The annual Dragon Boat Festival, commemorating the dead, is observed primarily in central and southern China. It occurs on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and falls between 28 May and 25 June in the Western calendar. During this festival, people...

A Dragon boat (traditional Chinese: 龍舟or 龍船; simplified Chinese: 龙舟 or 龙船; pinyin: lóngzhōu, lóngchuán) is a very long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport or Dragon boat racing which originated in China. For...

The dragons float proudly on the water, their red eyes staring straight ahead. The race begins to the sound of drums beating like hearts, bringing the dragons to life. Rowers push their boats forward with powerful strokes. Close to the finish line, the...

Byline: BENJAMIN BELL Spring may seem like a long way off, but several new dragon boat teams are already firing away on all cylinders, readying now to bring warmth and blazing color to the Charles River. "Dragon boating is a very...

Two days after Wendy Scurr had her weekly chemotherapy session in her homeland of South Africa, she was in Singapore rowing a traditional Asian dragon boat with other breast cancer survivors, training for this weekend's race. Scurr, 39,...

The bodies of five Singaporean men who went missing when their boat capsized after a holiday race were pulled out of a Cambodian river Sunday, officials said. A sixth body, that of a Cambodian rower, was also found.The Singaporeans' bodies were spotted floating downstream from...