Sunday, May 4, 2025, at White Rock Lake in Dallas. The team is getting ready for races during the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival.

Based in Fujian province, the family company Longhai Guoan has been manufacturing dragon boats for 150 years. “The first generation of the family boatbuilders built traditional dragon boats by ...

The qualifying dragon boat race heats start at 8 a.m., the semi-final race heats start at 10:30 a.m., and the final race heats start at 1:20 p.m. Each team is guaranteed three races.

The Sun Life Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races take place in the city this weekend, and more than 4,500 athletes from 190 teams across Hong Kong, mainland China, Europe, Asia and America ...

A dragon boat racing club which was taken to the brink of closure after Storm Henk washed its boats away is now celebrating after nine of its rowers secured a place on the Great British team. Four ...