全国冰上龙舟邀请赛 图文阅读:国际龙舟邀请赛在汨罗江开幕

图文阅读:国际龙舟邀请赛在汨罗江开幕  

International Dragon Boat Invitation Tournament Opens in Miluo River
(Xinhua 2008-06-04 13:20:49)The third International Dragon Boat Invitational began on the Miluo River in central China's Hunan Province on Monday
June 2
to celebrate the uping Dragon Boat Festival
which falls on June 8th this year.
More than a dozen dragon boat teams from Australia
Netherlands and other regions across China participated in the race.
Before the start of the race
all the boat crews participated in a one-minute silent tribute to the victims of the recent Sichuan earthquake.
The team from Gungxi University took the first place in the race.
The Miluo River is the famous location of Qu Yuan's ritual suicide. He was the poet from the Chu State during the Warring States period
who mitted suicide in protest of the corruption during that era. Dragon boat races are traditionally held to memorate his death.
A dragon boat crew exerts all of their strength in a dragon boat race in Hunan on Monday
June 2
2008.