June 16 is the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, otherwise know as Duan Wu Jie, or Dragon Boat Festival. With approximately 20 million people out on boats during the festival, we invite you to come and watch the races in Beijing.
There will be races at the Olympic park lake [...]
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Dragon Boating Festival: May 14-16 2010
Race Report – Wuxi, Jiangsu
Congratulations to the Wuxi in Jiangsu, 2010, Race Team! This was the first time the team has completed a 500m race in under 3 minutes!
Xiamen Race Report, 29-30 May 2010
Congratulations to the race team for an impressive display of dragon boating at the 2010 Kah Kee Cup & Jingxian Cup Cross-Strait Dragon Boat Race, held in Xiamen, Fuzhou province on the weekend of the 29-30 May.
This was the 5th anniversary of the cross-strait dragon boat race.
Having officially charmed the race officials at the Friday [...]
Competitions and Trips
Each year, we participate in several competitions against other dragon boating teams from China. (And occasionally some of the competitions we attend draw teams from outside China.)
Practice on Houhai (April – October)
We practice three times a week at Houhai, the historic lake near the Drum and Bell Towers.
Sunday afternoon practices, which start at 4:30 p.m., are open to people interested in testing the waters to see if they want to join the team, more casual rowers who just want to row every now and again, and to anybody who wants to spend a fun afternoon rowing on the lake and meeting new people. Tuesday and Thursday evenings are for committed team members who are training for competitions.
Winter Hiatus
The Beijing International Dragon Boat Team is on hiatus over the winter break, at least on the water! The team will continue to meet both socially and to do some exercise together over winter – please feel free to join us.
To join the team or for more information, please contact Heming on polo_heming@163.com to be kept up to date.