Yueyang Int'l Dragon Boat Festival
International Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 11th(May 5th of lunar calendar). The festival is held in Yueyang city, hunan Province. As part of the memorial celebration, there will be Dragon boat race on Miluo River, where Qu Yuan drowned himself. In addition to the boat race, the city will host various events such as business promotion, tourism, arts performances and forums.
Yueyang, the "City of the Dragon Boat," and the Miluo River which runs through it, are the cradles of dragon boat culture. On May 5th of the lunar calendar, 278 BC, Qu Yuan, the patriotic poet, drowned himself in the Miluo River. In order to commemorate the poet and his world-famous celebrity, Yueyang City held ten consecutive international dragon boat races in the 1980s and 1990s. More than 100 teams from all over the world participate in the competitions.
"China's traditional festivals have a long history and most of them have spread in some form throughout East Asia. Actually, Dragon Boat Festivals have been celebrated outside of China for many years --- including in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles and San Francisco, California in the United States.
Such heritage chiefly focuses on cultures so that they can be cherished and protected by the entire world.
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