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* To raise awareness and support for our beneficiaries
* To create interest and opportunity for waterfront interaction
* To provide a well organized, fair and competitive event
* To establish a festival atmosphere for community participation, spectatorship and celebration
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Ni Hao, Kai Lan Dragon Boat Race GameYou can race down the river as Kai-lan, Rintoo, Tolee or Lulu. Spin the spinner and move the character the spinner lands on. Hit your drum tile to help your friends row to the rhythm. If you win three races, you get to wear the Dragon Mask and lead the Dragon Parade!
Dragon Boat Racing, including: Dragon Boat, Duanwu Festival, Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival, Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival, ... Dragon Boat Federation, Raging DragonsHephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Dragon boat racing.More info: A dragon boat (also dragonboat) is a human-powered boat (Paddled Water Craft) traditionally made of teak wood to various designs and sizes. It is one of a family of Traditional Long Boats found throughout Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands. It is now used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China over 2000 years ago. While competition has taken place annually for more than 20 centuries as part of folk ritual, it emerged in modern times as an international sport in Hong Kong in 1976. For competition events, dragon boats are generally rigged with decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails. At other times the decorative regalia is usually removed, although the drum often remains aboard for training purposes. In some areas of China, the boats are raced without dragon adornments.
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race FestivalPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival is a yearly event that attracts 5500 paddlers and over 70,000 spectators in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Historically, it is part of a Chinese tradition dating back almost 2400 years. It began as a rite in the banks of southern China to guarantee abundant crops. In early times, the races were held on the 5th day of the lunar month of the Chinese calendar. The dragon is symbolic of the object of worship during this time. The day the races are held is also known as Poet's Day, which commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a minister and poet during the Zhou Dynasty. The race is a part of a historical re-enactment to save Yuan from the river. Since its inception in 1993, thousands of participants have gathered at Mooney's Bay Park on Riverside Drive in Ottawa to race.
Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & RecipesFilled with delectable recipes, hands-on family activities, and traditional tales to read aloud, this extraordinary collection will inspire families everywhere to re-create the magic of Chinese holidays in their own homes. They can feast on golden New Year's dumplings and tasty moon cakes, build a miniature boat for the Dragon Boat Festival and a kite at Qing Ming, or share the story of the greedy Kitchen God or the valiant warrior Hou Yi.This stunning compilation from bestselling cookbook author Nina Simonds and Leslie Swartz of the Children's Museum, Boston, is the perfect gift for families that have embraced Chinese holidays for generations--and for those just beginning new traditions.
