(1) The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.

(2) The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.

(3) A sudden storm ruled out the boat race.

(4) Training for the University boat race must be one of the most backbreaking, brain blowing experiences in sport.

(5) Wilson grew up in rowing, rather than the Boat Race, having been born at Henley.

(6) The National and the Boat Race draw heavily on tradition.

(7) Boats raced to the ship and ferried its human cargo toland.

(8) She joined the Boat Race squad last January and quickly took over the Blue boat.

(9) Yesterday he was rowing with the boat race squad on this stretch of Thames at Wallingford when he complained he felt unwell.

(10) For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.

(11) It was famous as the winning post of boat races from Westminster Bridge.

(12) Oxford University are looking in good shape for Sunday's womens boat race.

(13) In part two: Heavy going: Weighing up the competition for the Boat Race.

(14) One unusual craft used for this type of smuggling was a very fast power boat race competitor approximately named Who Dares.

(15) Making Zongzi, eggs, bread, dumpling boat racing.

(16) Boat racing has become an international sports event.

(17) Mike and Christa are on the same dragon boat racing team.

(18) Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival.

(19) For China, it's a time for dragon boat racing and zong zi.

(20) Explore and Development Class : dragon boat racing, water gun battle, wandering on Celebrity Avenue.

(21) Songkran another high - profile activities are dragon boat racing, jumping feet as inspiration and Pavaner.

(22) The Dragon Boat Festival: Zongzi, Boat racing, May 5, Qu Yuan, river, egg.

(23) Chinese celebrate the Dragon Boatdragon - boat racing, nowadays more and more foreigners to take part in it.

(24) Now dragon boat racing has developed into an aquatic sports item.

(25) Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country.

(26) When he tired of wasting money on F 1, he wasted money on off - shore power boat racing.

(27) May 5 after a year to commemorate the dragon boat racing.