Hometown of Qu Yuan Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

News 2011/06/03 View：1526

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the Zigui County, hometown of Qu Yuan (a minister during the Warring States Period), is engrossed in a celebrating atmosphere. The locals bathe kids with artemisia and serve the aged with a feet spa, promoting Chinese traditional virtues of respecting the aged and caring for the children. Meanwhile, pouches (Xiang Bao in Chinese) are made and decorated to ward off evil as a Dragon Boat Festival traditional gift.

Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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7th China International Dragon Boat Festival Held in Miluo

The 7th China International Dragon Boat Festival was splendidly launched at the International Dragon Boat Racing Center of Miluo, a prefecture city of Yueyang, on the morning of June 5. Li Jie, president of Chinese Dragon Boat Association, expressed the hope during a speech that Miluo will fully inherit, protect and utilize the Duanwu （the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar ） customs along the Miluo River, which has been listed as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage, thereby making a bigger contribution to the popularization of the dragon boat racing and spread of the traditional Chinese culture. Vice-President of the Chinese Olympic Committee Wu Qi declared the festival open at thirty-eight past nine. It began with a folk dance Wind from Miluo River, which demonstrated the unique local customs along the Miluo River lasting more than two thousand years and brought the audience authentic ways of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival by people in Hunan. The dragon boat racing was extremely fierce, during which Puxia Team from Fuzhou of Fujian province, Quzi Dragon Boat Club Team from Miluo, and Mayang Team from Hunan won the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.Translator: Xie LingliSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2011-06-06 22:35 View：1465