DRAGON BOAT





Traditional dragon boat racing, in china, coincides with the 5th day of the 5th chinese lunar month (varying from late may to june on the modern gregorian calendar). The summer solstice occurs around 21 June and is the reason why chinese refer to their festival as "duan wu" or "duen ng". Both the sun and the dragon are considered to be male. (the moon and the mythical phoenix are considered to be female.)
Dragon boats are the basis of the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing, a watersport which has its roots in an ancient folk ritual of contending villagers, which has been held for over 2000 years throughout southern china.

What its made of?



Obviously they will not kill the dragon and make him a boat hahaha. A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft. They were traditionally made in the pearl river delta region of china's southern guangdong province out of teak wood(mostly imported from pontianak, indonesia) to various designs and sizes.





Wonder if dragon boat is a sport?
 

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-high-angle-view-of-a-dragon-boat-race-part-of-chinese-new-year-2015-79326527.html


For those unfamiliar with it, dragon boat simply put, is a boat of 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steers person paddling to cross the finish faster than their competition (the one handle the rudder). It's a team sport in its purest form that encompasses the elements of power, speed, synchronization and endurance.





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