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The event at
Stanley (Cantonese "Chek Chu") has a
history no shorter than any other community with
a fishing village background in HK. It has
gradually developed to become the largest local
event and one of the world's largest .
With 140 +
teams cheering
and paddling at the beach which is special on its
own right as a originally
Chinese conmmunity with so much European small
town flavour, together with the international
friendship brought forth by the race, and so much
specialities and our contribution to the tourist
industry, how can we find a reason not to share
it with you. For the last 2 decades RTHK has been
broadcasting the event live in radio and starting
from 1999 the technology of internet push the
event to become more international on-line.
The race is held
at Tuen Ng
Festival day (in Mandarin
Chinese as "Duen Wu ") every year as an
one-day event. The boats are
wooden medium-size ones and basically race with
the international regulations.
Division is our
specialty. We have only the experiate and Chinese
in men's group, but no division in ladies . The 3
divisions have their own cup and plate
competitions . Race History
will tell you more about this.
Dragon boat racing
first started as an activity to drive away the
devils and then to conmemorade the patriotic poet
Qu Yuan, but now has developed into an
international sporting scene well received by
athletes East and West with its own world
championship and gorvening bodies, information on
the Internet is also
blooming. However,it is a pity that few Chinese
websites can provide serious research on the
festival's origin and forklore, which has mostly
been
forgotten and distorted in modern society's
reductionism. This is another driving force for
us to take action. Please visit our Legned
Research Room and Chek Chu--Our
Heritage.
You are most
welcome to come to witness the mega event or
write to us.
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How can you miss the scene of 150 crews
racing togethre !
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