One of Three Major Festivals, 2014 Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan
By , TravelKing
Updated: 2014/6/4
Updated: 2014/6/4
The event has ended this year.
Taiwan 2014 Dragon Boat Festival celebrations and dragon boat racing championships are to be held in Taipei City, New Taipei City, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, and Yilan.
Photo by Kavin
Dragon Boat Festival is a significant Chinese festival celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Out of all major Taiwan festivals, Dragon Boat Festival has the longest history with many stories telling its origin. During the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, there are various beliefs and traditions that ethnic Chinese do, such as racing dragon boats, eating glutinous rice dumplings (Zhongzi), children wearing fragrant sachets, as well as standing an egg at 12:00 noon.
This year, 2014 Dragon Boat Festival falls on a Monday, the 2nd of June, 2014. It will be highlighted and celebrated by dragon boat races in Taiwan, which was originally meant to the attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. This lively and colorful tradition continued for centuries. Today, dragon boat races are held in various Taiwan cities such as Taipei City, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtong, and Yilan.
The following is a list of 2014 Dragon Boat Festival celebrations & dragon boat racing championships in Taiwan.
2014 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival
Date: 2014/5/31-6/2
Location: Dajia Riverside Park
(Please visit the official web site of 2014 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival-http://2013dragonboat.tpec.edu.tw/bin/home.php for more information (currently only partial information provided in English))
2014 Taoyuan Longtan Dragon Boat Festival
Date: 2014/5/31-2014/6/2
Location: Longtan Pond
(Please visit the official web site of 2014 Taoyuan Longtan Dragon Boat Festival- http://www.sy.url.tw/page01.html (currently available only in Mandarin) for more information)
This year, 2014 Dragon Boat Festival falls on a Monday, the 2nd of June, 2014. It will be highlighted and celebrated by dragon boat races in Taiwan, which was originally meant to the attempts to rescue Qu Yuan. This lively and colorful tradition continued for centuries. Today, dragon boat races are held in various Taiwan cities such as Taipei City, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Lukang, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtong, and Yilan.
The following is a list of 2014 Dragon Boat Festival celebrations & dragon boat racing championships in Taiwan.
2014 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival
Date: 2014/5/31-6/2
Location: Dajia Riverside Park
(Please visit the official web site of 2014 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival-http://2013dragonboat.tpec.edu.tw/bin/home.php for more information (currently only partial information provided in English))
2014 Taoyuan Longtan Dragon Boat Festival
Date: 2014/5/31-2014/6/2
Location: Longtan Pond
(Please visit the official web site of 2014 Taoyuan Longtan Dragon Boat Festival- http://www.sy.url.tw/page01.html (currently available only in Mandarin) for more information)
Photo by Chiang
2014 Hsinchu Dragon Boat Championship
Place: No.156, Chifu Rd., Xinfeng Township
Time: 2014/6/2 (Monday)
2014 Lukang Dragon Boat Festival
Place: Lukang Township
Time: 2014/5/29 –2014/ 6/2
2014 Chiayi Dragon Boat Championship
Location : Budai Town
Date: 2014/05/31 (Saturday)
2014 Tainan Dragon Boat Championship
Location: Tainan Canal
Date: 5/29-6/2
2014 Yilan Dragon Boat Championship
Location : Yilan River
Date: 2014/06/01-2014/06/02
2014 Pingtong Dragon Boat Championship
Location : Donggang River
Date: 2014/06/01-2014/06/02
Book your Taiwan hotels today and get ready to cheer for the paddlers and sample glutinous rice dumplings (Zhongzi) for your Taiwan travel.
Place: No.156, Chifu Rd., Xinfeng Township
Time: 2014/6/2 (Monday)
2014 Lukang Dragon Boat Festival
Place: Lukang Township
Time: 2014/5/29 –2014/ 6/2
2014 Chiayi Dragon Boat Championship
Location : Budai Town
Date: 2014/05/31 (Saturday)
2014 Tainan Dragon Boat Championship
Location: Tainan Canal
Date: 5/29-6/2
2014 Yilan Dragon Boat Championship
Location : Yilan River
Date: 2014/06/01-2014/06/02
2014 Pingtong Dragon Boat Championship
Location : Donggang River
Date: 2014/06/01-2014/06/02
Book your Taiwan hotels today and get ready to cheer for the paddlers and sample glutinous rice dumplings (Zhongzi) for your Taiwan travel.