More than 200 teams competed for the first place in 2014 Tainan International Dragon Boat Championships.

More than 200 teams competed for the first place in 2014 Tainan International Dragon Boat Championships.

(Taiwan Business Daily News) the 2014 Tainan International Dragon Boat Championship is about to debut in Anping Canal! Yesterday (14), Lai Qingde, mayor of Tainan, served as the chief priest, imitating the traditional ancient etiquette, and led the finishing officials one by one to wish the dragon boat championships every success from May 29 to June 2.

Tainan Mayor Lai Qingde said that applications for the 2014 Tainan International Dragon Boat Championships were very enthusiastic, exceeding 200teams for the first time, with a total of 220 teams and more than 5000 friends from home and abroad.

Tainan Mayor Lai Ching-teh points out that Dragon Boat Festival rowing has become a traditional folk activity in Taiwan. Tainan is not only the first city in Taiwan, but also the first city to hold dragon boat races, naturally preserving this folk activity of traditional significance. In addition, Tainan City conducts urban diplomacy with "dragon boat friends" and exchanges with various counties, cities and international friends, which not only attracts many tourists, but also improves international visibility.

The Tainan City Sports Office said that in terms of the competition category of the 2014 Tainan International Dragon Boat Championships, 16 teams from the "International Friends Group" and 35 teams from the "Open Men Group" competed for a maximum prize of 300000 yuan, and the event was exciting. Citizens and people from all over the country are invited to the canal to watch the unique night dragon boat championships.

"2014 Tainan International Dragon Boat Championship" in addition to a large number of teams and fierce competition, the surrounding series of activities are also exciting, especially in order to let young children understand the important meaning and customs of Chinese people celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival. This year, we continue to plan and hold the "Wawa Dragon Boat Festival activities" in the Zhongan Pingping Hall of Anping State, to fully introduce the historical evolution of Dragon Boat Boat rowing activities in Tainan City and the various etiquette activities of the Dragon Boat Festival. Including: package rice dumplings, rescue qu Yuan big battle, I am a little drummer and so on. I strongly invite all preschool children to come to experience from May 27 to June 1.