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| The Chinese Phoenix Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the 1200-yearhistory. The Phoenix Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of phoenixes. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to memorize the only female king in China- Empress Wu Zetian. The first Phoenix Boat Invitational Tournament was held in Guangyuan City in 1999. In 2005, it became world-wide. Phoenix Boat Festival is a special competition in which only women are permitted to take part in. now; the festival has become part of Guangyuan’s tourism industry. |   |
