China; blind Rower will be winning Dragon Boat Festival award

China, for the first time, sent players to compete with disabilities in the arrival of the Second International Dragon Boat Rally of China Yangtze Three Gorges Tourism Festival, according to the China Disabled Persons Federation (CDPF).

The team of Chinese dragon boat, consisting of 10 rowers and 10 rowers blind blind part in the event, to be held in Zigui County of Hubei Province, June 6.

The team name is "hand in the same boat, " said a spokesman of the China Association of the Blind (CAB), which is affiliated with the CDPF.

The Chinese team's formation, which is co-sponsored by the CAB and the city of Yichang Association for the Blind, gives these people with disabilities to participate in sports games, along with people without disabilities in the same field, the spokesman said .

A player is not blind, Yan Changyu is the president of Yichang and a successful entrepreneur. Yan has trained more than 400 massagists blind and open their own massage parlors.

Members of other athletes are blind or people with business experience Yan.

The dragon boat races are a highlight of the activities of China's annual Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival.

According to the latest official statistics, China has more than 12 million blind people, of which 5 million people who are completely blind.

This is Dragon Boat Festival in China

The people of Taiwan are always ready, the annual Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 6 this year and celebrated with a weekend of three days.

Driving in the city of Taipei, more than 160 teams, including 7 foreign, will play their muscles as they compete for the title of fastest paddler.

Total prize money for the race, but along the Keelung River from Riverside Park Dajia amounted to NT $ 3,000,000 (U.S. $ 104,447), officials of the Taipei City government.

Other events will be along the river, including concerts, making rice dumpling, competitions and sporting events, authorities said.

Dozens of similar tournaments and other fun activities are planned throughout Taiwan in Chiayi, Hsinchu and Yilan counties and the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

In the southern city of Tainan, a five-day international competition of dragon boat was tossed 158 June 2 teams with 12 of the fierce international competition.

The races are expected to attract over 100,000 visitors to the historic city, according to the Tainan City Government.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu, celebrated the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is a national holiday that is celebrated far beyond East Asia.