Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east ... Zhang Ji describes a temple on the canal whose “ringing bell reaches my boat at midnight.” Canal people, known as chuanmin, re-create ...

Dragon boat racing isn’t as easy as it looks ... while the bracelets are meant to keep them healthy: in ancient China, green, red, white, black, and yellow were said to be lucky colours ...

It was commonly practised in South and Central China, among villagers ... is believed to be inspired by an ancient myth, about the poet Qu Yuan. Dragon boat racing isn't as easy as it looks ...

The race was scheduled to be held in the ancient town on June 8-9 ... People then started dragon boat racing to scare off the fish. - China Daily/ANN ...