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02-03-2016 THE PENINSULA HONG KONG GIVES GUESTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN ONE OF THE CITY’S GREATEST TRADITIONS WITH THE EXCLUSIVE “YEAR OF THE DRAGON BOAT” EXPERIENCE (The Peninsula Hotels Group)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Mar 2016
(Source. The Peninsula Hotels Group). One of Hong Kong's most exhilarating and enduring traditions, dragon boat racing holds a unique place in the city's heritage ... Participants must be 12 years old or above and able to swim at least 50 metres ... About Dragon Boat Festival ... When he heard that the capital of Chu had been conquered, he committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month ... (noodl....

Festivals Around The World

Edit DNA India 29 Jun 2015
An annual event, it dates back 2000 years, when a Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan drowned himself in Miluo River to protest ......

Dragon Boat Festival dented by water woes

Edit China Daily 20 Jun 2015
Racing of traditional longboats is the centerpiece celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, commemorating the death of Qu Yuan, a poet/minister from the Warring States period who committed suicide in the Miluo River in Central China ... For 49-year-old Pan Jianming, dragon boating on his home river is no dumb act ... Nobody uses water from the river on babies anymore....

Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday

Edit China Daily 18 Jun 2015
Other than family meals, people also race dragon-shaped boats along rivers in homage to Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a revered poet and ... Qu ended his life by drowning in the Miluo River....

NPC to Get Proposals for Clearing up Way Laws Are Enacted

Edit Caixin Online 06 Mar 2015
Government wants to straighten out how legislation such as that for setting taxes is handled and to find ways to give lower levels more room to maneuver. By staff reporter Ouyang Yanqin ... Power Transfer ... But as Liu says ... The lack of local legislative power has caused trouble for city authorities trying to use the legal measures to prevent environmental damage along the Miluo River, which passes though two major cities in Hunan, he said ... ....

Chinese New Year: Boats battle for bragging rights at the big end of town

Edit Canberra Times 24 Feb 2015
Making waves. Corporate team BNP Paribas during training in their dragon boat at dusk near the Anzac bridge. 20th February 2015 Photo. Wolter Peeters The Sydney Morning Herald Corporate team BNP Paribas during training in their dragon boat at dusk near the Anzac bridge. Photo ... Wolter Peeters ... Later the races honoured the ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan, who took his life in the Miluo river in protest against political corruption ... ....

Cambridge College Sponsors Catch 22 to Race at the 35th Annual Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

Edit PR Newswire 12 Jun 2014
Weeks Foot Bridge on the Charles River between JFK Avenue and Western Avenue ... Qu was banished from the state of Chu for opposing the alliance due to the King's decision to ally with the powerful state of Qin.  Twenty-eight years later in 278 BC, when the state of Qin invaded the state of Chu and took over the Chu capital, Qu committed suicide and drowned in the Miluo River....

Dragon boat delights

Edit China Daily 02 Jun 2014
In despair he committed suicide by jumping into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Local admirers raced out in boats to try and save him and when he was not found people dropped balls of sticky rice into the river so fish would eat them instead of his body....

Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong

Edit Gulf News 02 Jun 2014
The Dragon Boat Festival, falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is held in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who committed suicide in the Miluo River after he was exiled. ....

Different styles of Zongzi

Edit China Daily 01 Jun 2014
When the kingdom of Qin occupied his home, the kingdom of Chu, Qu threw himself into the Miluo River in protest. It was said that the people of Chu dropped rice balls into the river to stop fish and shrimp from eating his body....

Dragon Boat Festival returns Saturday to Austin

Edit Austin American Statesman 20 Apr 2014
Colorful 40-foot-long boats booming with the sound of onboard drums will race across Lady Bird Lake next Saturday ... “You couldn’t celebrate diversity without teamwork.” ... “It’s truly a team effort.” ... There are many stories surrounding the origins of dragon boat racing, but the most widely recognized is that of the Chinese poet Qu Yuan, who was said to have thrown himself into the Miluo River to protest the political turmoil of the time ... ....
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