• Participants compete in a dragon boat race in Hong Kong on Saturday at the start of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Kin Cheung / AP
    Participants compete in a dragon boat race in Hong Kong on Saturday at the start of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Kin Cheung / AP
  • Fans play drums to support their team during the dragon boat races in Hong Kong on Saturday. Kin Cheung / AP
    Fans play drums to support their team during the dragon boat races in Hong Kong on Saturday. Kin Cheung / AP
  • Spectators watch as competitors paddle their boats during the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on Saturday. Dale de la Rey / AFP
    Spectators watch as competitors paddle their boats during the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on Saturday. Dale de la Rey / AFP
  • Participants splash water from their dragon boats as part of a celebration to mark the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    Participants splash water from their dragon boats as part of a celebration to mark the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
  • Participants compete in a dragon boat race in Hong Kong on Saturday during the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Kin Cheung / AP
    Participants compete in a dragon boat race in Hong Kong on Saturday during the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Kin Cheung / AP
  • Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the annual Tuen Ng in Hong Kong on Saturday. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the annual Tuen Ng in Hong Kong on Saturday. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
  • Participants splash water from their dragon boats as part of a celebration to mark the annual Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    Participants splash water from their dragon boats as part of a celebration to mark the annual Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
  • Competitors paddle their boat after racing during the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on Saturday. Dale de la Rey / AFP
    Competitors paddle their boat after racing during the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on Saturday. Dale de la Rey / AFP
  • Participants splash water from their dragon boats at the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    Participants splash water from their dragon boats at the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu / Reuters

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The sights of Hong Kong’s Tuen Ng Dragon Boat Festival – in pictures

Jake Badger

June 22, 2015

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Images from the Tuen Ng, or Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, on Saturday in Hong Kong where dragon boat racing, a rowing sport over 2,000 years old that has developed into a serious competition in many countries, was on display. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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