when: 03 - 04 August 2024 | venue: Flushing Meadows Corona Park | cost: See event for details | address: 17 Ederle Promenade, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA | website: https://www.hkdbf-ny.org/
published: 05 Apr 2024, 5 min read
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Visit Flushing Meadows Corona Park to see teams from all over North America compete in fiberglass dragon boat races. The festival, which began in 1990, is inspired by the legend of Zhou dynasty poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Ni Lo River after hearing that his homeland had been invaded. Local fishermen paddled out to save him but were too late; they then tossed rice dumplings called zongzi-which you can sample at
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Visit Flushing Meadows Corona Park to see teams from all over North America compete in fiberglass dragon boat races. The festival, which began in 1990, is inspired by the legend of Zhou dynasty poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Ni Lo River after hearing that his homeland had been invaded. Local fishermen paddled out to save him but were too late; they then tossed rice dumplings called zongzi-which you can sample at
Go see Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2024.

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2024 is on 03 - 04 August 2024. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Forest Hills NY. Visit their website at https://www.hkdbf-ny.org/.
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