By Carlie Chiu
Special to AsianWeek
Lowell High School triumphantly took the top place in this year’s seventh annual Northern California International Dragon Boat Championships, after a very narrow defeat in last year’s race. This year’s race was one of the closest races in the history of the championships, with a total difference in time of only .06 seconds. Lowell beat Abraham Lincoln High School. paddling to the finish line in the 500-meter race with a winning time of 2:36:91.
The dragon is the most venerated of the Chinese zodiac deities and symbolizes control over the water. According to legend, Qu Yuan, a Chinese statesman and poet, drowned himself in the Mi Lo River in 400 B.C. to protest the corrupt regime of the Chu Dynasty...
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