Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Dragon_boat> ?p ?o }
- Dragon_boat abstract "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. In other parts of China, different kinds of wood are used to build these traditional watercraft. It is one of a family of traditional paddled long boats found throughout Asia, Africa, the Pacific islands and also Puerto Rico. Currently, boats are being made for competitive purposes out of carbon fiber and other lightweight materials.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. While competition has taken place annually for more than 20 centuries as part of religious ceremonies and folk customs, dragon boat racing has emerged in modern times as an international sport, beginning in Hong Kong in 1976. But the history of dragon boats in competition reaches as far back as the same era as the original games of Olympia in ancient Greece. Both dragon boat racing and the ancient Olympiad included aspects of religious observances and community celebrations along with competition.For competition events, dragon boats are generally rigged with decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails. At other times (such as during training), decorative regalia is usually removed, although the drum often remains aboard for drummers to practice.Dragon boat races were traditionally held as part of the annual Duanwu Festival or Duen Ng observance in China. Not understanding the significance of Duanwu, 19th-century European observers of the racing ritual referred to the spectacle as a \"dragon boat festival\". This is the term that has become known in the West.Dragon boat racing, like Duanwu, is observed and celebrated in many areas of east Asia with a significant population of ethnic Chinese such as Singapore, Malaysia, and the Riau Islands, as well as having been adopted by the Ryukyu Islands since ancient times. The date on which races were held is referred to as the \"double fifth\" since Duanwu is reckoned as the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which often falls on the Gregorian calendar month of June and occasionally in May or July. Duanwu is reckoned annually in accordance with the traditional calendar system of China, which is a combination of solar and lunar cycles, unlike the solar-based Gregorian calendar system.In December 2007, the central government of the People's Republic of China added Duanwu, along with Qingming and Mid-Autumn festivals, to the schedule of national holidays.".
- Dragon_boat thumbnail Dragon_boat_budapest_2010.jpg?width=300.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink fingerlakesdragonboat.org.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink canoe-water-festival.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.ausdbf.com.au.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.drachenboot.de.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboat.cz.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboat.it.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboat.org.uk.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboat.org.za.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboat.pl.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboatcanada.org.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboaters.org.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.dragonboatinfo.com.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.edbf.org.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.funraisers.org.uk.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.hkdba.com.hk.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.idbf.org.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink 07399330601128445.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink dragon-boat-races-crestline-san-bernardino-county-parks-2.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.ndbf.nl.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.nzdba.co.nz.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink stroke.php.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.pdbf.com.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink en.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.sdba.org.sg.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink 23b.html.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageExternalLink www.usdbf.org.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageID "235082".
- Dragon_boat wikiPageLength "27579".
- Dragon_boat wikiPageOutDegree "103".
- Dragon_boat wikiPageRevisionID "706132115".
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink 2000_Summer_Olympics.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink 2010_Penang_dragon_boat_accident.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink 2011_Præstø_Fjord_dragon_boat_accident.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Adelaide.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Africa.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greece.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Asia.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Awakening_of_the_Dragon.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Breast_cancer_survivors_dragon_boating.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Town.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Carbon-fiber-reinforced_polymer.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_inventions.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dragon_boat_racing.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rowing_boats.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Category:Traditional_boats.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Chinese_calendar.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Chinese_dragon.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Chinese_zodiac.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Chu_(state).
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Chundan_Vallam.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Competition.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Crew.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Dongting_Lake.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Dragon_(zodiac).
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Dragon_King.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Duanwu_Festival.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Fuzhou.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Gregorian_calendar.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Hong_Kong.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Human-powered_watercraft.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Hunan.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink International_Dragon_Boat_Federation.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink International_Olympic_Committee.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Lunar_calendar.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Macau.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Malaysia.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Mid-Autumn_Festival.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Miluo_River.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Minister_(government).
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Nottingham.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Olympia,_Greece.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Olympiad.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Ontario_Place_West_Channel.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Outrigger_canoe.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Overseas_Chinese.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Paddle.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Paddling.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Pearl_River_Delta.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Penang.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Philadelphia.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Phoenix_boat.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Polynesians.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Pontianak,_Indonesia.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Poznań.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Prague.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Priest.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Qingming_Festival.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Rain.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Ravenna.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Riau_Islands.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Rome.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Ryukyu_Islands.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Silk.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Singapore.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink Sinology.
- Dragon_boat wikiPageWikiLink SportAccord.