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03 - 04 August 2024 | 5 min read | venue: Flushing Meadows Corona Park | cost: See event for details | website: https://www.hkdbf-ny.org/ | address: 17 Ederle Promenade, Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA
published: 05 Apr 2024
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.
Image by: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Photo: Julienne Schaer
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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Event Details
what: Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2024
when: 03 - 04 August 2024
start time/end time: See event website for details
venue: Flushing Meadows Corona Park
website: https://www.hkdbf-ny.org/
city/suburb: Forest Hills NY
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