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	Tuen Mun - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuen Mun (屯門) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
		Tuen Mun Hospital was opened in 1990, providing a variety of medical services to residents in Tuen Mun and the North Western part of New Territories.
		Mr Lau Wong-Fat is the chairperson of the Tuen Mun district council.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Tuen_Mun (1231 words)

	Evil Dispelling and Pestilence and Seeking Peace -- Dragon Boat Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The festival was later enriched by the legend of the patriot Chu Yuan.
		Dragon Boat Festival is highlighted by the dragon boat races, in which competing teams drive their boats forward rowing to the rhythm of pounding drums.
		The festival's significance as a time for warding off evil and disease is symbolized by a number of customary practices such as hanging calamus and moxa on the front door, and pasting up pictures of Chung Kuei (a nemesis of evil spirits).
	www.gio.gov.tw /info/festival_c/dragon_e/dragon.htm (358 words)

	Hong Kong Media Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		One of the most colorful sights during the festival is the procession of costumed children, riding in floats, or standing on cleverly concealed rods while supported by hidden frames and wires – so that they appear to be floating on air.
		This feature of the festival is a separate event from the local races, and has attracted an increasing number of participants from other countries in a contest of paddling and teamwork.
		This festival is said to have originated in the Han Dynasty, when a soothsayer advised a man to take his family to a high place and stay there for 24 hours to avoid disaster.
	63.115.67.45 /presskits/festivals_chinese.htm (1370 words)

	Travel Tips in Hong Kong Kong
		The peak of the eight-day festival is a large procession were children dressed in colourful and historic costumes parade through the streets.
		During the festival young women offer fruit and burn joss sticks and incense in the open air or at Lover's Rock on Bowen Road in Wan Chai, where they can scan the night skies for the two stars that represent the cowherd and the weaver maid and pray for a good husband.
		The festival is in memory of a 14th-Century uprising against the Mongols when rebels wrote the call to revolt on pieces of paper and embedded them in cakes that they then smuggled to compatriots.
	www.southtravels.com /asia/hongkong/traveltips/hk_festivals.html (1295 words)

	TuenNg
		Tuen Ng, the Dragon Boat Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calender.
		This festival is an example of cultural exchanges, a mixture of East and West, and an adoption of old techniques and methods and transform into a new fantastic sport race.
		In the early morning of Tuen Ng, she went to the kitchen and started her process of making rice dumplings.
	www.lacobie.org /TuenNg.html (709 words)

	Tuen Ng Festival
		Honouring Chu Yuan: The Dragon Boat Festival (Tuen Ng in Cantonese, Tuen Yang in Mandarin) has been celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon (early June) for the past 21/2 millennia.
		Its exact origin is unknown, but legend notes that this festival commemorates the tragic death of the honest and learned minister of state, Chu Yuan, who died in 288 BC in the ancient Kingdom of Ch'u during the time of the Warring States (403-211 BC).
		At the time, Chu was the true and dedicated power behind the throne; he was a wise man who advised the rule correctly for the good of his people.
	www.regit.com /hongkong/festival/tuenng.htm (811 words)

	Tuen Ng Festival,Dragon Boat Festival in China,Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
		The Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon in the month of June for the past 21/2 millennia.
		This Festival, also known as Tuen Ng Festival, solemnizes the death of a popular Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers of 3rd century.
		Over the period the event had taken the form of most exciting festival in Hong Kong, local and international participants actively participates in fast and frenzied dragon boat races on the banging of drums.
	china.tourism-asia.net /tuen-ng-dragon-boat-festival.html (374 words)

	Stanley Dragon Boat Race, Hong Kong
		The proper name of the Festival should actually be The "Duan Wu (or in Cantonese dialect as Tuen Ng) Festival".
		The festival's distinctive dragon-boat races are a re-enactment of the frantic, vain attempts of the fishermen who rowed out to save him.
		Four days before the Festival, the dragon boats are taken out of their storage yard and their dragon heads and tails are at-tached to them.
	www.angelfire.com /on/dragonboat/eorigin.html (1114 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuen Mun is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
		Zhuhai in China by the ferry travelling to and from Tuen Mun Ferry Pier.
		Every year at Tuen Ng Festival, which is the 5th day of the fifth Lunar month, there is
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Tuen_Mun.html (1049 words)

	The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Races
		The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Tuen Ng Festival and/or the Double Fifth Festival, occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar.
		As festivals go, this is the oldest (about 2,300-years old) and it ranks right up there in importance with the Chinese New Year.
		The annual tradition still holds however and in his memory people continue to race their boats across the water, their oars synchronised to the loud, steady drum beat, while spectators throw zongzi dumplings into the water to distract the fish.
	uk.geocities.com /mbraendeholm/main.html (577 words)

	Dragon Boat Festival
		Dragon Boat Festival and Dragon boat racing traditionally coincides with the 5th day of the 5th Chinese lunar month (varying from late May to June on the modern Gregorian Calendar).
		Dragon boat racing as the basis for annual water rituals and festival celebrations, and for the traditional veneration of the Asian dragon water deity, has been practiced continuously since this period.
		Today, dragon boat festivals continue to be celebrated around the world with dragon boat racing, although such events are still culturally associated with the traditional Chinese Tuen Ng Festival in Hong Kong (Cantonese Chinese dialect) or Duan Wu festival in south central mainland China (Mandarin Chinese dialect).
	www.chinatownconnection.com /chinese-dragon-boat-festival.htm (926 words)

	FT.com / Travel / City guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hong Kong's most celebrated festival is a riot of neon and noise.
		The festival commemorates Qu Yuan, a 3rd-century poet-statesman who drowned himself to protest against corrupt rulers.
		This festival commemorates a Han Dynasty scholar who took his family up a hill and came back to find the rest of his village murdered.
	www.ft.com /arts/travel/hongkong/festivals (508 words)

	Dragon Boat Race -- ThingsAsian Article
		The throwing of the dumplings is marked by the eating of "zong zi", glutinous rice and minced pork wrapped in bamboo leaves.
		Hong Kong's marine-based economy lent itself to huge celebrations of the festival and it soon became the spiritual basis of the Tuen Ng holiday.
		The Tuen Ng Festival is the showpiece event of the competition.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.3443.html (540 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Dragon Boat Festival
		This Festival, also known as Tuen Ng Festival, commemorates the death of a popular Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers.
		Legend says that as townspeople attempted to rescue him, they beat drums to scare fish away and threw dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuan's body.
		The real highlight of the festival is the fierce dragon boats racing in a lively, vibrant spectacle.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_drag.jhtml (248 words)

	Tuen Sailing And Yacht Charters In Thailand: Welcome Aboard The Fi-tuen. S/y Fi-tuen - Sailing Yacht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuen Mun () is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong The population of Tuen Mun at present is about 520 000 and is forecasted to rise to about.
		Available for: Fi Tuen is a fast high-performance cruising yacht that will delight sailing enthusiasts and racers alike.
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	www.99hosted.com /names16931.html (476 words)

	Duan Wu Festival Encyclopedia Article @ CNAutomotive.com (CN Automotive) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dragon Boat Festival, often known as Tuen Ng Festival or Duan Wu Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar.
		It has since been celebrated, in various ways, in other parts of East Asia as well, most notably Korea.
		The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds that the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period.
	www.cnautomotive.com /encyclopedia/Duan_Wu_festival (423 words)

	Tuen Mun - China-related Topics TU-TZ - China-Related Topics
		Tuen Mun (屯門) is one of the districts of Hong Kong18 districts of Hong Kong.
		The Golden Beach is the largest beach in Tuen Mun and the first artifical Beaches of Hong Kongbeach in Hong Kong, with the sand imported from Hainan Island, China.
		There are 2 power stations in the west of Tuen Mun, which are run by China_Light_and_PowerCLP Power Hong Kong Limited, called Black Point Power Station and Castle Peak Power Station respectively.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Tuen_Mun (1225 words)

	About the Festival
		The Festival has been marked on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese calendar for more than 2000 years.
		As the second most important cultural event for the Chinese, the Festival marks the tragic death of Qu Yuan, the poet-philosopher, who committed suicide by drowning himself in the Mei Lo River to protest the corrupt regime of the Chou emperor.
		The Tuen Ng Festival, also know as Poet's Day, is a rain making festival for ensuring a good harvest.
	www.sudburydragonboats.org /fcontent/about_the_festival/index.asp (307 words)

	Qu Yuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His death is commemorated on Duan Wu or Tuen Ng Festival (端午节/端午節), commonly known as the Dragon Boat Festival.
		The act of racing to search for his body in boats gradually became the cultural tradition of dragon boat racing, which is held on the anniversary of his death every year.
		Today, people still eat rice dumplings and participate in dragon boat races to commemorate Qu Yuan's sacrifice on the Duan Wu festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tuen_Ng_Festival (804 words)

	All Things Asian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Better known as the Dragon Boat Festival, Tuen Ng (in Cantonese) is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon (usually sometime in June).
		In Hong Kong, Tuen Ng festival is a public holiday, with races held at many different places throughout the day.
		In Malaysia, harvest festivals are held to give thanks for bountiful harvest.
	weblogs.thingsasian.com /tablogs/page/ata?entry=tandoor (2105 words)

	Circus Capital Stanley Dragon Boat Championships
		In the last 10 years there has always been a high turn-out in the Stanley Dragon Boat Championships during the Tuen Ng Festival, and the number expands to amazingly 160 this year.
		It is a great pleasure to have the opportunity once again to wish all of the teams the best of luck at this year's races.
		Dragon boating, originally linked to the traditional Tuen Ng Chinese festival and the fishermen of the region, has now become an international sport.
	www.dragonboat.org.hk /en/home/homepage.html (303 words)

	Hong Kong - Live It! Love It!
		Every year on the tiny island of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong residents celebrate the Bun Festival, the traditional thanksgiving remembrance of Pak Tai, the Taoist God of the Sea.
		The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most charming and picturesque nights of the calendar.
		The festival commemorates a 14th Century uprising against the Mongols.
	www.asianadventureusa.com /HKTB/events.html (268 words)

	Festivals / Holidays in Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Besides Chinese New Year, Mid Autumn Festival, Cheung Chau Bun Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are the ones with more characteristics.
		Cheung Chau Bun Festival is celebrated locally on Cheung Chau, a small outlying island of HK.
		The day after Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Chinese Moon Festival (the festival is celebrated on Sep 11 and 12 evenings)
	www.hkfastfacts.com /Festivals-in-Hong-Kong.html (285 words)

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		The Chans are preparing a festival dinner for Tuen Ng Festival.
		Teacher asks pupils to help Mrs Chan prepare a festival dinner.10”A little writing exercisePupils try to write the vocabulary learnt and memorize them.
		Pupils practice using the target sentence structures.10”ConclusionPupils complete worksheets about their preference of food for the festival dinner.
	am.npgps.edu.hk /activity/zhaoqin/zq/p501.doc (441 words)

	Nirlog.com » Blog Archive » Dragon Boat Festival
		It’s an official holiday here in Hong Kong today for Dragon Boat festival, also known as Tuen Ng Festival.
		The main attraction of the festival is the fierce dragon boats racing.
		We woke up early this morning and headed to Stanley beach for the Stanley Dragon Boat Championships.
	nirlog.com /2006/05/31/dragon-boat-festival (416 words)

	Dragon Boat Festival (China) Related Web Sites
		China Water Towns : East coast is a traditional area rich in natural produce and cultural events
		Festivals in China : traditional and modern Festivals, parade and celebrations
		Compliment your teammate/ near and dear one, who is in the team with this ecard.
	www.123greetings.com /links/events/dragon_boat_festival (438 words)

	Dragon Boat Festival (China) Greeting Cards, Ecards From 123Greetings.com
		So gear up to steer your boat to the finishing line.
		Get into the festive mood and cheer for your favorite team or team member.
		Send warm ecards from our site to wish your near and dear ones a lot of fun.
	www.123greetings.com /events/dragon_boat_festival (168 words)

	Hours and Holidays - Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong and Macau
		The Consulate General will be closed to the public on these days.
		Notes: Four local holidays falling on Saturdays are not included in the 2006 holiday schedule (The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day, January 28; The day following Good Friday, April 15; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day, July 1 and The day following Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, October 7)
		The following have been designated as official holidays for 2007.
	hongkong.usconsulate.gov /hours_holidays.html (188 words)

	Webshots Community - Guestbook for Tuen Ng Festival - swimming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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