Dragon Boat Festival

From Boston to Nevada, these cities across the United States celebrate the Dragon Boast Festival with racing long narrow boats, parades, and expressions of ...

Another Major League Dragon Boat event presented by GWN (see the full list here), this one happens in Nevada’s Sparks Marina. And if you’re interested in participating in any of the scheduled races, no team is needed. Now in its third year at the Miami Marine Stadium in Key Biscayne, they’ve partnered with Save Our Sisters, South Florida's first-ever breast cancer survivor-led Dragon Boat Racing team. On deck is a cultural village, performances, and a health and wellness village. After a two-year hiatus, the races return to the Charles River, alongside a day of cultural activities including Taiko drumming, Kung Fu displays, lion dances, yo-yo demonstrations, live classical Chinese music, and Chinese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, and Indian dance performances. (According to this article the “dragons” may have existed, but were actually catfish who gorged themselves on the rice and grew to massive sizes.) After his death fans continued to sprinkle the water with rice to feed Qu Yuan's spirit, but the grains were gobbled up by water dragons.

To the quick, rhythmic beat of the drums, racers paddled mightily and yelled rhythmically in Chinese.

So this is totally new for me," Benjamin Norman, hailing from the UK but racing for team Kazakhstan, adding that the race is one of his favorite Chinese cultural traditions. Brzhezinskiy Boris, a racer on team Pakistan, made his debut in this type of competition. "Different from other rowing competitions I have attended, the dragon boat race is more about teamwork.

SAVEUR senior culture editor Megan Zhang hunts down different regional varieties of sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves—just in time for Dragon Boat ...

In savory Shanghai-style zongzi, pork is the star of the show. “Using the alkaline will release the color from the leaves, so it kind of dyes the rice into that yellow color,” says Maggie Zhu, who created the Chinese food blog Omnivore’s Cookbook. The rice is often filled with red bean paste, and served with honey or sugar for added sweetness. The dish also offers a balance between sweet and savory, thanks to candied winter melon and pork belly. Before wrapping, cooks coat the rice and fillings in soy sauce, which imparts unparalleled umami. “It’s supposed to bring good luck and ward off evil,” says Christina Arokiasamy, a chef who hails from Malaysia. Galangal, coriander seeds, and white peppercorn give the sticky rice an herbaceous aroma. According to Zhu, who grew up in Beijing, red bean zongzi are popular there, though it’s also common to mix the whole beans directly into the rice. Preparing them is a labor of love, usually a multi-day process that includes soaking the leaves overnight, marinating the fillings for hours, and painstakingly wrapping and tying each package with twine. Also emblematic of Southern China’s Cantonese cuisine is this sweet style that requires soaking the glutinous rice in lye water, an alkaline liquid that includes potassium carbonate. A unifying theme—besides being scrumptious—is that many types are strongly associated with Dragon Boat Festival. Here are a few varieties to enjoy this year, and some spots where you can get them in New York City. Depending where you are in the world, it goes by different names (including joong and bak zhang) and can be sweet or savory, made with different techniques and starring diverse fillings. As with many holidays, exact details of the festival’s origins are hazy, with differing narratives colliding and coalescing over time. Other years, my father would recount the tale at the breakfast table—before we all dug into a plate piled high with sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves.

Jones Lake was a sea of humanity Friday as hundreds of high school students hit the water for the annual Greater Moncton Dragon Boat Festival.

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Editor's note: Thomas W. Pauken II is a geopolitical commentator, a consultant on Asia-Pacific affairs and author of the book "U.S. vs. China: From Trade War to ...

But of course, this holiday is most famous for its dragon boat races that are frequently held on Chinese rivers and most popular in the southern and eastern regions of the country. Today is a good day to embrace the summer that looms ahead for everyone in the Northern Hemisphere this year. The annual event started in 2017, and each year more and more fans come to cheer on their favorite dragon boat teams. Guizhou Province in southwestern China has earned special distinction for its glorious rivers as many spectators can observe some of the most decorative dragon boats on display. All Chinese mega cities hold special celebrations, such as hosting dragon boat races and lion dance performances, eating zongzi and many other activities. It is also believed that over 50 million people worldwide are fans of dragon boat racing. A rising number of people across the globe are showing a keener interest to learn more about Chinese culture. Realizing it was too late for a rescue, they threw Zongzi into the water hoping the fish would eat the rice instead of Qu's body. Eventually, dragon boat races came to represent an annual custom meant to extinguish illness and disaster and to bring good luck. The Duanwu Festival signals the beginning of the summer season. First of all, let's define the terms and cultural context. Editor's note: Thomas W. Pauken II is a geopolitical commentator, a consultant on Asia-Pacific affairs and author of the book "U.S. vs.