The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the several Chinese traditions that have grown into a major sports event bringing together different sectors of local communities and people from around the world.
To most in the West, the festival is a team-paddling sport. The event, in fact, is originated from an age-old Chinese tradition known as “Tuen Ng Jit” in Cantonese or “Duanwu Jie” in Putonghua.
“Tuen Ng Jit” is a day to commemorate patriotic poet and minister Qu Yuan (340-270 BC) who drowned himself on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar solar calendar.
Photos taken last year shows teams taking part in the Macau International Dragon Boat Races in Nam Van Lake. Photos: Ip Chin Wah
