Dear international students, April 15, 2022
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of HUST and to promote exchanges between Chinese students and our international students, we are delighted to announce that the Third Dragon Boat Friendship Race is going to be held. The theme of the event is "Move Forward with the Republic, Progress into the New Era". This year, you will be teamed with your Chinese cohort to set sail on Yujia Lake and strive for the medals.
As usual, the event is composed of an English lecture on dragon boat sport and dragon boat culture, two training sessions, and the final race. The schedule is as follows:
1. The English Lecture Topic Dragon Boat Culture in China
Speaker Chen Ding, Assistant Professor of School of Physical Education, Lead teacher of Traditional Chinese Cultural Inheritance Center at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Time On April 25th (Monday) evening
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2. Training Session 1&2 Purpose You will get hands-on experience with rowing the dragon boat, and the coach will introduce some stroke techniques and paddling basics that are important to run, steer, or hold the boat. Coach Heng Shen, Lecturer of School of Physical Education, National Dragon Boat Race Referee Time April 28th (Thursday) afternoon & May 10th (Tuesday) afternoon |
3. The Friendship Race Time May 14th (Saturday) Morning Location Dragon Boat Training Base, Yujia Lake |
If you are interested to participate, please contact your counsellor to register.
Should you have any question, feel free to contact Ms Wang through yrwang0213@hust.edu.cn.
School of International Education
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
