A popular Chinese tradition, dragon boat racing commemorates the death of ancient poet Chu Yuan. It also pays respect to the dragon, the ruler of the water. Having started more than 2,000 years ...

Xin Qi grew up in China, feeling intense pressure to succeed in every exam and activity. If she wasn’t the best, it wasn’t ...

Dozens of Argentine paddlers competed in an amateur dragon-boat race in Buenos Aires on Sunday ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations next week. (AP video by Cristian Kovadloff) ...

The city’s iconic dragon-boat community just had its hopes sunk ... thousands of boaters — who are keeping alive an ancient Chinese tradition — that they would not be able to set sail ...

The Bahamas Chinese Dragon Boat Association has donated $8,000 to the Cancer Society of The Bahamas, using funds that were ...

At least one person was killed after a dragon boat capsized in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Sunday, the local government reported. At a competition on a canal in the east of ...

12, 2024 1:00 p.m. | Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 1:00 p.m. A Chinese tradition dating more than 2,000 years old will be on display at the Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival on Sept. 28 at the lake in ...

The dragon boating community's fate in Queens is uncertain after NYC Parks announced plans to close Pier 1 near Citi Field ...

The Central Coast Dragon Boat Association celebrated the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year in a unique way—by grabbing their paddles.

What is the Dragon Boat Festival? How do Chinese people celebrate it? What do Chinese people eat for it? Quiz The legend goes that Qu Yuan served in high offices and wrote a lot of poetry about ...

HONG KONG--Thousands gathered Thursday in southern Hong Kong to watch the iconic dragon boat races, a highlight of the annual Chinese Dragon Boat festival. The dragon boat races were back in full ...